diff --git a/src/Elastic.Apm/Api/Service.cs b/src/Elastic.Apm/Api/Service.cs
index 058640b7a..4a827d2bd 100644
--- a/src/Elastic.Apm/Api/Service.cs
+++ b/src/Elastic.Apm/Api/Service.cs
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ static bool CheckForLoadedAssembly(string name)
 				// Legacy mechanism: if the profiler is loaded add a `p` suffix to Agent.Version
 				service.Agent.Version += "-p";
 				// Check if profiler was injected via K8S hook.
-				if (new EnvironmentVariables(logger).SafeCheckValue("ELASTIC_APM_ACTIVATION_METHOD", "K8S"))
+				var envvars =new EnvironmentVariables(logger);
+				if (envvars.SafeCheckValue("ELASTIC_APM_ACTIVATION_METHOD", "K8S") 
+					|| envvars.SafeCheckValue("ELASTIC_APM_ACTIVATION_METHOD", "K8S_ATTACH"))
 					activationMethod = Consts.ActivationK8SAttach;
 				else
 					activationMethod = Consts.ActivationMethodProfiler;