diff --git a/pkg/api/testing/fuzzer.go b/pkg/api/testing/fuzzer.go
index 052ce3f4957..5f8dadc5175 100644
--- a/pkg/api/testing/fuzzer.go
+++ b/pkg/api/testing/fuzzer.go
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func FuzzerFor(t *testing.T, version unversioned.GroupVersion, src rand.Source)
 		},
 		func(pvc *api.PersistentVolumeClaim, c fuzz.Continue) {
 			c.FuzzNoCustom(pvc) // fuzz self without calling this function again
-			types := []api.PersistentVolumeClaimPhase{api.ClaimBound, api.ClaimPending}
+			types := []api.PersistentVolumeClaimPhase{api.ClaimBound, api.ClaimPending, api.ClaimLost}
 			pvc.Status.Phase = types[c.Rand.Intn(len(types))]
 		},
 		func(s *api.NamespaceSpec, c fuzz.Continue) {
diff --git a/pkg/api/types.go b/pkg/api/types.go
index 4b6ec153b89..ed568439260 100644
--- a/pkg/api/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/types.go
@@ -411,6 +411,10 @@ const (
 	ClaimPending PersistentVolumeClaimPhase = "Pending"
 	// used for PersistentVolumeClaims that are bound
 	ClaimBound PersistentVolumeClaimPhase = "Bound"
+	// used for PersistentVolumeClaims that lost their underlying
+	// PersistentVolume. The claim was bound to a PersistentVolume and this
+	// volume does not exist any longer and all data on it was lost.
+	ClaimLost PersistentVolumeClaimPhase = "Lost"
 )
 
 // Represents a host path mapped into a pod.
diff --git a/pkg/api/v1/types.go b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
index 00381d20e83..38faa6a9026 100644
--- a/pkg/api/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/api/v1/types.go
@@ -506,6 +506,10 @@ const (
 	ClaimPending PersistentVolumeClaimPhase = "Pending"
 	// used for PersistentVolumeClaims that are bound
 	ClaimBound PersistentVolumeClaimPhase = "Bound"
+	// used for PersistentVolumeClaims that lost their underlying
+	// PersistentVolume. The claim was bound to a PersistentVolume and this
+	// volume does not exist any longer and all data on it was lost.
+	ClaimLost PersistentVolumeClaimPhase = "Lost"
 )
 
 // Represents a host path mapped into a pod.