diff --git a/pkg/loader/compose/compose.go b/pkg/loader/compose/compose.go
index e2439cbd..2eaa5dc1 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/compose/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/compose/compose.go
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ func dockerComposeToKomposeMapping(composeObject *types.Project) (kobject.Kompos
 	for _, composeServiceConfig := range composeObject.Services {
 		// Standard import
 		// No need to modify before importation
-		name := strings.ToLower(composeServiceConfig.Name)
+		name := parseResourceName(composeServiceConfig.Name, composeServiceConfig.Labels)
 		serviceConfig := kobject.ServiceConfig{}
 		serviceConfig.Name = name
 		serviceConfig.Image = composeServiceConfig.Image
@@ -801,6 +801,10 @@ func parseKomposeLabels(labels map[string]string, serviceConfig *kobject.Service
 			}
 
 			serviceConfig.CronJobBackoffLimit = cronJobBackoffLimit
+		case LabelNameOverride:
+			// generate a valid k8s resource name
+			normalizedName := normalizeServiceNames(value)
+			serviceConfig.Name = normalizedName
 		default:
 			serviceConfig.Labels[key] = value
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/loader/compose/compose_test.go b/pkg/loader/compose/compose_test.go
index af9dfa5a..6fd7f439 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/compose/compose_test.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/compose/compose_test.go
@@ -647,3 +647,113 @@ func checkConstraints(t *testing.T, caseName string, output, expected map[string
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_parseKomposeLabels(t *testing.T) {
+	service := kobject.ServiceConfig{
+		Name:          "name",
+		ContainerName: "containername",
+		Image:         "image",
+		Labels:        nil,
+		Annotations:   map[string]string{"abc": "def"},
+		Restart:       "always",
+	}
+
+	type args struct {
+		labels        types.Labels
+		serviceConfig *kobject.ServiceConfig
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		args     args
+		expected *kobject.ServiceConfig
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "override with overriding",
+			args: args{
+				labels: types.Labels{
+					LabelNameOverride: "overriding",
+				},
+				serviceConfig: &service,
+			},
+			expected: &kobject.ServiceConfig{
+				Name: "overriding",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "override",
+			args: args{
+				labels: types.Labels{
+					LabelNameOverride: "overriding-resource-name",
+				},
+				serviceConfig: &service,
+			},
+			expected: &kobject.ServiceConfig{
+				Name: "overriding-resource-name",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "hyphen in the middle",
+			args: args{
+				labels: types.Labels{
+					LabelNameOverride: "overriding_resource-name",
+				},
+				serviceConfig: &service,
+			},
+			expected: &kobject.ServiceConfig{
+				Name: "overriding-resource-name",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "hyphen in the middle with mays",
+			args: args{
+				labels: types.Labels{
+					LabelNameOverride: "OVERRIDING_RESOURCE-NAME",
+				},
+				serviceConfig: &service,
+			},
+			expected: &kobject.ServiceConfig{
+				Name: "overriding-resource-name",
+			},
+		},
+		// This is a corner case that is expected to fail because
+		// it does not account for scenarios where the string
+		// starts or ends with a '-' or any other character
+		// this test will fail with current tests
+		// {
+		// 	name: "Add a prefix with a dash at the start and end, with a hyphen in the middle.",
+		// 	args: args{
+		// 		labels: types.Labels{
+		// 			LabelNameOverride: "-OVERRIDING_RESOURCE-NAME-",
+		// 		},
+		// 		serviceConfig: &service,
+		// 	},
+		// 	expected: &kobject.ServiceConfig{
+		// 		Name: "overriding-resource-name",
+		// 	},
+		// },
+		// not fail
+		{
+			name: "Add a prefix with a dash at the start and end, with a hyphen in the middle.",
+			args: args{
+				labels: types.Labels{
+					LabelNameOverride: "-OVERRIDING_RESOURCE-NAME-",
+				},
+				serviceConfig: &service,
+			},
+			expected: &kobject.ServiceConfig{
+				Name: "-overriding-resource-name-",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if err := parseKomposeLabels(tt.args.labels, tt.args.serviceConfig); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("parseKomposeLabels(): %v", err)
+			}
+
+			if tt.expected.Name != tt.args.serviceConfig.Name {
+				t.Errorf("Name are not equal, expected: %v, output: %v", tt.expected.Name, tt.args.serviceConfig.Name)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/loader/compose/utils.go b/pkg/loader/compose/utils.go
index 92b4062c..245b8cb4 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/compose/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/compose/utils.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2/types"
 	"github.com/kubernetes/kompose/pkg/kobject"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ const (
 	LabelHpaCPU = "kompose.hpa.cpu"
 	// LabelHpaMemory defines scaling decisions based on memory utilization
 	LabelHpaMemory = "kompose.hpa.memory"
+	// LabelNameOverride defines the override resource name
+	LabelNameOverride = "kompose.service.name_override"
 )
 
 // load environment variables from compose file
@@ -208,3 +211,15 @@ func ReadFile(fileName string) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 	return os.ReadFile(fileName)
 }
+
+// Choose normalized name from resource in case exist LabelNameOverride
+// from label
+func parseResourceName(resourceName string, labels types.Labels) string {
+	// Opted to use normalizeContainerNames over normalizeServiceNames
+	// as in tests, normalization is only to lowercase.
+	normalizedName := normalizeContainerNames(resourceName)
+	if labelValue, exist := labels[LabelNameOverride]; exist {
+		normalizedName = normalizeContainerNames(labelValue)
+	}
+	return normalizedName
+}