diff --git a/receiver/receivercreator/fixtures_test.go b/receiver/receivercreator/fixtures_test.go
index 964ce437bf9e..e8f086b5e2fc 100644
--- a/receiver/receivercreator/fixtures_test.go
+++ b/receiver/receivercreator/fixtures_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ var podContainerEndpointWithHints = observer.Endpoint{
 	ID:     "namespace/pod-2-UID/redis(6379)",
 	Target: "1.2.3.4:6379",
 	Details: &observer.PodContainer{
-		Name: "redis", Pod: observer.Pod{
+		Image: "redis",
+		Name:  "redis", Pod: observer.Pod{
 			Name:      "pod-2",
 			Namespace: "default",
 			UID:       "pod-2-UID",
diff --git a/receiver/receivercreator/rules_test.go b/receiver/receivercreator/rules_test.go
index 4ecd0c8f85f8..315b1f39da52 100644
--- a/receiver/receivercreator/rules_test.go
+++ b/receiver/receivercreator/rules_test.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func Test_ruleEval(t *testing.T) {
 		{"basic container", args{`type == "container" && labels["region"] == "east-1"`, containerEndpoint}, true, false},
 		{"basic k8s.node", args{`type == "k8s.node" && kubelet_endpoint_port == 10250`, k8sNodeEndpoint}, true, false},
 		{"relocated type builtin", args{`type == "k8s.node" && typeOf("some string") == "string"`, k8sNodeEndpoint}, true, false},
+		{"pod container", args{`type == "pod.container" and container_image matches "redis"`, podContainerEndpointWithHints}, true, false},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {