diff --git a/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/run_context.rb b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/run_context.rb
index ae97d68b4..27612dfcf 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/run_context.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/utils/telemetry/run_context.rb
@@ -1,21 +1,27 @@
 module Inspec
   module Telemetry
     # Guesses the run context of InSpec - how were we invoked?
+    # All stack values here are determined experimentally
+
     class RunContextProbe
       def self.guess_run_context
         stack = caller_locations(4)
+        return "test-kitchen" if kitchen?(stack)
         return "cli" if run_by_thor?(stack)
         # audit-cookbook
-        # kitchen-inspec
-        # "unknown"
+        "unknown"
       end
 
-
       def self.run_by_thor?(stack)
         stack_match(stack: stack[-14..-9], path: "thor/command", label: "run") &&
         stack_match(stack: stack[-14..-9], path: "thor/invocation", label: "invoke_command")
       end
 
+      def self.kitchen?(stack)
+        stack_match(stack: stack[-21..-11], path: "kitchen/instance", label: "verify_action") &&
+        stack_match(stack: stack[-14..-4], path: "kitchen/instance", label: "verify")
+      end
+
       def self.stack_match(stack: nil, label: nil, path: nil)
         stack.any? do |frame|
           if label && path