diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/client_mock.go b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/client_mock.go
index edfe2484a150..4cddd99be2ab 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/client_mock.go
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/client_mock.go
@@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ func routeRetreiveProperties(t *testing.T, body map[string]any) ([]byte, error)
 		if propSet["pathSet"] == "summary.runtime.host" {
 			return loadResponse("vm-host.xml")
 		}
+		if propSet["pathSet"] == "resourcePool" {
+			return loadResponse("vm-resource-pool.xml")
+		}
 		return loadResponse("vm-properties.xml")
 
 	case (content == "group-v1034" || content == "group-v1001") && contentType == "Folder":
diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/responses/vm-properties.xml b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/responses/vm-properties.xml
index e2c700b1af9e..9f74918e57eb 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/responses/vm-properties.xml
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/responses/vm-properties.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
         <RetrievePropertiesResponse xmlns="urn:vim25">
             <returnval>
                 <obj type="VirtualMachine">vm-6004</obj>
+                <propSet>
+                    <name>resourcePool</name>
+                    <val type="ResourcePool" xsi:type="ManagedObjectReference">resgroup-9</val>
+                </propSet>
                 <propSet>
                     <name>config</name>
                     <val xsi:type="VirtualMachineConfigInfo">
diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/responses/vm-resource-pool.xml b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/responses/vm-resource-pool.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..95a3a4edd29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/internal/mockserver/responses/vm-resource-pool.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <soapenv:Body>
+        <RetrievePropertiesResponse xmlns="urn:vim25">
+            <returnval>
+                <obj type="VirtualMachine">vm-1040</obj>
+                <propSet>
+                    <name>resourcePool</name>
+                    <val type="ResourcePool" xsi:type="ManagedObjectReference">host-1002</val>
+                </propSet>
+            </returnval>
+        </RetrievePropertiesResponse>
+    </soapenv:Body>
+</soapenv:Envelope>
diff --git a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/testdata/metrics/expected.yaml b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/testdata/metrics/expected.yaml
index de5f893b3bc7..c03564c372fb 100644
--- a/receiver/vcenterreceiver/testdata/metrics/expected.yaml
+++ b/receiver/vcenterreceiver/testdata/metrics/expected.yaml
@@ -2636,6 +2636,12 @@ resourceMetrics:
         - key: vcenter.vm.name
           value:
             stringValue: CentOS 7
+        - key: vcenter.resource_pool.name
+          value:
+            stringValue: Resources
+        - key: vcenter.resource_pool.inventory_path
+          value:
+            stringValue: /Datacenter/host/Cluster/Resources
     scopeMetrics:
       - metrics:
           - description: The amount of CPU used by the VM.