diff --git a/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/discovery.go b/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/discovery.go
index c8249917e..feba25156 100644
--- a/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/discovery.go
+++ b/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/discovery.go
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ const (
 	podContainerPortNameLabel = metaLabelPrefix + "pod_container_port_name"
 	// PodContainerPortListLabel is the name for the label containing a list of all TCP ports on the target container
 	podContainerPortListLabel = metaLabelPrefix + "pod_container_port_list"
+	// PodContainerPortMapPrefix is the prefix used to create the names of labels that associate container port names to port values
+	// Such labels will be named (podContainerPortMapPrefix)_(PortName) = (ContainerPort)
+	podContainerPortMapPrefix = metaLabelPrefix + "pod_container_port_map_"
 	// podReadyLabel is the name for the label containing the 'Ready' status (true/false/unknown) for a target
 	podReadyLabel = metaLabelPrefix + "pod_ready"
 	// podLabelPrefix is the prefix for prom label names corresponding to k8s labels for a target pod
@@ -926,7 +929,7 @@ func updatePodTargets(pod *Pod, allContainers bool) []model.LabelSet {
 		// Product a target pointed at the first port
 		// Include a label containing all ports (portName=port,PortName=port,...,)
 		var tcpPorts []ContainerPort
-		var portLabel bytes.Buffer
+		var portLabel *bytes.Buffer = bytes.NewBufferString(",")
 
 		for _, port := range container.Ports {
 			if port.Protocol == "TCP" {
@@ -941,13 +944,6 @@ func updatePodTargets(pod *Pod, allContainers bool) []model.LabelSet {
 
 		sort.Sort(ByContainerPort(tcpPorts))
 
-		for _, port := range tcpPorts {
-			portLabel.WriteString(port.Name)
-			portLabel.WriteString("=")
-			portLabel.WriteString(strconv.FormatInt(int64(port.ContainerPort), 10))
-			portLabel.WriteString(",")
-		}
-
 		t := model.LabelSet{
 			model.AddressLabel:        model.LabelValue(net.JoinHostPort(pod.PodIP, strconv.FormatInt(int64(tcpPorts[0].ContainerPort), 10))),
 			podNameLabel:              model.LabelValue(pod.ObjectMeta.Name),
@@ -955,10 +951,19 @@ func updatePodTargets(pod *Pod, allContainers bool) []model.LabelSet {
 			podNamespaceLabel:         model.LabelValue(pod.ObjectMeta.Namespace),
 			podContainerNameLabel:     model.LabelValue(container.Name),
 			podContainerPortNameLabel: model.LabelValue(tcpPorts[0].Name),
-			podContainerPortListLabel: model.LabelValue(portLabel.String()),
 			podReadyLabel:             model.LabelValue(ready),
 		}
 
+		for _, port := range tcpPorts {
+			portLabel.WriteString(port.Name)
+			portLabel.WriteString("=")
+			portLabel.WriteString(strconv.FormatInt(int64(port.ContainerPort), 10))
+			portLabel.WriteString(",")
+			t[model.LabelName(podContainerPortMapPrefix + port.Name)] = model.LabelValue(strconv.FormatInt(int64(port.ContainerPort), 10))
+		}
+
+		t[model.LabelName(podContainerPortListLabel)] = model.LabelValue(portLabel.String())
+
 		for k, v := range pod.ObjectMeta.Labels {
 			labelName := strutil.SanitizeLabelName(podLabelPrefix + k)
 			t[model.LabelName(labelName)] = model.LabelValue(v)
diff --git a/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/discovery_test.go b/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/discovery_test.go
index c7460b1fd..bcce56f94 100644
--- a/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/discovery_test.go
+++ b/retrieval/discovery/kubernetes/discovery_test.go
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ var containerB = Container{
 	Name: "b",
 	Ports: []ContainerPort{
 		ContainerPort{
-			Name:          "http",
-			ContainerPort: 80,
+			Name:          "https",
+			ContainerPort: 443,
 			Protocol:      "TCP",
 		},
 	},
@@ -142,6 +142,18 @@ func TestUpdatePodTargets(t *testing.T) {
 	if result[0][podReadyLabel] != "true" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected result[0] podReadyLabel 'true', received '%s'", result[0][podReadyLabel])
 	}
+	if _, ok := result[0][podContainerPortMapPrefix + "http"]; !ok {
+	  t.Fatalf("expected result[0][podContainerPortMapPrefix + 'http'] to be '80', but was missing")
+	}
+	if result[0][podContainerPortMapPrefix + "http"] != "80" {
+	  t.Fatalf("expected result[0][podContainerPortMapPrefix + 'http'] to be '80', but was %s", result[0][podContainerPortMapPrefix + "http"])
+	}
+	if _, ok := result[1][podContainerPortMapPrefix + "https"]; !ok {
+	  t.Fatalf("expected result[1][podContainerPortMapPrefix + 'https'] to be '443', but was missing")
+	}
+	if result[1][podContainerPortMapPrefix + "https"] != "443" {
+	  t.Fatalf("expected result[1][podContainerPortMapPrefix + 'https'] to be '443', but was %s", result[1][podContainerPortMapPrefix + "https"])
+	}
 
 	// A pod with all valid containers should return one target with allContainers=false
 	result = updatePodTargets(pod("easy", []Container{containerA, containerB}), false)
@@ -163,13 +175,13 @@ func TestUpdatePodTargets(t *testing.T) {
 	if result[0][model.AddressLabel] != "1.1.1.1:22" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected result[0] address to be 1.1.1.1:22, received %s", result[0][model.AddressLabel])
 	}
-	if result[0][podContainerPortListLabel] != "ssh=22,http=80," {
-		t.Fatalf("expected result[0] podContainerPortListLabel to be 'ssh=22,http=80,', received '%s'", result[0][podContainerPortListLabel])
+	if result[0][podContainerPortListLabel] != ",ssh=22,http=80," {
+		t.Fatalf("expected result[0] podContainerPortListLabel to be ',ssh=22,http=80,', received '%s'", result[0][podContainerPortListLabel])
 	}
 	if result[1][model.AddressLabel] != "1.1.1.1:80" {
 		t.Fatalf("expected result[1] address to be 1.1.1.1:80, received %s", result[1][model.AddressLabel])
 	}
-	if result[1][podContainerPortListLabel] != "http=80,https=443," {
-		t.Fatalf("expected result[1] podContainerPortListLabel to be 'http=80,https=443,', received '%s'", result[1][podContainerPortListLabel])
+	if result[1][podContainerPortListLabel] != ",http=80,https=443," {
+		t.Fatalf("expected result[1] podContainerPortListLabel to be ',http=80,https=443,', received '%s'", result[1][podContainerPortListLabel])
 	}
 }