diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b3992f7566..e3d1bd8f5dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 - Add Solace PubSub+ Event Broker Scaler ([#1945](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1945))
 - Add fallback functionality ([#1872](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/1872))
 - Introduce Idle Replica Mode ([#1958](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1958))
+- Support pod conditions for pending job count calculation ([#1970](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/pull/1970))
 
 ### Improvements
 
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/scaledjob_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/scaledjob_types.go
index 3f3de8640b5..6e92f074e6f 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/scaledjob_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/scaledjob_types.go
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ type ScalingStrategy struct {
 	CustomScalingQueueLengthDeduction *int32 `json:"customScalingQueueLengthDeduction,omitempty"`
 	// +optional
 	CustomScalingRunningJobPercentage string `json:"customScalingRunningJobPercentage,omitempty"`
+	// +optional
+	PendingPodConditions []string `json:"pendingPodConditions,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/pkg/scaling/executor/scale_jobs.go b/pkg/scaling/executor/scale_jobs.go
index 76b81dc9a60..885cac80a00 100644
--- a/pkg/scaling/executor/scale_jobs.go
+++ b/pkg/scaling/executor/scale_jobs.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (e *scaleExecutor) getRunningJobCount(scaledJob *kedav1alpha1.ScaledJob) in
 	return runningJobs
 }
 
-func (e *scaleExecutor) isAnyPodRunningOrCompleted(j *batchv1.Job) bool {
+func (e *scaleExecutor) isAnyPodRunningOrCompleted(j *batchv1.Job, s *kedav1alpha1.ScalingStrategy) bool {
 	opts := []client.ListOption{
 		client.InNamespace(j.GetNamespace()),
 		client.MatchingLabels(map[string]string{"job-name": j.GetName()}),
@@ -176,9 +176,20 @@ func (e *scaleExecutor) isAnyPodRunningOrCompleted(j *batchv1.Job) bool {
 	}
 
 	for _, pod := range pods.Items {
-		if pod.Status.Phase == corev1.PodSucceeded || pod.Status.Phase == corev1.PodRunning {
-			return true
+		if len(s.PendingPodConditions) > 0 {
+			for _, pendingConditionType := range s.PendingPodConditions {
+				for _, podCondition := range pod.Status.Conditions {
+					if string(podCondition.Type) == pendingConditionType && podCondition.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
+						return true
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			if pod.Status.Phase == corev1.PodSucceeded || pod.Status.Phase == corev1.PodRunning {
+				return true
+			}
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	return false
@@ -201,7 +212,7 @@ func (e *scaleExecutor) getPendingJobCount(scaledJob *kedav1alpha1.ScaledJob) in
 
 	for _, job := range jobs.Items {
 		job := job
-		if !e.isJobFinished(&job) && !e.isAnyPodRunningOrCompleted(&job) {
+		if !e.isJobFinished(&job) && !e.isAnyPodRunningOrCompleted(&job, &scaledJob.Spec.ScalingStrategy) {
 			pendingJobs++
 		}
 	}