diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index a3760f728948..0ff6d2647a02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...main[Check the HEAD dif
 - Add `xpack.enabled` support for Enterprise Search module. {pull}29871[29871]
 - Add gcp firestore metricset. {pull}29918[29918]
 - Remove strict parsing on RabbitMQ module {pull}30090[30090]
+- Add `kubernetes.container.status.last.reason` metric {issue}27840|[27840]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc b/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
index 1519dfc20878..89dbb683e38e 100644
--- a/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
+++ b/metricbeat/docs/fields.asciidoc
@@ -44256,7 +44256,17 @@ type: integer
 *`kubernetes.container.status.reason`*::
 +
 --
-Waiting (ContainerCreating, CrashLoopBackoff, ErrImagePull, ImagePullBackoff) or termination (Completed, ContainerCannotRun, Error, OOMKilled) reason.
+The reason the container is currently in waiting (ContainerCreating, CrashLoopBackoff, ErrImagePull, ImagePullBackoff) or terminated (Completed, ContainerCannotRun, Error, OOMKilled) state.
+
+
+type: keyword
+
+--
+
+*`kubernetes.container.status.last.reason`*::
++
+--
+The last reason the container was in terminated state (Completed, ContainerCannotRun, Error or OOMKilled).
 
 
 type: keyword
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/fields.go b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/fields.go
index e634e74a2008..44311838bbee 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/fields.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/fields.go
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ func init() {
 // AssetKubernetes returns asset data.
 // This is the base64 encoded zlib format compressed contents of module/kubernetes.
 func AssetKubernetes() string {
-	return 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+	return 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 }
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/_meta/fields.yml b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/_meta/fields.yml
index 6b9013469247..fe7184fdbe1f 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/_meta/fields.yml
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/_meta/fields.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@
         - name: reason
           type: keyword
           description: >
-            Waiting (ContainerCreating, CrashLoopBackoff, ErrImagePull, ImagePullBackoff)
-            or termination (Completed, ContainerCannotRun, Error, OOMKilled) reason.
+            The reason the container is currently in waiting (ContainerCreating, CrashLoopBackoff, ErrImagePull,
+            ImagePullBackoff) or terminated (Completed, ContainerCannotRun, Error, OOMKilled) state.
+        - name: last.reason
+          type: keyword
+          description: >
+            The last reason the container was in terminated state (Completed, ContainerCannotRun, Error or OOMKilled).
     - name: cpu
       type: group
       fields:
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/_meta/test/ksm.v2.0.0.expected b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/_meta/test/ksm.v2.0.0.expected
index a8f3b293465e..d0d8546a5720 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/_meta/test/ksm.v2.0.0.expected
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/_meta/test/ksm.v2.0.0.expected
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
 			},
 			"name": "coredns",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -118,6 +121,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://f2926bdf120aa838838aa55640b5511291e7279eb07ee8c17e01bf23a8695c2c",
 			"name": "kube-proxy",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -157,6 +163,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://8af6de6644ef1e5bb36b9d1f87d65e9b893096ae2c0f3e57061fad70f094d1be",
 			"name": "kube-proxy",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -196,6 +205,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://02b0705f60dc6131a6b5d4e9a48e2510463f89a0f77e7e1bafa6b5f45cc595e8",
 			"name": "hello-python",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 18
@@ -251,6 +263,9 @@
 			},
 			"name": "kindnet-cni",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -295,6 +310,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://cd368e1731c278b039642fab2fe90902e2cfa470fd70a7ccfd5c2549a552cea5",
 			"name": "kube-scheduler",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -334,6 +352,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://1a223dbb8b51a7404836789fd049701a9e4df7bb69878fb893ab10419ff4eb29",
 			"name": "local-path-provisioner",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Error"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 8
@@ -386,6 +407,9 @@
 			},
 			"name": "metricbeat",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 1
@@ -438,6 +462,9 @@
 			},
 			"name": "coredns",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -485,6 +512,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://fae8ef6fa6ea716f5ce0a65a1b2407d1e4839b04452d6013cdb6d5be8db8ada0",
 			"name": "redis",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 1
@@ -540,6 +570,9 @@
 			},
 			"name": "kindnet-cni",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -579,6 +612,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://ae513b826459c9382984bea986eb3546aa45fd0e650051cb9591ab7a8efed6ea",
 			"name": "kube-state-metrics",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Error"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 2
@@ -631,6 +667,9 @@
 			},
 			"name": "metricbeat",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 1
@@ -710,6 +749,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://a55ee307ef431d293c02a7eb96417963d7b81b298a8ebfac2f77fe4ca58e1461",
 			"name": "kube-proxy",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -804,6 +846,9 @@
 			},
 			"name": "kindnet-cni",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -848,6 +893,9 @@
 			"id": "containerd://1c1919c3b07bf3369b5e1a4bf187762f2724b3bc7eb113239af3919f12202337",
 			"name": "kube-controller-manager",
 			"status": {
+				"last": {
+					"reason": "Unknown"
+				},
 				"phase": "running",
 				"ready": true,
 				"restarts": 4
@@ -864,4 +912,4 @@
 		"Period": 0,
 		"DisableTimeSeries": false
 	}
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/state_container.go b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/state_container.go
index 23c34bf040fa..13e29b8a565c 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/state_container.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/kubernetes/state_container/state_container.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ var (
 			"kube_pod_container_status_waiting":                 p.KeywordMetric("status.phase", "waiting"),
 			"kube_pod_container_status_terminated_reason":       p.LabelMetric("status.reason", "reason"),
 			"kube_pod_container_status_waiting_reason":          p.LabelMetric("status.reason", "reason"),
+			"kube_pod_container_status_last_terminated_reason":  p.LabelMetric("status.last.reason", "reason"),
 		},
 
 		Labels: map[string]p.LabelMap{