diff --git a/.chloggen/resourcedetection-aks-panic.yaml b/.chloggen/resourcedetection-aks-panic.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..921ad3c560f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/resourcedetection-aks-panic.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+# If your change doesn't affect end users, such as a test fix or a tooling change,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: processor/resourcedetection
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: make sure to use a aks config struct instead of nil to avoid collector panic
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [24549]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/config.go b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/config.go
index 6d667edeb455..a2da68ae9591 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/config.go
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/config.go
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ func (d *DetectorConfig) GetConfigFromType(detectorType internal.DetectorType) i
 		return d.LambdaConfig
 	case azure.TypeStr:
 		return d.AzureConfig
+	case aks.TypeStr:
+		return d.AksConfig
 	case consul.TypeStr:
 		return d.ConsulConfig
 	case docker.TypeStr:
diff --git a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/testdata/config.yaml b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/testdata/config.yaml
index 42acce86c364..6cde1f5251c5 100644
--- a/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/processor/resourcedetectionprocessor/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ resourcedetection/openshift:
     tls:
       insecure: true
 
+resourcedetection/aks:
+  detectors: [ env, aks ]
+  timeout: 2s
+  override: false
+
 resourcedetection/gcp:
   detectors: [env, gcp]
   timeout: 2s