diff --git a/.chloggen/main-resource-attribute.yaml b/.chloggen/main-resource-attribute.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..c8b2a232cae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/main-resource-attribute.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: k8sclusterreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: "add optional status_last_terminated_reason resource attribute"
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [31282]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [user]
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
index aac9303e25b5..9c84fb8a62ee 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/documentation.md
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ Current status reason of the pod (1 - Evicted, 2 - NodeAffinity, 3 - NodeLost, 4
 | container.runtime | The container runtime used by Kubernetes Node. | Any Str | false |
 | container.runtime.version | The version of container runtime used by Kubernetes Node. | Any Str | false |
 | k8s.container.name | The k8s container name | Any Str | true |
+| k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason | Last terminated reason of a container. | Any Str | false |
 | k8s.cronjob.name | The k8s CronJob name | Any Str | true |
 | k8s.cronjob.uid | The k8s CronJob uid. | Any Str | true |
 | k8s.daemonset.name | The k8s daemonset name. | Any Str | true |
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/container/containers.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/container/containers.go
index 9879d9ca71a6..368f4c73c410 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/container/containers.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/container/containers.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ func RecordSpecMetrics(logger *zap.Logger, mb *imetadata.MetricsBuilder, c corev
 			logger.Debug("unsupported request type", zap.Any("type", k))
 		}
 	}
+
+	rb := mb.NewResourceBuilder()
 	var containerID string
 	var imageStr string
 	for _, cs := range pod.Status.ContainerStatuses {
@@ -68,11 +70,13 @@ func RecordSpecMetrics(logger *zap.Logger, mb *imetadata.MetricsBuilder, c corev
 			imageStr = cs.Image
 			mb.RecordK8sContainerRestartsDataPoint(ts, int64(cs.RestartCount))
 			mb.RecordK8sContainerReadyDataPoint(ts, boolToInt64(cs.Ready))
+			if cs.LastTerminationState.Terminated != nil {
+				rb.SetK8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason(cs.LastTerminationState.Terminated.Reason)
+			}
 			break
 		}
 	}
 
-	rb := mb.NewResourceBuilder()
 	rb.SetK8sPodUID(string(pod.UID))
 	rb.SetK8sPodName(pod.Name)
 	rb.SetK8sNodeName(pod.Spec.NodeName)
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
index 182e9f812853..ee319ab03b8f 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config.go
@@ -229,42 +229,43 @@ func (rac *ResourceAttributeConfig) Unmarshal(parser *confmap.Conf) error {
 
 // ResourceAttributesConfig provides config for k8s_cluster resource attributes.
 type ResourceAttributesConfig struct {
-	ContainerID                  ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.id"`
-	ContainerImageName           ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.image.name"`
-	ContainerImageTag            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.image.tag"`
-	ContainerRuntime             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.runtime"`
-	ContainerRuntimeVersion      ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.runtime.version"`
-	K8sContainerName             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.container.name"`
-	K8sCronjobName               ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.cronjob.name"`
-	K8sCronjobUID                ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.cronjob.uid"`
-	K8sDaemonsetName             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.daemonset.name"`
-	K8sDaemonsetUID              ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.daemonset.uid"`
-	K8sDeploymentName            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.deployment.name"`
-	K8sDeploymentUID             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.deployment.uid"`
-	K8sHpaName                   ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.hpa.name"`
-	K8sHpaUID                    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.hpa.uid"`
-	K8sJobName                   ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.job.name"`
-	K8sJobUID                    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.job.uid"`
-	K8sKubeletVersion            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.kubelet.version"`
-	K8sNamespaceName             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.namespace.name"`
-	K8sNamespaceUID              ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.namespace.uid"`
-	K8sNodeName                  ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.node.name"`
-	K8sNodeUID                   ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.node.uid"`
-	K8sPodName                   ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.pod.name"`
-	K8sPodQosClass               ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.pod.qos_class"`
-	K8sPodUID                    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.pod.uid"`
-	K8sReplicasetName            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.replicaset.name"`
-	K8sReplicasetUID             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.replicaset.uid"`
-	K8sReplicationcontrollerName ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.replicationcontroller.name"`
-	K8sReplicationcontrollerUID  ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.replicationcontroller.uid"`
-	K8sResourcequotaName         ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.resourcequota.name"`
-	K8sResourcequotaUID          ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.resourcequota.uid"`
-	K8sStatefulsetName           ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.statefulset.name"`
-	K8sStatefulsetUID            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.statefulset.uid"`
-	OpenshiftClusterquotaName    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"openshift.clusterquota.name"`
-	OpenshiftClusterquotaUID     ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"openshift.clusterquota.uid"`
-	OsDescription                ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"os.description"`
-	OsType                       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"os.type"`
+	ContainerID                            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.id"`
+	ContainerImageName                     ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.image.name"`
+	ContainerImageTag                      ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.image.tag"`
+	ContainerRuntime                       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.runtime"`
+	ContainerRuntimeVersion                ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"container.runtime.version"`
+	K8sContainerName                       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.container.name"`
+	K8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason"`
+	K8sCronjobName                         ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.cronjob.name"`
+	K8sCronjobUID                          ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.cronjob.uid"`
+	K8sDaemonsetName                       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.daemonset.name"`
+	K8sDaemonsetUID                        ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.daemonset.uid"`
+	K8sDeploymentName                      ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.deployment.name"`
+	K8sDeploymentUID                       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.deployment.uid"`
+	K8sHpaName                             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.hpa.name"`
+	K8sHpaUID                              ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.hpa.uid"`
+	K8sJobName                             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.job.name"`
+	K8sJobUID                              ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.job.uid"`
+	K8sKubeletVersion                      ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.kubelet.version"`
+	K8sNamespaceName                       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.namespace.name"`
+	K8sNamespaceUID                        ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.namespace.uid"`
+	K8sNodeName                            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.node.name"`
+	K8sNodeUID                             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.node.uid"`
+	K8sPodName                             ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.pod.name"`
+	K8sPodQosClass                         ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.pod.qos_class"`
+	K8sPodUID                              ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.pod.uid"`
+	K8sReplicasetName                      ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.replicaset.name"`
+	K8sReplicasetUID                       ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.replicaset.uid"`
+	K8sReplicationcontrollerName           ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.replicationcontroller.name"`
+	K8sReplicationcontrollerUID            ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.replicationcontroller.uid"`
+	K8sResourcequotaName                   ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.resourcequota.name"`
+	K8sResourcequotaUID                    ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.resourcequota.uid"`
+	K8sStatefulsetName                     ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.statefulset.name"`
+	K8sStatefulsetUID                      ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"k8s.statefulset.uid"`
+	OpenshiftClusterquotaName              ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"openshift.clusterquota.name"`
+	OpenshiftClusterquotaUID               ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"openshift.clusterquota.uid"`
+	OsDescription                          ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"os.description"`
+	OsType                                 ResourceAttributeConfig `mapstructure:"os.type"`
 }
 
 func DefaultResourceAttributesConfig() ResourceAttributesConfig {
@@ -287,6 +288,9 @@ func DefaultResourceAttributesConfig() ResourceAttributesConfig {
 		K8sContainerName: ResourceAttributeConfig{
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
+		K8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason: ResourceAttributeConfig{
+			Enabled: false,
+		},
 		K8sCronjobName: ResourceAttributeConfig{
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
index 712cc9048298..d2d781a02929 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_config_test.go
@@ -72,42 +72,43 @@ func TestMetricsBuilderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaUsed:           MetricConfig{Enabled: true},
 				},
 				ResourceAttributes: ResourceAttributesConfig{
-					ContainerID:                  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					ContainerImageName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					ContainerImageTag:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					ContainerRuntime:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					ContainerRuntimeVersion:      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sContainerName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sCronjobName:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sCronjobUID:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sDaemonsetName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sDaemonsetUID:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sDeploymentName:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sDeploymentUID:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sHpaName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sHpaUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sJobName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sJobUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sKubeletVersion:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sNamespaceName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sNamespaceUID:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sNodeName:                  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sNodeUID:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sPodName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sPodQosClass:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sPodUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sReplicasetName:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sReplicasetUID:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sReplicationcontrollerName: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sReplicationcontrollerUID:  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sResourcequotaName:         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sResourcequotaUID:          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sStatefulsetName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					K8sStatefulsetUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					OsDescription:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-					OsType:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					ContainerID:                            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					ContainerImageName:                     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					ContainerImageTag:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					ContainerRuntime:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					ContainerRuntimeVersion:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sContainerName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sCronjobName:                         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sCronjobUID:                          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sDaemonsetName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sDaemonsetUID:                        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sDeploymentName:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sDeploymentUID:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sHpaName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sHpaUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sJobName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sJobUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sKubeletVersion:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sNamespaceName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sNamespaceUID:                        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sNodeName:                            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sNodeUID:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sPodName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sPodQosClass:                         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sPodUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sReplicasetName:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sReplicasetUID:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sReplicationcontrollerName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sReplicationcontrollerUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sResourcequotaName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sResourcequotaUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sStatefulsetName:                     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					K8sStatefulsetUID:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					OpenshiftClusterquotaName:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					OsDescription:                          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+					OsType:                                 ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -161,42 +162,43 @@ func TestMetricsBuilderConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					OpenshiftClusterquotaUsed:           MetricConfig{Enabled: false},
 				},
 				ResourceAttributes: ResourceAttributesConfig{
-					ContainerID:                  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					ContainerImageName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					ContainerImageTag:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					ContainerRuntime:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					ContainerRuntimeVersion:      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sContainerName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sCronjobName:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sCronjobUID:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sDaemonsetName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sDaemonsetUID:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sDeploymentName:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sDeploymentUID:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sHpaName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sHpaUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sJobName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sJobUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sKubeletVersion:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sNamespaceName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sNamespaceUID:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sNodeName:                  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sNodeUID:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sPodName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sPodQosClass:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sPodUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sReplicasetName:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sReplicasetUID:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sReplicationcontrollerName: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sReplicationcontrollerUID:  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sResourcequotaName:         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sResourcequotaUID:          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sStatefulsetName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					K8sStatefulsetUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					OsDescription:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-					OsType:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					ContainerID:                            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					ContainerImageName:                     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					ContainerImageTag:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					ContainerRuntime:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					ContainerRuntimeVersion:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sContainerName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sCronjobName:                         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sCronjobUID:                          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sDaemonsetName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sDaemonsetUID:                        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sDeploymentName:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sDeploymentUID:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sHpaName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sHpaUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sJobName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sJobUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sKubeletVersion:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sNamespaceName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sNamespaceUID:                        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sNodeName:                            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sNodeUID:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sPodName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sPodQosClass:                         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sPodUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sReplicasetName:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sReplicasetUID:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sReplicationcontrollerName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sReplicationcontrollerUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sResourcequotaName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sResourcequotaUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sStatefulsetName:                     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					K8sStatefulsetUID:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					OpenshiftClusterquotaName:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					OsDescription:                          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+					OsType:                                 ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -233,83 +235,85 @@ func TestResourceAttributesConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name: "all_set",
 			want: ResourceAttributesConfig{
-				ContainerID:                  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				ContainerImageName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				ContainerImageTag:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				ContainerRuntime:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				ContainerRuntimeVersion:      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sContainerName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sCronjobName:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sCronjobUID:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sDaemonsetName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sDaemonsetUID:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sDeploymentName:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sDeploymentUID:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sHpaName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sHpaUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sJobName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sJobUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sKubeletVersion:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sNamespaceName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sNamespaceUID:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sNodeName:                  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sNodeUID:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sPodName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sPodQosClass:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sPodUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sReplicasetName:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sReplicasetUID:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sReplicationcontrollerName: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sReplicationcontrollerUID:  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sResourcequotaName:         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sResourcequotaUID:          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sStatefulsetName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				K8sStatefulsetUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				OsDescription:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
-				OsType:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				ContainerID:                            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				ContainerImageName:                     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				ContainerImageTag:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				ContainerRuntime:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				ContainerRuntimeVersion:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sContainerName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sCronjobName:                         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sCronjobUID:                          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sDaemonsetName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sDaemonsetUID:                        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sDeploymentName:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sDeploymentUID:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sHpaName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sHpaUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sJobName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sJobUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sKubeletVersion:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sNamespaceName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sNamespaceUID:                        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sNodeName:                            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sNodeUID:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sPodName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sPodQosClass:                         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sPodUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sReplicasetName:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sReplicasetUID:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sReplicationcontrollerName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sReplicationcontrollerUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sResourcequotaName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sResourcequotaUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sStatefulsetName:                     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				K8sStatefulsetUID:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				OpenshiftClusterquotaName:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				OsDescription:                          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
+				OsType:                                 ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: true},
 			},
 		},
 		{
 			name: "none_set",
 			want: ResourceAttributesConfig{
-				ContainerID:                  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				ContainerImageName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				ContainerImageTag:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				ContainerRuntime:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				ContainerRuntimeVersion:      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sContainerName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sCronjobName:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sCronjobUID:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sDaemonsetName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sDaemonsetUID:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sDeploymentName:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sDeploymentUID:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sHpaName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sHpaUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sJobName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sJobUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sKubeletVersion:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sNamespaceName:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sNamespaceUID:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sNodeName:                  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sNodeUID:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sPodName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sPodQosClass:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sPodUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sReplicasetName:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sReplicasetUID:             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sReplicationcontrollerName: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sReplicationcontrollerUID:  ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sResourcequotaName:         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sResourcequotaUID:          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sStatefulsetName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				K8sStatefulsetUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				OpenshiftClusterquotaName:    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				OsDescription:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
-				OsType:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				ContainerID:                            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				ContainerImageName:                     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				ContainerImageTag:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				ContainerRuntime:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				ContainerRuntimeVersion:                ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sContainerName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason: ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sCronjobName:                         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sCronjobUID:                          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sDaemonsetName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sDaemonsetUID:                        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sDeploymentName:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sDeploymentUID:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sHpaName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sHpaUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sJobName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sJobUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sKubeletVersion:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sNamespaceName:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sNamespaceUID:                        ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sNodeName:                            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sNodeUID:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sPodName:                             ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sPodQosClass:                         ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sPodUID:                              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sReplicasetName:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sReplicasetUID:                       ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sReplicationcontrollerName:           ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sReplicationcontrollerUID:            ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sResourcequotaName:                   ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sResourcequotaUID:                    ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sStatefulsetName:                     ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				K8sStatefulsetUID:                      ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				OpenshiftClusterquotaName:              ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				OpenshiftClusterquotaUID:               ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				OsDescription:                          ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
+				OsType:                                 ResourceAttributeConfig{Enabled: false},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
index e424dccfd551..8e72e4c91d12 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_metrics_test.go
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ func TestMetricsBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			rb.SetContainerRuntime("container.runtime-val")
 			rb.SetContainerRuntimeVersion("container.runtime.version-val")
 			rb.SetK8sContainerName("k8s.container.name-val")
+			rb.SetK8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason("k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason-val")
 			rb.SetK8sCronjobName("k8s.cronjob.name-val")
 			rb.SetK8sCronjobUID("k8s.cronjob.uid-val")
 			rb.SetK8sDaemonsetName("k8s.daemonset.name-val")
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
index 6f09fd36190a..0a4073e705cd 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource.go
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetK8sContainerName(val string) {
 	}
 }
 
+// SetK8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason sets provided value as "k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason" attribute.
+func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetK8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason(val string) {
+	if rb.config.K8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason.Enabled {
+		rb.res.Attributes().PutStr("k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason", val)
+	}
+}
+
 // SetK8sCronjobName sets provided value as "k8s.cronjob.name" attribute.
 func (rb *ResourceBuilder) SetK8sCronjobName(val string) {
 	if rb.config.K8sCronjobName.Enabled {
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
index 915bf92cd9d6..793aa5a225de 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/generated_resource_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			rb.SetContainerRuntime("container.runtime-val")
 			rb.SetContainerRuntimeVersion("container.runtime.version-val")
 			rb.SetK8sContainerName("k8s.container.name-val")
+			rb.SetK8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason("k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason-val")
 			rb.SetK8sCronjobName("k8s.cronjob.name-val")
 			rb.SetK8sCronjobUID("k8s.cronjob.uid-val")
 			rb.SetK8sDaemonsetName("k8s.daemonset.name-val")
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			case "default":
 				assert.Equal(t, 30, res.Attributes().Len())
 			case "all_set":
-				assert.Equal(t, 36, res.Attributes().Len())
+				assert.Equal(t, 37, res.Attributes().Len())
 			case "none_set":
 				assert.Equal(t, 0, res.Attributes().Len())
 				return
@@ -95,6 +96,11 @@ func TestResourceBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			if ok {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "k8s.container.name-val", val.Str())
 			}
+			val, ok = res.Attributes().Get("k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason")
+			assert.Equal(t, test == "all_set", ok)
+			if ok {
+				assert.EqualValues(t, "k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason-val", val.Str())
+			}
 			val, ok = res.Attributes().Get("k8s.cronjob.name")
 			assert.True(t, ok)
 			if ok {
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
index 942580b5a61d..20c47b09563f 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/metadata/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ all_set:
       enabled: true
     k8s.container.name:
       enabled: true
+    k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason:
+      enabled: true
     k8s.cronjob.name:
       enabled: true
     k8s.cronjob.uid:
@@ -265,6 +267,8 @@ none_set:
       enabled: false
     k8s.container.name:
       enabled: false
+    k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason:
+      enabled: false
     k8s.cronjob.name:
       enabled: false
     k8s.cronjob.uid:
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go
index 5b3c504cda85..14e98071e1ec 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods.go
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@ func Transform(pod *corev1.Pod) *corev1.Pod {
 			continue
 		}
 		newPod.Status.ContainerStatuses = append(newPod.Status.ContainerStatuses, corev1.ContainerStatus{
-			Name:         cs.Name,
-			Image:        cs.Image,
-			ContainerID:  cs.ContainerID,
-			RestartCount: cs.RestartCount,
-			Ready:        cs.Ready,
+			Name:                 cs.Name,
+			Image:                cs.Image,
+			ContainerID:          cs.ContainerID,
+			RestartCount:         cs.RestartCount,
+			Ready:                cs.Ready,
+			LastTerminationState: cs.LastTerminationState,
 		})
 	}
 	for _, c := range pod.Spec.Containers {
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods_test.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods_test.go
index e9ec03ab0ef1..b82f66bfbeaa 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods_test.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/pods_test.go
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ func TestPodStatusReasonAndContainerMetricsReportCPUMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	mbc := metadata.DefaultMetricsBuilderConfig()
 	mbc.Metrics.K8sPodStatusReason.Enabled = true
 	mbc.ResourceAttributes.K8sPodQosClass.Enabled = true
+	mbc.ResourceAttributes.K8sContainerStatusLastTerminatedReason.Enabled = true
 	ts := pcommon.Timestamp(time.Now().UnixNano())
 	mb := metadata.NewMetricsBuilder(mbc, receivertest.NewNopCreateSettings())
 	RecordMetrics(zap.NewNop(), mb, pod, ts)
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/testdata/expected_evicted.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/testdata/expected_evicted.yaml
index 2da3f591fcd7..4a4921b895f9 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/testdata/expected_evicted.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/pod/testdata/expected_evicted.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ resourceMetrics:
         - key: k8s.container.name
           value:
             stringValue: container-name
+        - key: k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason
+          value:
+            stringValue: Evicted
         - key: k8s.namespace.name
           value:
             stringValue: test-namespace
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/testutils/objects.go b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/testutils/objects.go
index 228383cd380c..4b8dddd6bc45 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/testutils/objects.go
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/internal/testutils/objects.go
@@ -279,6 +279,11 @@ func NewEvictedTerminatedPodStatusWithContainer(containerName, containerID strin
 				State: corev1.ContainerState{
 					Terminated: &corev1.ContainerStateTerminated{},
 				},
+				LastTerminationState: corev1.ContainerState{
+					Terminated: &corev1.ContainerStateTerminated{
+						Reason: "Evicted",
+					},
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
index 8d82b6863fd9..ec437fa989cd 100644
--- a/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
+++ b/receiver/k8sclusterreceiver/metadata.yaml
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ resource_attributes:
     type: string
     enabled: true
 
+  k8s.container.status.last_terminated_reason:
+    description: Last terminated reason of a container.
+    type: string
+    enabled: false
+
 attributes:
   k8s.namespace.name:
     description: The k8s namespace name.