diff --git a/utils/oomparser/oomparser.go b/utils/oomparser/oomparser.go
index 2d522ebf..cf5c84fd 100644
--- a/utils/oomparser/oomparser.go
+++ b/utils/oomparser/oomparser.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var containerRegexp *regexp.Regexp = regexp.MustCompile(
-	`Task in (.*) killed as a result of limit of `)
+	`Task in (.*) killed as a result of limit of (.*)`)
 var lastLineRegexp *regexp.Regexp = regexp.MustCompile(
 	`(^[A-Z]{1}[a-z]{2} .*[0-9]{1,2} [0-9]{1,2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}) .* Killed process ([0-9]+) \(([0-9A-Za-z_]+)\)`)
 var firstLineRegexp *regexp.Regexp = regexp.MustCompile(
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ type OomInstance struct {
 	TimeOfDeath time.Time
 	// the absolute name of the container that OOMed
 	ContainerName string
+	// the absolute name of the container that was killed
+	// due to the OOM.
+	VictimContainerName string
 }
 
 // gets the container name from a line and adds it to the oomInstance.
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ func getContainerName(line string, currentOomInstance *OomInstance) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 	currentOomInstance.ContainerName = path.Join("/", parsedLine[1])
+	currentOomInstance.VictimContainerName = path.Join("/", parsedLine[2])
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/utils/oomparser/oomparser_test.go b/utils/oomparser/oomparser_test.go
index 4cb6a6d8..7da55e61 100644
--- a/utils/oomparser/oomparser_test.go
+++ b/utils/oomparser/oomparser_test.go
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ package oomparser
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
 
 const startLine = "Jan 21 22:01:49 localhost kernel: [62278.816267] ruby invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x201da, order=0, oom_score_adj=0"
 const endLine = "Jan 21 22:01:49 localhost kernel: [62279.421192] Killed process 19667 (evilprogram2) total-vm:1460016kB, anon-rss:1414008kB, file-rss:4kB"
-const containerLine = "Jan 26 14:10:07 kateknister0.mtv.corp.google.com kernel: [1814368.465205] Task in /mem2 killed as a result of limit of /mem2"
+const containerLine = "Jan 26 14:10:07 kateknister0.mtv.corp.google.com kernel: [1814368.465205] Task in /mem2 killed as a result of limit of /mem3"
 const containerLogFile = "containerOomExampleLog.txt"
 const systemLogFile = "systemOomExampleLog.txt"
 
@@ -35,10 +36,11 @@ func createExpectedContainerOomInstance(t *testing.T) *OomInstance {
 		return nil
 	}
 	return &OomInstance{
-		Pid:           13536,
-		ProcessName:   "memorymonster",
-		TimeOfDeath:   deathTime,
-		ContainerName: "/mem2",
+		Pid:                 13536,
+		ProcessName:         "memorymonster",
+		TimeOfDeath:         deathTime,
+		ContainerName:       "/mem2",
+		VictimContainerName: "/mem3",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -50,10 +52,11 @@ func createExpectedSystemOomInstance(t *testing.T) *OomInstance {
 		return nil
 	}
 	return &OomInstance{
-		Pid:           1532,
-		ProcessName:   "badsysprogram",
-		TimeOfDeath:   deathTime,
-		ContainerName: "/",
+		Pid:                 1532,
+		ProcessName:         "badsysprogram",
+		TimeOfDeath:         deathTime,
+		ContainerName:       "/",
+		VictimContainerName: "/",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ func TestGetContainerName(t *testing.T) {
 	if currentOomInstance.ContainerName != "/mem2" {
 		t.Errorf("getContainerName should have set containerName to /mem2, not %s", currentOomInstance.ContainerName)
 	}
+	if currentOomInstance.VictimContainerName != "/mem3" {
+		t.Errorf("getContainerName should have set victimContainerName to /mem3, not %s", currentOomInstance.VictimContainerName)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestGetProcessNamePid(t *testing.T) {
@@ -139,7 +145,7 @@ func helpTestStreamOoms(oomCheckInstance *OomInstance, sysFile string, t *testin
 
 	select {
 	case oomInstance := <-outStream:
-		if *oomCheckInstance != *oomInstance {
+		if reflect.DeepEqual(*oomCheckInstance, *oomInstance) {
 			t.Errorf("wrong instance returned. Expected %v and got %v",
 				oomCheckInstance, oomInstance)
 		}