diff --git a/kstatus/status/core.go b/kstatus/status/core.go
index e955a50a3..dd1711988 100644
--- a/kstatus/status/core.go
+++ b/kstatus/status/core.go
@@ -395,26 +395,21 @@ func podConditions(u *unstructured.Unstructured) (*Result, error) {
 	return newInProgressStatus("PodNotReady", message), nil
 }
 
-// pdbConditions return standardized Conditions for Deployment
+// pdbConditions computes the status for PodDisruptionBudgets. A PDB
+// is currently considered Current if the disruption controller has
+// observed the latest version of the PDB resource and has computed
+// the AllowedDisruptions. PDBs do have ObservedGeneration in the
+// Status object, so if this function gets called we know that
+// the controller has observed the latest changes.
+// The disruption controller does not set any conditions if
+// computing the AllowedDisruptions fails (and there are many ways
+// it can fail), but there is PR against OSS Kubernetes to address
+// this: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/86929
 func pdbConditions(u *unstructured.Unstructured) (*Result, error) {
-	obj := u.UnstructuredContent()
-
-	// replicas
-	currentHealthy := GetIntField(obj, ".status.currentHealthy", 0)
-	desiredHealthy := GetIntField(obj, ".status.desiredHealthy", 0)
-	if desiredHealthy == 0 {
-		message := "Missing or zero .status.desiredHealthy"
-		return newInProgressStatus("ZeroDesiredHealthy", message), nil
-	}
-	if desiredHealthy > currentHealthy {
-		message := fmt.Sprintf("Budget not met. healthy replicas: %d/%d", currentHealthy, desiredHealthy)
-		return newInProgressStatus("BudgetNotMet", message), nil
-	}
-
 	// All ok
 	return &Result{
 		Status:     CurrentStatus,
-		Message:    fmt.Sprintf("Budget is met. Replicas: %d/%d", currentHealthy, desiredHealthy),
+		Message:    "AllowedDisruptions has been computed.",
 		Conditions: []Condition{},
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/kstatus/status/status.go b/kstatus/status/status.go
index 80b7a00d1..51fec7f0c 100644
--- a/kstatus/status/status.go
+++ b/kstatus/status/status.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	Statuses = []Status{InProgressStatus, FailedStatus, CurrentStatus, TerminatingStatus, UnknownStatus}
+	Statuses       = []Status{InProgressStatus, FailedStatus, CurrentStatus, TerminatingStatus, UnknownStatus}
 	ConditionTypes = []ConditionType{ConditionFailed, ConditionInProgress}
 )
 
diff --git a/kstatus/status/status_compute_test.go b/kstatus/status/status_compute_test.go
index 5f61f74ff..df53f6f7f 100644
--- a/kstatus/status/status_compute_test.go
+++ b/kstatus/status/status_compute_test.go
@@ -822,66 +822,44 @@ func TestReplicasetStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-var pdbNoStatus = `
-apiVersion: policy/v1
+var pdbNotObserved = `
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
 kind: PodDisruptionBudget
 metadata:
-   generation: 1
+   generation: 2
    name: test
+   namespace: qual
+status:
+   observedGeneration: 1
 `
 
-var pdbOK1 = `
-apiVersion: policy/v1
+var pdbObserved = `
+apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
 kind: PodDisruptionBudget
 metadata:
    generation: 1
    name: test
    namespace: qual
 status:
-   currentHealthy: 2
-   desiredHealthy: 2
-`
-
-var pdbMoreHealthy = `
-apiVersion: policy/v1
-kind: PodDisruptionBudget
-metadata:
-   generation: 1
-   name: test
-   namespace: qual
-status:
-   currentHealthy: 4
-   desiredHealthy: 2
-`
-
-var pdbLessHealthy = `
-apiVersion: policy/v1
-kind: PodDisruptionBudget
-metadata:
-   generation: 1
-   name: test
-   namespace: qual
-status:
-   currentHealthy: 2
-   desiredHealthy: 4
+   observedGeneration: 1
 `
 
 func TestPDBStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := map[string]testSpec{
-		"pdbNoStatus": {
-			spec:           pdbNoStatus,
+		"pdbNotObserved": {
+			spec:           pdbNotObserved,
 			expectedStatus: InProgressStatus,
 			expectedConditions: []Condition{{
 				Type:   ConditionInProgress,
 				Status: corev1.ConditionTrue,
-				Reason: "ZeroDesiredHealthy",
+				Reason: "LatestGenerationNotObserved",
 			}},
 			absentConditionTypes: []ConditionType{
 				ConditionFailed,
 			},
 		},
-		"pdbOK1": {
-			spec:               pdbOK1,
+		"pdbObserved": {
+			spec:               pdbObserved,
 			expectedStatus:     CurrentStatus,
 			expectedConditions: []Condition{},
 			absentConditionTypes: []ConditionType{
@@ -889,27 +867,6 @@ func TestPDBStatus(t *testing.T) {
 				ConditionInProgress,
 			},
 		},
-		"pdbMoreHealthy": {
-			spec:               pdbMoreHealthy,
-			expectedStatus:     CurrentStatus,
-			expectedConditions: []Condition{},
-			absentConditionTypes: []ConditionType{
-				ConditionFailed,
-				ConditionInProgress,
-			},
-		},
-		"pdbLessHealthy": {
-			spec:           pdbLessHealthy,
-			expectedStatus: InProgressStatus,
-			expectedConditions: []Condition{{
-				Type:   ConditionInProgress,
-				Status: corev1.ConditionTrue,
-				Reason: "BudgetNotMet",
-			}},
-			absentConditionTypes: []ConditionType{
-				ConditionFailed,
-			},
-		},
 	}
 
 	for tn, tc := range testCases {