diff --git a/docs/Plugins.md b/docs/Plugins.md
index 2feb6f6a..f8e54a8a 100644
--- a/docs/Plugins.md
+++ b/docs/Plugins.md
@@ -1769,6 +1769,7 @@ There is also additional Kubernetes dimensions for the Container and Pod metrics
 | ReplicationController | replication_controller |
 | ReplicaSet | replica_set |
 | DaemonSet | daemon_set |
+| StatefulSet | stateful_set |
 | Deployment| deployment | Only will be set if derive_host is set to true as it needs to connect to the API to see if the ReplicaSet is under a deployment
 | Job | job |
 
diff --git a/monasca_agent/collector/checks/utils.py b/monasca_agent/collector/checks/utils.py
index 25aea681..ea55cb29 100644
--- a/monasca_agent/collector/checks/utils.py
+++ b/monasca_agent/collector/checks/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # (C) Copyright 2015,2017-2018 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
 # (C) Copyright 2017 KylinCloud
+# Copyright 2018 OP5 AB
 
 import base64
 import json
@@ -815,6 +816,8 @@ def _get_pod_owner_pair(kubernetes_connector, pod_owner_type, pod_owner_name, po
             return 'deployment', deployment_name
     elif pod_owner_type == "DaemonSet":
         return 'daemon_set', pod_owner_name
+    elif pod_owner_type == "StatefulSet":
+        return 'stateful_set', pod_owner_name
     elif pod_owner_type == "Job":
         if not kubernetes_connector:
             log.info("Can not set cronjob name as connection information to API is not set. "