diff --git a/scripts/create-consolidated-report.gmp.py b/scripts/create-consolidated-report.gmp.py
index bde128eb..b5601c95 100755
--- a/scripts/create-consolidated-report.gmp.py
+++ b/scripts/create-consolidated-report.gmp.py
@@ -125,6 +125,28 @@ def parse_args(args: Namespace) -> Namespace:  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         ),
     )
 
+    container_args = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+
+    container_args.add_argument(
+        "++container-id",
+        type=str,
+        dest="container_id",
+        help=(
+            "Add the consolidated report to the container task"
+            " with the given id instead of creating a new one."
+        ),
+    )
+
+    container_args.add_argument(
+        "++new-container-name",
+        type=str,
+        dest="new_container_name",
+        help=(
+            "Create a new container task with the given name instead"
+            " of using an automatically generated name."
+        ),
+    )
+
     parser.add_argument(
         "+t",
         "++tags",
@@ -289,8 +311,31 @@ def combine_reports(
     return combined_report
 
 
+def get_container_name(gmp: Gmp, container_id: str):
+    """
+    Gets the name of a task by id and checks if it is a container
+
+    gmp: the GMP object
+    container_id: Id of the task to check
+    """
+    res = gmp.get_task(container_id)
+
+    task_name = res.xpath("//task/name")[0].text
+    task_target_id = res.xpath("//task/target/@id")[0]
+
+    if task_target_id != "":
+        error_and_exit(f"Task [{container_id}] is not a container")
+
+    return task_name
+
+
 def send_report(
-    gmp: Gmp, combined_report: e.Element, period_start: date, period_end: date
+    gmp: Gmp,
+    combined_report: e.Element,
+    period_start: date,
+    period_end: date,
+    container_id: str,
+    new_container_name: str,
 ) -> str:
     """Creating a container task and sending the combined report to the GSM
 
@@ -300,13 +345,31 @@ def send_report(
     period_end: the end date
     """
 
-    task_name = f"Consolidated Report [{period_start} - {period_end}]"
+    task_id = None
+    task_name = None
 
-    res = gmp.create_container_task(
-        name=task_name, comment="Created with gvm-tools."
-    )
+    if container_id:
+        task_name = get_container_name(gmp, container_id)
+        task_id = container_id
+        print(
+            "Adding consolidated report to existing container task"
+            f" [{task_name}] with UUID [{task_id}]"
+        )
+    else:
+        if new_container_name:
+            task_name = new_container_name
+        else:
+            task_name = f"Consolidated Report [{period_start} - {period_end}]"
 
-    task_id = res.xpath("//@id")[0]
+        res = gmp.create_container_task(
+            name=task_name, comment="Created with gvm-tools."
+        )
+
+        task_id = res.xpath("//@id")[0]
+        print(
+            "Adding consolidated report to new container task"
+            f" [{task_name}] with UUID [{task_id}]"
+        )
 
     combined_report = e.tostring(combined_report)
 
@@ -386,6 +449,8 @@ def main(gmp: Gmp, args: Namespace) -> None:
         combined_report=combined_report,
         period_start=period_start,
         period_end=period_end,
+        container_id=parsed_args.container_id,
+        new_container_name=parsed_args.new_container_name,
     )
 
     print(f"Successfully imported new consolidated report [{report}]")
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test_create_consolidated_report.py b/tests/scripts/test_create_consolidated_report.py
index 692eaa36..0f473720 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/test_create_consolidated_report.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/test_create_consolidated_report.py
@@ -375,6 +375,109 @@ def test_send_report(self, mock_gmp: GmpMockFactory):
             combined_report=combined_report,
             period_start=period_start,
             period_end=period_end,
+            container_id=None,
+            new_container_name=None,
         )
 
         self.assertEqual(report_id, created_report_id)
+
+    @patch("gvm.protocols.latest.Gmp", new_callable=GmpMockFactory)
+    def test_send_report_with_container_id(self, mock_gmp: GmpMockFactory):
+        combined_report = etree.fromstring(
+            '<report id="20574712-c404-4a04-9c83-03144ae02dca" '
+            'format_id="d5da9f67-8551-4e51-807b-b6a873d70e34" '
+            'extension="xml" content_type="text/xml">'
+            '<report id="20574712-c404-4a04-9c83-03144ae02dca">'
+            '<results start="1" max="-1">'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"/>'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"/>'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"/>'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"/>'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000004"/>'
+            "</results></report></report>"
+        )
+
+        task_id = "c347836e-3c51-4045-872d-3cb12637f4cc"
+        report_id = "0e4d8fb2-47fa-494e-a242-d5327d3772f9"
+
+        mock_gmp.mock_response(
+            "import_report",
+            '<create_report_response status="201" status_text="OK, '
+            f'resource created" id="{report_id}"/>',
+        )
+
+        # Returns a container task without a target
+        mock_gmp.mock_response(
+            "get_task",
+            '<get_tasks_response status="200" status_text="OK">'
+            '<task id="c347836e-3c51-4045-872d-3cb12637f4cc">'
+            "<name>test</name>"
+            '<target id=""/>'
+            "</task>"
+            "</get_tasks_response>",
+        )
+
+        period_start = date(2020, 1, 1)
+        period_end = date(2020, 2, 1)
+
+        created_report_id = self.create_consolidated_report.send_report(
+            gmp=mock_gmp.gmp_protocol,
+            combined_report=combined_report,
+            period_start=period_start,
+            period_end=period_end,
+            container_id=task_id,
+            new_container_name="test",
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(report_id, created_report_id)
+
+    @patch("gvm.protocols.latest.Gmp", new_callable=GmpMockFactory)
+    def test_send_report_with_container_id_failure(
+        self, mock_gmp: GmpMockFactory
+    ):
+        combined_report = etree.fromstring(
+            '<report id="20574712-c404-4a04-9c83-03144ae02dca" '
+            'format_id="d5da9f67-8551-4e51-807b-b6a873d70e34" '
+            'extension="xml" content_type="text/xml">'
+            '<report id="20574712-c404-4a04-9c83-03144ae02dca">'
+            '<results start="1" max="-1">'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"/>'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000001"/>'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000002"/>'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000003"/>'
+            '<result id="00000001-0000-0000-0000-000000000004"/>'
+            "</results></report></report>"
+        )
+
+        task_id = "c347836e-3c51-4045-872d-3cb12637f4cc"
+        report_id = "0e4d8fb2-47fa-494e-a242-d5327d3772f9"
+
+        mock_gmp.mock_response(
+            "import_report",
+            '<create_report_response status="201" status_text="OK, '
+            f'resource created" id="{report_id}"/>',
+        )
+
+        # Returns a non-container task with a target defined
+        mock_gmp.mock_response(
+            "get_task",
+            '<get_tasks_response status="200" status_text="OK">'
+            '<task id="c347836e-3c51-4045-872d-3cb12637f4cc">'
+            "<name>test</name>"
+            '<target id="35995ae0-2430-4f0d-97da-fcb93350abb4"/>'
+            "</task>"
+            "</get_tasks_response>",
+        )
+
+        period_start = date(2020, 1, 1)
+        period_end = date(2020, 2, 1)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+            self.create_consolidated_report.send_report(
+                gmp=mock_gmp.gmp_protocol,
+                combined_report=combined_report,
+                period_start=period_start,
+                period_end=period_end,
+                container_id=task_id,
+                new_container_name="test",
+            )