diff --git a/docs/customresourcestate-metrics.md b/docs/customresourcestate-metrics.md
index 7d2052a75c..12dc8fb7ee 100644
--- a/docs/customresourcestate-metrics.md
+++ b/docs/customresourcestate-metrics.md
@@ -552,8 +552,11 @@ path: [status, namespaces, "*", status]
 labelsFromPath:
   # this can be combined with the wildcard prefixes feature introduced in #2052
   "available_*": [available]
+  "lorem_*": [pending]
+# this can be combined with dynamic valueFrom expressions introduced in #2068
+valueFrom: [pending_resourceB]
 # outputs:
-...{...,available_resourceA="10",available_resourceB="20",...} ...
+...{...,available_resourceA="10",available_resourceB="20",lorem_resourceA="0",lorem_resourceB="6"...} 6
 ```
 
 ### Wildcard matching of version and kind fields
diff --git a/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory.go b/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory.go
index b79c1adda3..553cd1ae60 100644
--- a/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory.go
+++ b/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory.go
@@ -228,6 +228,26 @@ type compiledGauge struct {
 	labelFromKey string
 }
 
+func underscoresToIndices(extractedValueFrom string, it interface{}) interface{} {
+	// `it` is the search space.
+	_, isResolvable := it.(map[string]interface{})
+	if !isResolvable {
+		return nil
+	}
+	// `extractedValueFrom` is the search term.
+	// Split `extractedValueFrom` by underscores.
+	terms := strings.Split(extractedValueFrom, "_")
+	resolvedTerm := interface{}(terms[0])
+	for _, term := range terms[1:] {
+		t, ok := it.(map[string]interface{})[term]
+		if !ok {
+			return resolvedTerm
+		}
+		resolvedTerm = t
+	}
+	return resolvedTerm
+}
+
 func (c *compiledGauge) Values(v interface{}) (result []eachValue, errs []error) {
 	onError := func(err error) {
 		errs = append(errs, fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", c.Path(), err))
@@ -250,8 +270,17 @@ func (c *compiledGauge) Values(v interface{}) (result []eachValue, errs []error)
 				// "[...]" and not "[]".
 				len(sValueFrom) > 2 {
 				extractedValueFrom := sValueFrom[1 : len(sValueFrom)-1]
-				if key == extractedValueFrom {
-					gotFloat, err := toFloat64(it, c.NilIsZero)
+				if strings.HasPrefix(extractedValueFrom, key) {
+					var gotFloat float64
+					var err error
+					if strings.Contains(extractedValueFrom, "_") {
+						resolvedExtractedValueFrom := underscoresToIndices(extractedValueFrom, it)
+						if _, didResolveFullPath := resolvedExtractedValueFrom.(string); didResolveFullPath {
+							gotFloat, err = toFloat64(resolvedExtractedValueFrom, c.NilIsZero)
+						}
+					} else {
+						gotFloat, err = toFloat64(it, c.NilIsZero)
+					}
 					if err != nil {
 						onError(fmt.Errorf("[%s]: %w", key, err))
 						continue
@@ -710,23 +739,24 @@ func famGen(f compiledFamily) generator.FamilyGenerator {
 	}
 }
 
+func findWildcard(path valuePath, i *int) bool {
+	for ; *i < len(path); *i++ {
+		if path[*i].part == "*" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func resolveWildcard(path valuePath, object map[string]interface{}) []valuePath {
 	if path == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	fn := func(i *int) bool {
-		for ; *i < len(path); *i++ {
-			if path[*i].part == "*" {
-				return true
-			}
-		}
-		return false
-	}
 	checkpoint := object
 	var expandedPaths []valuePath
 	var list []interface{}
 	var l int
-	for i, j := 0, 0; fn(&i); /* i is at "*" now */ {
+	for i, j := 0, 0; findWildcard(path, &i); /* i is at "*" now */ {
 		for ; j < i; j++ {
 			maybeCheckpoint, ok := checkpoint[path[j].part]
 			if !ok {
@@ -764,23 +794,10 @@ func generate(u *unstructured.Unstructured, f compiledFamily, errLog klog.Verbos
 	klog.V(10).InfoS("Checked", "compiledFamilyName", f.Name, "unstructuredName", u.GetName())
 	var metrics []*metric.Metric
 	baseLabels := f.BaseLabels(u.Object)
-	fn := func() {
-		values, errorSet := scrapeValuesFor(f.Each, u.Object)
-		for _, err := range errorSet {
-			errLog.ErrorS(err, f.Name)
-		}
-
-		for _, v := range values {
-			v.DefaultLabels(baseLabels)
-			metrics = append(metrics, v.ToMetric())
-		}
-		klog.V(10).InfoS("Produced metrics for", "compiledFamilyName", f.Name, "metricsLength", len(metrics), "unstructuredName", u.GetName())
-	}
 	if f.Each.Path() != nil {
 		fPaths := resolveWildcard(f.Each.Path(), u.Object)
 		for _, fPath := range fPaths {
 			f.Each.SetPath(fPath)
-			fn()
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -797,9 +814,19 @@ func generate(u *unstructured.Unstructured, f compiledFamily, errLog klog.Verbos
 		if len(labelsFromPath) > 0 {
 			f.Each.SetLabelFromPath(labelsFromPath)
 		}
-		fn()
 	}
 
+	values, errorSet := scrapeValuesFor(f.Each, u.Object)
+	for _, err := range errorSet {
+		errLog.ErrorS(err, f.Name)
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range values {
+		v.DefaultLabels(baseLabels)
+		metrics = append(metrics, v.ToMetric())
+	}
+	klog.V(10).InfoS("Produced metrics for", "compiledFamilyName", f.Name, "metricsLength", len(metrics), "unstructuredName", u.GetName())
+
 	return &metric.Family{
 		Metrics: metrics,
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory_test.go b/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory_test.go
index 25f3621aa1..f3a240480e 100644
--- a/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/customresourcestate/registry_factory_test.go
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ func init() {
 		"metadata": Obj{
 			"name": "foo",
 			"labels": Obj{
-				"foo": "bar",
+				"foo":    "bar",
+				"numStr": "42",
 			},
 			"annotations": Obj{
 				"qux": "quxx",
@@ -371,6 +372,17 @@ func Test_values(t *testing.T) {
 		}, wantResult: []eachValue{
 			newEachValue(t, 1, "bar", "baz"),
 		}},
+		{name: "dynamic valueFrom", each: &compiledGauge{
+			compiledCommon: compiledCommon{
+				path: mustCompilePath(t, "metadata"),
+				labelFromPath: map[string]valuePath{
+					"lorem_*": mustCompilePath(t, "labels"),
+				},
+			},
+			ValueFrom: mustCompilePath(t, "labels_numStr"),
+		}, wantResult: []eachValue{
+			newEachValue(t, 42, "lorem_numStr", "42", "lorem_foo", "bar"),
+		}},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {