diff --git a/internal/store/pod.go b/internal/store/pod.go
index d9ad4afa6..f2714e5d0 100644
--- a/internal/store/pod.go
+++ b/internal/store/pod.go
@@ -1541,15 +1541,12 @@ func createPodStatusReasonFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
 			ms := []*metric.Metric{}
 
 			for _, reason := range podStatusReasons {
-				metric := &metric.Metric{}
-				metric.LabelKeys = []string{"reason"}
-				metric.LabelValues = []string{reason}
-				if p.Status.Reason == reason {
-					metric.Value = boolFloat64(true)
-				} else {
-					metric.Value = boolFloat64(false)
+				m := &metric.Metric{
+					LabelKeys:   []string{"reason"},
+					LabelValues: []string{reason},
+					Value:       getPodStatusReasonValue(p, reason),
 				}
-				ms = append(ms, metric)
+				ms = append(ms, m)
 			}
 
 			return &metric.Family{
@@ -1559,6 +1556,23 @@ func createPodStatusReasonFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
 	)
 }
 
+func getPodStatusReasonValue(p *v1.Pod, reason string) float64 {
+	if p.Status.Reason == reason {
+		return 1
+	}
+	for _, cond := range p.Status.Conditions {
+		if cond.Reason == reason {
+			return 1
+		}
+	}
+	for _, cs := range p.Status.ContainerStatuses {
+		if cs.State.Terminated != nil && cs.State.Terminated.Reason == reason {
+			return 1
+		}
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 func createPodStatusScheduledFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
 	return *generator.NewFamilyGeneratorWithStability(
 		"kube_pod_status_scheduled",
diff --git a/internal/store/pod_test.go b/internal/store/pod_test.go
index 3ba2875d0..113b65d00 100644
--- a/internal/store/pod_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/pod_test.go
@@ -2290,3 +2290,85 @@ func BenchmarkPodStore(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetPodStatusReasonValue(t *testing.T) {
+	reason := "TestReason"
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		pod  *v1.Pod
+		want float64
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "matches Status.Reason",
+			pod: &v1.Pod{
+				Status: v1.PodStatus{
+					Reason: "TestReason",
+				},
+			},
+			want: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "matches condition Reason",
+			pod: &v1.Pod{
+				Status: v1.PodStatus{
+					Conditions: []v1.PodCondition{
+						{
+							Reason: "TestReason",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "matches container terminated Reason",
+			pod: &v1.Pod{
+				Status: v1.PodStatus{
+					ContainerStatuses: []v1.ContainerStatus{
+						{
+							State: v1.ContainerState{
+								Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{
+									Reason: "TestReason",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: 1,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no match returns 0",
+			pod: &v1.Pod{
+				Status: v1.PodStatus{
+					Reason: "OtherReason",
+					Conditions: []v1.PodCondition{
+						{
+							Reason: "NotTestReason",
+						},
+					},
+					ContainerStatuses: []v1.ContainerStatus{
+						{
+							State: v1.ContainerState{
+								Terminated: &v1.ContainerStateTerminated{
+									Reason: "AnotherReason",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: 0,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := getPodStatusReasonValue(tt.pod, reason)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("getPodStatusReasonValue() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}