diff --git a/opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp/src/opentelemetry/resourcedetector/gcp_resource_detector/_mapping.py b/opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp/src/opentelemetry/resourcedetector/gcp_resource_detector/_mapping.py
index 1e054b92..9c497589 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp/src/opentelemetry/resourcedetector/gcp_resource_detector/_mapping.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp/src/opentelemetry/resourcedetector/gcp_resource_detector/_mapping.py
@@ -157,9 +157,7 @@ def get_monitored_resource(
     attrs = resource.attributes
 
     platform = attrs.get(ResourceAttributes.CLOUD_PLATFORM_KEY)
-    if platform == ResourceAttributes.GCP_COMPUTE_ENGINE:
-        mr = _create_monitored_resource(_constants.GCE_INSTANCE, attrs)
-    elif platform == ResourceAttributes.GCP_KUBERNETES_ENGINE:
+    if ResourceAttributes.K8S_CLUSTER_NAME in attrs:
         if ResourceAttributes.K8S_CONTAINER_NAME in attrs:
             mr = _create_monitored_resource(_constants.K8S_CONTAINER, attrs)
         elif ResourceAttributes.K8S_POD_NAME in attrs:
@@ -168,6 +166,8 @@ def get_monitored_resource(
             mr = _create_monitored_resource(_constants.K8S_NODE, attrs)
         else:
             mr = _create_monitored_resource(_constants.K8S_CLUSTER, attrs)
+    elif platform == ResourceAttributes.GCP_COMPUTE_ENGINE:
+        mr = _create_monitored_resource(_constants.GCE_INSTANCE, attrs)
     elif platform == ResourceAttributes.AWS_EC2:
         mr = _create_monitored_resource(_constants.AWS_EC2_INSTANCE, attrs)
     else:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp/tests/test_mapping.py b/opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp/tests/test_mapping.py
index eda679d9..eb99060f 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp/tests/test_mapping.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-resourcedetector-gcp/tests/test_mapping.py
@@ -22,6 +22,86 @@
 from syrupy.assertion import SnapshotAssertion
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("otel_attributes", "expected_type", "expected_labels"),
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            {
+                "cloud.platform": "aws_ec2",
+                "cloud.region": "us-east-1",
+                "k8s.cluster.name": "mycluster",
+                "k8s.namespace.name": "myns",
+                "k8s.pod.name": "mypod",
+                "k8s.container.name": "mycontainer",
+            },
+            "k8s_container",
+            {
+                "location": "us-east-1",
+                "cluster_name": "mycluster",
+                "namespace_name": "myns",
+                "pod_name": "mypod",
+                "container_name": "mycontainer",
+            },
+            id="container",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            {
+                "cloud.platform": "aws_ec2",
+                "cloud.region": "us-east-1",
+                "k8s.cluster.name": "mycluster",
+                "k8s.namespace.name": "myns",
+                "k8s.pod.name": "mypod",
+            },
+            "k8s_pod",
+            {
+                "location": "us-east-1",
+                "cluster_name": "mycluster",
+                "namespace_name": "myns",
+                "pod_name": "mypod",
+            },
+            id="pod",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            {
+                "cloud.platform": "aws_ec2",
+                "cloud.region": "us-east-1",
+                "k8s.cluster.name": "mycluster",
+                "k8s.node.name": "mynode",
+            },
+            "k8s_node",
+            {
+                "location": "us-east-1",
+                "cluster_name": "mycluster",
+                "node_name": "mynode",
+            },
+            id="node",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            {
+                "cloud.platform": "aws_ec2",
+                "cloud.region": "us-east-1",
+                "k8s.cluster.name": "mycluster",
+            },
+            "k8s_cluster",
+            {"location": "us-east-1", "cluster_name": "mycluster"},
+            id="cluster",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_get_monitored_resource_non_gke_k8s(
+    otel_attributes: Attributes,
+    expected_type: str,
+    expected_labels: dict[str, str],
+) -> None:
+    monitored_resource = get_monitored_resource(
+        Resource.create(otel_attributes)
+    )
+
+    assert monitored_resource is not None
+    assert monitored_resource.type == expected_type
+    assert monitored_resource.labels == expected_labels
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "otel_attributes",
     [