diff --git a/apps/cnspec/cmd/scan.go b/apps/cnspec/cmd/scan.go
index bf58d4e2..a045b6cb 100644
--- a/apps/cnspec/cmd/scan.go
+++ b/apps/cnspec/cmd/scan.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ To manually configure a policy, use this:
 		viper.BindPFlag("inventory-domainlist", cmd.Flags().Lookup("inventory-domainlist"))
 		viper.BindPFlag("policy-bundle", cmd.Flags().Lookup("policy-bundle"))
 		viper.BindPFlag("detect-cicd", cmd.Flags().Lookup("detect-cicd"))
+		viper.BindPFlag("asset-name", cmd.Flags().Lookup("asset-name"))
 		viper.BindPFlag("category", cmd.Flags().Lookup("category"))
 		viper.BindPFlag("score-threshold", cmd.Flags().Lookup("score-threshold"))
 		viper.BindPFlag("share", cmd.Flags().Lookup("share"))
@@ -220,6 +221,14 @@ func getCobraScanConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, runtime *providers.Runtime, cliRes *
 		optAnnotations[k] = v
 	}
 
+	assetName, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("asset-name")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to parse asset-name")
+	}
+	if assetName != "" && cliRes.Asset != nil {
+		cliRes.Asset.Name = assetName
+	}
+
 	inv, err := inventoryloader.ParseOrUse(cliRes.Asset, viper.GetBool("insecure"), optAnnotations)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to parse inventory")
diff --git a/policy/scan/local_scanner.go b/policy/scan/local_scanner.go
index 2e4d8128..a1713d8d 100644
--- a/policy/scan/local_scanner.go
+++ b/policy/scan/local_scanner.go
@@ -323,6 +323,14 @@ func (s *LocalScanner) distributeJob(job *Job, ctx context.Context, upstream *up
 		return nil, false, nil
 	}
 
+	// if there is exactly one asset, assure that the --asset-name is used
+	// TODO: make it so that the --asset-name is set for the root asset only even if multiple assets are there
+	// This is a temporary fix that only works if there is only one asset
+	if len(assets) == 1 && assetList[0].Name != "" && assetList[0].Name != assets[0].asset.Name {
+		log.Debug().Str("asset", assets[0].asset.Name).Msg("Overriding asset name with --asset-name flag")
+		assets[0].asset.Name = assetList[0].Name
+	}
+
 	runtimeEnv := execruntime.Detect()
 	var runtimeLabels map[string]string
 	// If the runtime is an automated environment and the root asset is CI/CD, then we are doing a