diff --git a/docker.go b/docker.go
index fe1952c839..bb099dbe4c 100644
--- a/docker.go
+++ b/docker.go
@@ -745,6 +745,12 @@ func NewDockerClient() (cli *client.Client, host string, tcConfig TestContainers
 		host = "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
 	}
 
+	opts = append(opts, client.WithHTTPHeaders(
+		map[string]string{
+			"x-tc-sid": sessionID().String(),
+		}),
+	)
+
 	cli, err = client.NewClientWithOpts(opts...)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -934,7 +940,7 @@ func (p *DockerProvider) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, req ContainerReque
 		req.Labels = make(map[string]string)
 	}
 
-	sessionID := uuid.New()
+	sessionID := sessionID()
 
 	var termSignal chan bool
 	if !req.SkipReaper {
@@ -1155,7 +1161,7 @@ func (p *DockerProvider) ReuseOrCreateContainer(ctx context.Context, req Contain
 		return p.CreateContainer(ctx, req)
 	}
 
-	sessionID := uuid.New()
+	sessionID := sessionID()
 	var termSignal chan bool
 	if !req.SkipReaper {
 		r, err := NewReaper(ctx, sessionID.String(), p, req.ReaperImage)
@@ -1310,10 +1316,9 @@ func (p *DockerProvider) CreateNetwork(ctx context.Context, req NetworkRequest)
 		IPAM:           req.IPAM,
 	}
 
-	sessionID := uuid.New()
-
 	var termSignal chan bool
 	if !req.SkipReaper {
+		sessionID := sessionID()
 		r, err := NewReaper(context.WithValue(ctx, dockerHostContextKey, p.host), sessionID.String(), p, req.ReaperImage)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: creating network reaper failed", err)
diff --git a/reaper.go b/reaper.go
index a969960d53..5a81336597 100644
--- a/reaper.go
+++ b/reaper.go
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ func NewReaper(ctx context.Context, sessionID string, provider ReaperProvider, r
 		ExposedPorts: []string{string(listeningPort)},
 		NetworkMode:  Bridge,
 		Labels: map[string]string{
-			TestcontainerLabel:         "true",
 			TestcontainerLabelIsReaper: "true",
 		},
 		SkipReaper: true,
@@ -72,6 +71,11 @@ func NewReaper(ctx context.Context, sessionID string, provider ReaperProvider, r
 		WaitingFor: wait.ForListeningPort(listeningPort),
 	}
 
+	// include reaper-specific labels to the reaper container
+	for k, v := range reaper.Labels() {
+		req.Labels[k] = v
+	}
+
 	tcConfig := provider.Config()
 	req.Privileged = tcConfig.RyukPrivileged
 
diff --git a/reaper_test.go b/reaper_test.go
index 161646f04a..a32b876626 100644
--- a/reaper_test.go
+++ b/reaper_test.go
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ func createContainerRequest(customize func(ContainerRequest) ContainerRequest) C
 		Image:        "reaperImage",
 		ExposedPorts: []string{"8080/tcp"},
 		Labels: map[string]string{
-			TestcontainerLabel:         "true",
-			TestcontainerLabelIsReaper: "true",
+			TestcontainerLabel:          "true",
+			TestcontainerLabelIsReaper:  "true",
+			TestcontainerLabelSessionID: "sessionId",
 		},
 		SkipReaper:  true,
 		Mounts:      Mounts(BindMount("/var/run/docker.sock", "/var/run/docker.sock")),
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e736209790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/session.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package testcontainers
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/google/uuid"
+)
+
+var tcSessionID uuid.UUID
+var tcSessionIDOnce sync.Once
+
+func sessionID() uuid.UUID {
+	tcSessionIDOnce.Do(func() {
+		tcSessionID = uuid.New()
+	})
+
+	return tcSessionID
+}