diff --git a/process/process.go b/process/process.go
index e7502492c..54878b8d1 100644
--- a/process/process.go
+++ b/process/process.go
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -181,6 +183,62 @@ func extractContainerID(pid libpf.PID) (libpf.String, error) {
 	return parseContainerID(cgroupFile), nil
 }
 
+// CgroupRootInode returns the inode of /proc/<pid>/root/sys/fs/cgroup, which identifies
+// the cgroup namespace root visible to the given process, unaffected by namespace masking.
+func CgroupRootInode(pid libpf.PID) (uint64, error) {
+	var st unix.Stat_t
+	if err := unix.Stat(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/root/sys/fs/cgroup", pid), &st); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return st.Ino, nil
+}
+
+// DetectSelfContainerIDViaInode detects the current process's container ID by matching
+// cgroup directory inodes. When the process runs in a private cgroup namespace (cgroup v2),
+// /proc/self/cgroup returns a path relative to the namespace root (e.g. "0::/"), making it
+// impossible to extract the container ID via the standard path. However, stat("/sys/fs/cgroup")
+// returns the inode of the process's actual cgroup directory on the host, unaffected by
+// namespace masking. This function walks the host's cgroup tree (via
+// /proc/1/root/sys/fs/cgroup) to find the directory whose inode matches, then extracts
+// the container ID from its path.
+func DetectSelfContainerIDViaInode() (libpf.String, uint64, error) {
+	const hostCgroupRoot = "/proc/1/root/sys/fs/cgroup"
+
+	var selfStat unix.Stat_t
+	if err := unix.Stat("/sys/fs/cgroup", &selfStat); err != nil {
+		return libpf.NullString, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to stat /sys/fs/cgroup: %w", err)
+	}
+	selfIno := selfStat.Ino
+
+	var matched libpf.String
+	err := filepath.WalkDir(hostCgroupRoot, func(path string, d fs.DirEntry, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			if d == nil {
+				return err // root is inaccessible
+			}
+			return nil // skip inaccessible subdirectories
+		}
+		if !d.IsDir() {
+			return nil
+		}
+		var st unix.Stat_t
+		if err := unix.Stat(path, &st); err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		if st.Ino == selfIno {
+			if parts := expContainerID.FindStringSubmatch(path); len(parts) == 2 {
+				matched = libpf.Intern(parts[1])
+			}
+			return filepath.SkipAll
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return libpf.NullString, 0, fmt.Errorf("failed to walk host cgroup tree: %w", err)
+	}
+	return matched, selfIno, nil
+}
+
 func trimMappingPath(path string) string {
 	// Trim the deleted indication from the path.
 	// See path_with_deleted in linux/fs/d_path.c
diff --git a/processmanager/manager.go b/processmanager/manager.go
index f280a4fbd..ce2661cee 100644
--- a/processmanager/manager.go
+++ b/processmanager/manager.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/metrics"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/nativeunwind"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/periodiccaller"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/process"
 	pmebpf "go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/processmanager/ebpfapi"
 	eim "go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/processmanager/execinfomanager"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/ebpf-profiler/reporter"
@@ -94,6 +95,11 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, includeTracers types.IncludedTracers, monitorInter
 
 	interpreters := make(map[libpf.PID]map[util.OnDiskFileIdentifier]interpreter.Instance)
 
+	selfContainerID, selfCgroupIno, err := process.DetectSelfContainerIDViaInode()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Debugf("Failed to detect self container ID via inode: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	pm := &ProcessManager{
 		interpreterTracerEnabled: em.NumInterpreterLoaders() > 0,
 		eim:                      em,
@@ -108,6 +114,8 @@ func New(ctx context.Context, includeTracers types.IncludedTracers, monitorInter
 		metricsAddSlice:          metrics.AddSlice,
 		filterErrorFrames:        filterErrorFrames,
 		includeEnvVars:           includeEnvVars,
+		selfCgroupIno:            selfCgroupIno,
+		selfContainerID:          selfContainerID,
 	}
 
 	collectInterpreterMetrics(ctx, pm, monitorInterval)
diff --git a/processmanager/processinfo.go b/processmanager/processinfo.go
index cf95cfa9b..f0d5966c9 100644
--- a/processmanager/processinfo.go
+++ b/processmanager/processinfo.go
@@ -129,8 +129,10 @@ func (pm *ProcessManager) getPidInformation(pid libpf.PID, pr process.Process,
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	meta := pr.GetProcessMeta(process.MetaConfig{IncludeEnvVars: pm.includeEnvVars})
+	pm.fillSelfContainerID(pid, &meta)
 	info := &processInfo{
-		meta:     pr.GetProcessMeta(process.MetaConfig{IncludeEnvVars: pm.includeEnvVars}),
+		meta:     meta,
 		libcInfo: nil,
 	}
 	pm.pidToProcessInfo[pid] = info
@@ -138,6 +140,23 @@ func (pm *ProcessManager) getPidInformation(pid libpf.PID, pr process.Process,
 	return info
 }
 
+// fillSelfContainerID sets the container ID on meta if the process has the same cgroup
+// directory root as the profiler and the standard cgroup-based detection returned no result.
+func (pm *ProcessManager) fillSelfContainerID(pid libpf.PID, meta *process.ProcessMeta) {
+	if meta.ContainerID != libpf.NullString || pm.selfContainerID == libpf.NullString {
+		return
+	}
+	ino, err := process.CgroupRootInode(pid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if ino == pm.selfCgroupIno {
+		meta.ContainerID = pm.selfContainerID
+	} else {
+		log.Debugf("Process %d cgroup inode (%d) doesn't match profiler (%d)", pid, ino, pm.selfCgroupIno)
+	}
+}
+
 // assignInterpreter will update the interpreters maps with given interpreter.Instance.
 // Caller is responsible to hold pm.mu write lock to avoid race conditions.
 func (pm *ProcessManager) assignInterpreter(pid libpf.PID, key util.OnDiskFileIdentifier,
@@ -648,6 +667,7 @@ func (pm *ProcessManager) SynchronizeProcess(pr process.Process) {
 	var meta process.ProcessMeta
 	if updateProcessMeta {
 		meta = pr.GetProcessMeta(process.MetaConfig{IncludeEnvVars: pm.includeEnvVars})
+		pm.fillSelfContainerID(pid, &meta)
 	}
 
 	// Sort and publish the new mappings and meta
diff --git a/processmanager/types.go b/processmanager/types.go
index ffe8e4ec5..c06dd0e5d 100644
--- a/processmanager/types.go
+++ b/processmanager/types.go
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ type ProcessManager struct {
 
 	// includeEnvVars holds a list of env vars that should be captured from processes
 	includeEnvVars libpf.Set[string]
+
+	// selfCgroupIno is the inode of the profiler's cgroup directory
+	// (stat("/sys/fs/cgroup")). Used to identify processes whose cgroup root
+	// matches the profiler's, which need the selfContainerID fallback.
+	selfCgroupIno uint64
+
+	// selfContainerID is the profiler's own container ID, detected once at startup.
+	// Used as a fallback when /proc/<pid>/cgroup yields no container ID for processes
+	// that share the profiler's cgroup directory (e.g., private cgroup namespace).
+	selfContainerID libpf.String
 }
 
 // Mapping represents an executable memory mapping of a process.