diff --git a/apis/spaces/v1alpha1/secretstore_types.go b/apis/spaces/v1alpha1/secretstore_types.go
index 1ffebfc..ae8ccfe 100644
--- a/apis/spaces/v1alpha1/secretstore_types.go
+++ b/apis/spaces/v1alpha1/secretstore_types.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
+	xpv1 "github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/apis/common/v1"
 	"reflect"
 
 	esv1beta1 "github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets/apis/externalsecrets/v1beta1"
@@ -100,6 +101,21 @@ type SharedSecretStoreSpec struct {
 	RefreshInterval int `json:"refreshInterval,omitempty"`
 }
 
+const (
+	// ConditionSecretRefReady indicates the status of any referenced secrets
+	// for API objects that reference a secret.
+	ConditionSecretRefReady = xpv1.ConditionType("SecretRefsReady")
+
+	// ReasonSecretRefMissing is added to object if the referenced secret(s) do not exist
+	ReasonSecretRefMissing = xpv1.ConditionReason("ReferencedSecretNotFound")
+	// ReasonSecretRefMissingKey is added when the object if the secret(s) exists, but the key data is missing
+	ReasonSecretRefMissingKey = xpv1.ConditionReason("ReferencedSecretKeyNotFound")
+	// ReasonSecretRefReady is added when the referenced secret(s) and data are found
+	ReasonSecretRefReady = xpv1.ConditionReason("ReferencedSecretsReady")
+	// ReasonSecretRefNone is added  when object not reference a secret
+	ReasonSecretRefNone = xpv1.ConditionReason("NoReferencedSecrets")
+)
+
 // SharedSecretStoreStatus defines the observed state of the SecretStore.
 type SharedSecretStoreStatus struct {
 
@@ -123,6 +139,8 @@ type SharedSecretStoreStatus struct {
 	// +listType=map
 	// +listMapKey=controlPlane
 	Provisioned []SecretStoreProvisioningSuccess `json:"provisioned,omitempty"`
+
+	xpv1.ResourceStatus `json:",inline"`
 }
 
 // SecretStoreProvisioningFailure defines secret store provisioning failure.
diff --git a/apis/spaces/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/spaces/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index dd7e2d6..4f0d08c 100644
--- a/apis/spaces/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/spaces/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@ func (in *SharedSecretStoreStatus) DeepCopyInto(out *SharedSecretStoreStatus) {
 		*out = make([]SecretStoreProvisioningSuccess, len(*in))
 		copy(*out, *in)
 	}
+	in.ResourceStatus.DeepCopyInto(&out.ResourceStatus)
 }
 
 // DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new SharedSecretStoreStatus.