diff --git a/integration/container_stats_test.go b/integration/container_stats_test.go
index 11991aad9..cc1aee0ce 100644
--- a/integration/container_stats_test.go
+++ b/integration/container_stats_test.go
@@ -296,6 +296,29 @@ func TestContainerListStatsWithIdSandboxIdFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			testStats(t, s, config)
 		}
 	}
+
+	t.Logf("Fetch container stats for sandbox truncID and container truncID filter ")
+	for id, config := range containerConfigMap {
+		require.NoError(t, Eventually(func() (bool, error) {
+			stats, err = runtimeService.ListContainerStats(
+				&runtime.ContainerStatsFilter{Id: id[:3], PodSandboxId: sb[:3]})
+			if err != nil {
+				return false, err
+			}
+			if len(stats) != 1 {
+				return false, fmt.Errorf("Unexpected stats length")
+			}
+			if stats[0].GetWritableLayer().GetUsedBytes().GetValue() != 0 &&
+				stats[0].GetWritableLayer().GetInodesUsed().GetValue() != 0 {
+				return true, nil
+			}
+			return false, nil
+		}, time.Second, 30*time.Second))
+		t.Logf("Verify container stats for sandbox %q and container %q filter", sb, id)
+		for _, s := range stats {
+			testStats(t, s, config)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // TODO make this as options to use for dead container tests
diff --git a/pkg/server/container_list.go b/pkg/server/container_list.go
index 215602a35..6fb8ef1a3 100644
--- a/pkg/server/container_list.go
+++ b/pkg/server/container_list.go
@@ -54,12 +54,22 @@ func toCRIContainer(container containerstore.Container) *runtime.Container {
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *criContainerdService) normalizeContainerFilter(filter *runtime.ContainerFilter) {
+	if cntr, err := c.containerStore.Get(filter.GetId()); err == nil {
+		filter.Id = cntr.ID
+	}
+	if sb, err := c.sandboxStore.Get(filter.GetPodSandboxId()); err == nil {
+		filter.PodSandboxId = sb.ID
+	}
+}
+
 // filterCRIContainers filters CRIContainers.
 func (c *criContainerdService) filterCRIContainers(containers []*runtime.Container, filter *runtime.ContainerFilter) []*runtime.Container {
 	if filter == nil {
 		return containers
 	}
 
+	c.normalizeContainerFilter(filter)
 	filtered := []*runtime.Container{}
 	for _, cntr := range containers {
 		if filter.GetId() != "" && filter.GetId() != cntr.Id {
diff --git a/pkg/server/container_stats_list.go b/pkg/server/container_stats_list.go
index e4fa86f7c..10a5ece90 100644
--- a/pkg/server/container_stats_list.go
+++ b/pkg/server/container_stats_list.go
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ func (c *criContainerdService) getContainerMetrics(
 	return &cs, nil
 }
 
+func (c *criContainerdService) normalizeContainerStatsFilter(filter *runtime.ContainerStatsFilter) {
+	if cntr, err := c.containerStore.Get(filter.GetId()); err == nil {
+		filter.Id = cntr.ID
+	}
+	if sb, err := c.sandboxStore.Get(filter.GetPodSandboxId()); err == nil {
+		filter.PodSandboxId = sb.ID
+	}
+}
+
 // buildTaskMetricsRequest constructs a tasks.MetricsRequest based on
 // the information in the stats request and the containerStore
 func (c *criContainerdService) buildTaskMetricsRequest(
@@ -128,6 +137,7 @@ func (c *criContainerdService) buildTaskMetricsRequest(
 	if r.GetFilter() == nil {
 		return req, nil, nil
 	}
+	c.normalizeContainerStatsFilter(r.GetFilter())
 	var containers []containerstore.Container
 	for _, cntr := range c.containerStore.List() {
 		if r.GetFilter().GetId() != "" && cntr.ID != r.GetFilter().GetId() {
diff --git a/pkg/server/sandbox_list.go b/pkg/server/sandbox_list.go
index aca59e2de..c83a40086 100644
--- a/pkg/server/sandbox_list.go
+++ b/pkg/server/sandbox_list.go
@@ -84,12 +84,19 @@ func toCRISandbox(meta sandboxstore.Metadata, state runtime.PodSandboxState, cre
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *criContainerdService) normalizePodSandboxFilter(filter *runtime.PodSandboxFilter) {
+	if sb, err := c.sandboxStore.Get(filter.GetId()); err == nil {
+		filter.Id = sb.ID
+	}
+}
+
 // filterCRISandboxes filters CRISandboxes.
 func (c *criContainerdService) filterCRISandboxes(sandboxes []*runtime.PodSandbox, filter *runtime.PodSandboxFilter) []*runtime.PodSandbox {
 	if filter == nil {
 		return sandboxes
 	}
 
+	c.normalizePodSandboxFilter(filter)
 	filtered := []*runtime.PodSandbox{}
 	for _, s := range sandboxes {
 		// Filter by id