diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index 193a36a55932ef8744931729fe348677d137556a..6d6604bc2ef7f11e30cfbccc9f40f7fa7b52bf69 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/prometheus-adapter/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
       config: |||
         resourceRules:
           cpu:
-            containerQuery: sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{<<.LabelMatchers>>}[1m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+            containerQuery: sum(rate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD",container_name!="",pod_name!=""}[1m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
             nodeQuery: sum(1 - rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}[1m]) * on(namespace, pod) group_left(node) node_namespace_pod:kube_pod_info:{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
             resources:
               overrides:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet/ksonnet.beta.3/k.libsonnet';
                   resource: pod
             containerLabel: container_name
           memory:
-            containerQuery: sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+            containerQuery: sum(container_memory_working_set_bytes{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container_name!="POD",container_name!="",pod_name!=""}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
             nodeQuery: sum(node:node_memory_bytes_total:sum{<<.LabelMatchers>>} - node:node_memory_bytes_available:sum{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
             resources:
               overrides: