diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/src/detectors/AwsEcsDetector.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/src/detectors/AwsEcsDetector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5614f476dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/src/detectors/AwsEcsDetector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import {
+  Detector,
+  Resource,
+  ResourceDetectionConfigWithLogger,
+  CONTAINER_RESOURCE,
+} from '@opentelemetry/resources';
+import * as util from 'util';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as os from 'os';
+
+/**
+ * The AwsEcsDetector can be used to detect if a process is running in AWS
+ * ECS and return a {@link Resource} populated with data about the ECS
+ * plugins of AWS X-Ray. Returns an empty Resource if detection fails.
+ */
+export class AwsEcsDetector implements Detector {
+  readonly CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH = 64;
+  readonly DEFAULT_CGROUP_PATH = '/proc/self/cgroup';
+  private static readFileAsync = util.promisify(fs.readFile);
+
+  async detect(config: ResourceDetectionConfigWithLogger): Promise<Resource> {
+    if (
+      !process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4 &&
+      !process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI
+    ) {
+      config.logger.debug('AwsEcsDetector failed: Process is not on ECS');
+      return Resource.empty();
+    }
+
+    const hostName = os.hostname();
+    const containerId = await this._getContainerId(config);
+
+    return !hostName && !containerId
+      ? Resource.empty()
+      : new Resource({
+          [CONTAINER_RESOURCE.NAME]: hostName || '',
+          [CONTAINER_RESOURCE.ID]: containerId || '',
+        });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read container ID from cgroup file
+   * In ECS, even if we fail to find target file
+   * or target file does not contain container ID
+   * we do not throw an error but throw warning message
+   * and then return null string
+   */
+  private async _getContainerId(
+    config: ResourceDetectionConfigWithLogger
+  ): Promise<string | undefined> {
+    try {
+      const rawData = await AwsEcsDetector.readFileAsync(
+        this.DEFAULT_CGROUP_PATH,
+        'utf8'
+      );
+      const splitData = rawData.trim().split('\n');
+      for (const str of splitData) {
+        if (str.length > this.CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH) {
+          return str.substring(str.length - this.CONTAINER_ID_LENGTH);
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      config.logger.warn(
+        `AwsEcsDetector failed to read container ID: ${e.message}`
+      );
+    }
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+export const awsEcsDetector = new AwsEcsDetector();
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/src/detectors/index.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/src/detectors/index.ts
index 4bd440dd06..01986175c3 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/src/detectors/index.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/src/detectors/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 
 export * from './AwsEc2Detector';
 export * from './AwsBeanstalkDetector';
+export * from './AwsEcsDetector';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/test/detectors/AwsEcsDetector.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/test/detectors/AwsEcsDetector.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8bed2b3e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resource-detector-aws/test/detectors/AwsEcsDetector.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,205 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import * as assert from 'assert';
+import * as sinon from 'sinon';
+import {
+  awsEcsDetector,
+  AwsEcsDetector,
+} from '../../src/detectors/AwsEcsDetector';
+import {
+  assertEmptyResource,
+  assertContainerResource,
+} from '@opentelemetry/resources/test/util/resource-assertions';
+import { NoopLogger } from '@opentelemetry/core';
+import * as os from 'os';
+
+describe('BeanstalkResourceDetector', () => {
+  const errorMsg = {
+    fileNotFoundError: new Error('cannot find cgroup file'),
+  };
+
+  const correctCgroupData =
+    'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm';
+  const unexpectedCgroupdata =
+    'bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb';
+  const noisyCgroupData = `\n\n\n abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz \n ${correctCgroupData}`;
+  const multiValidCgroupData = `${unexpectedCgroupdata}\n${correctCgroupData}\nbcd${unexpectedCgroupdata}`;
+  const hostNameData = 'abcd.test.testing.com';
+
+  let readStub, hostStub;
+  let sandbox: sinon.SinonSandbox;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4 = '';
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI = '';
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sandbox.restore();
+  });
+
+  it('should successfully return resource data', async () => {
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4 = 'ecs_metadata_v4_uri';
+    hostStub = sandbox.stub(os, 'hostname').returns(hostNameData);
+    readStub = sandbox
+      .stub(AwsEcsDetector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+      .resolves(correctCgroupData);
+
+    const resource = await awsEcsDetector.detect({
+      logger: new NoopLogger(),
+    });
+
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(hostStub);
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+    assert.ok(resource);
+    assertContainerResource(resource, {
+      name: 'abcd.test.testing.com',
+      id: 'bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should successfully return resource data with noisy cgroup file', async () => {
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI = 'ecs_metadata_v3_uri';
+    hostStub = sandbox.stub(os, 'hostname').returns(hostNameData);
+    readStub = sandbox
+      .stub(AwsEcsDetector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+      .resolves(noisyCgroupData);
+
+    const resource = await awsEcsDetector.detect({
+      logger: new NoopLogger(),
+    });
+
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(hostStub);
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+    assert.ok(resource);
+    assertContainerResource(resource, {
+      name: 'abcd.test.testing.com',
+      id: 'bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should always return first valid line of data', async () => {
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI = 'ecs_metadata_v3_uri';
+    hostStub = sandbox.stub(os, 'hostname').returns(hostNameData);
+    readStub = sandbox
+      .stub(AwsEcsDetector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+      .resolves(multiValidCgroupData);
+
+    const resource = await awsEcsDetector.detect({
+      logger: new NoopLogger(),
+    });
+
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(hostStub);
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+    assert.ok(resource);
+    assertContainerResource(resource, {
+      name: 'abcd.test.testing.com',
+      id: 'bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should empty resource without environmental variable', async () => {
+    hostStub = sandbox.stub(os, 'hostname').returns(hostNameData);
+    readStub = sandbox
+      .stub(AwsEcsDetector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+      .resolves(correctCgroupData);
+
+    const resource = await awsEcsDetector.detect({
+      logger: new NoopLogger(),
+    });
+
+    sandbox.assert.notCalled(hostStub);
+    sandbox.assert.notCalled(readStub);
+    assert.ok(resource);
+    assertEmptyResource(resource);
+  });
+
+  it('should return resource only with hostname attribute without cgroup file', async () => {
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4 = 'ecs_metadata_v4_uri';
+    hostStub = sandbox.stub(os, 'hostname').returns(hostNameData);
+    readStub = sandbox
+      .stub(AwsEcsDetector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+      .rejects(errorMsg.fileNotFoundError);
+
+    const resource = await awsEcsDetector.detect({
+      logger: new NoopLogger(),
+    });
+
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(hostStub);
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+    assert.ok(resource);
+    assertContainerResource(resource, {
+      name: 'abcd.test.testing.com',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should return resource only with hostname attribute when cgroup file does not contain valid container ID', async () => {
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4 = 'ecs_metadata_v4_uri';
+    hostStub = sandbox.stub(os, 'hostname').returns(hostNameData);
+    readStub = sandbox
+      .stub(AwsEcsDetector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+      .resolves('');
+
+    const resource = await awsEcsDetector.detect({
+      logger: new NoopLogger(),
+    });
+
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(hostStub);
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+    assert.ok(resource);
+    assertContainerResource(resource, {
+      name: 'abcd.test.testing.com',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should return resource only with container ID attribute without hostname', async () => {
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4 = 'ecs_metadata_v4_uri';
+    hostStub = sandbox.stub(os, 'hostname').returns('');
+    readStub = sandbox
+      .stub(AwsEcsDetector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+      .resolves(correctCgroupData);
+
+    const resource = await awsEcsDetector.detect({
+      logger: new NoopLogger(),
+    });
+
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(hostStub);
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+    assert.ok(resource);
+    assertContainerResource(resource, {
+      id: 'bcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabcdefghijklm',
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should return empty resource when both hostname and container ID are invalid', async () => {
+    process.env.ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4 = 'ecs_metadata_v4_uri';
+    hostStub = sandbox.stub(os, 'hostname').returns('');
+    readStub = sandbox
+      .stub(AwsEcsDetector, 'readFileAsync' as any)
+      .rejects(errorMsg.fileNotFoundError);
+
+    const resource = await awsEcsDetector.detect({
+      logger: new NoopLogger(),
+    });
+
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(hostStub);
+    sandbox.assert.calledOnce(readStub);
+    assert.ok(resource);
+    assertEmptyResource(resource);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/constants.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/constants.ts
index 2169f82b5b..298241a1df 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/src/constants.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ export const CONTAINER_RESOURCE = {
   /** The container name. */
   NAME: 'container.name',
 
+  /** The container id. */
+  ID: 'container.id',
+
   /** The name of the image the container was built on. */
   IMAGE_NAME: 'container.image.name',
 
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/resource-assertions.test.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/resource-assertions.test.ts
index c3a99f5998..01952f3839 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/resource-assertions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/resource-assertions.test.ts
@@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ describe('assertContainerResource', () => {
   it('validates optional attributes', () => {
     const resource = new Resource({
       [CONTAINER_RESOURCE.NAME]: 'opentelemetry-autoconf',
+      [CONTAINER_RESOURCE.ID]: 'abc',
       [CONTAINER_RESOURCE.IMAGE_NAME]: 'gcr.io/opentelemetry/operator',
       [CONTAINER_RESOURCE.IMAGE_TAG]: '0.1',
     });
     assertContainerResource(resource, {
       name: 'opentelemetry-autoconf',
+      id: 'abc',
       imageName: 'gcr.io/opentelemetry/operator',
       imageTag: '0.1',
     });
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/util/resource-assertions.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/util/resource-assertions.ts
index c39b86a579..4212058a03 100644
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/util/resource-assertions.ts
+++ b/packages/opentelemetry-resources/test/util/resource-assertions.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export const assertContainerResource = (
   resource: Resource,
   validations: {
     name?: string;
+    id?: string;
     imageName?: string;
     imageTag?: string;
   }
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ export const assertContainerResource = (
       resource.attributes[CONTAINER_RESOURCE.NAME],
       validations.name
     );
+  if (validations.id)
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      resource.attributes[CONTAINER_RESOURCE.ID],
+      validations.id
+    );
   if (validations.imageName)
     assert.strictEqual(
       resource.attributes[CONTAINER_RESOURCE.IMAGE_NAME],