diff --git a/bootstat/boot_reason_test.sh b/bootstat/boot_reason_test.sh
index f5d789cb6..603d04f67 100755
--- a/bootstat/boot_reason_test.sh
+++ b/bootstat/boot_reason_test.sh
@@ -408,29 +408,29 @@ validate_reason() {
        tr ' \f\t\r\n' '_____'`
   case ${var} in
     watchdog | watchdog,?* ) ;;
-    kernel_panic | kernel_panic,?*) ;;
-    recovery | recovery,?*) ;;
-    bootloader | bootloader,?*) ;;
-    cold | cold,?*) ;;
-    hard | hard,?*) ;;
-    warm | warm,?*) ;;
-    shutdown | shutdown,?*) ;;
+    kernel_panic | kernel_panic,?* ) ;;
+    recovery | recovery,?* ) ;;
+    bootloader | bootloader,?* ) ;;
+    cold | cold,?* ) ;;
+    hard | hard,?* ) ;;
+    warm | warm,?* ) ;;
+    shutdown | shutdown,?* ) ;;
     reboot,reboot | reboot,reboot,* )     var=${var#reboot,} ; var=${var%,} ;;
     reboot,cold | reboot,cold,* )         var=${var#reboot,} ; var=${var%,} ;;
     reboot,hard | reboot,hard,* )         var=${var#reboot,} ; var=${var%,} ;;
     reboot,warm | reboot,warm,* )         var=${var#reboot,} ; var=${var%,} ;;
     reboot,recovery | reboot,recovery,* ) var=${var#reboot,} ; var=${var%,} ;;
     reboot,bootloader | reboot,bootloader,* ) var=${var#reboot,} ; var=${var%,} ;;
-    reboot | reboot,?*) ;;
+    reboot | reboot,?* ) ;;
     # Aliases and Heuristics
-    *wdog* | *watchdog* )     var="watchdog" ;;
-    *powerkey* )              var="cold,powerkey" ;;
-    *panic* | *kernel_panic*) var="kernel_panic" ;;
-    *thermal*)                var="shutdown,thermal" ;;
-    *s3_wakeup*)              var="warm,s3_wakeup" ;;
-    *hw_reset*)               var="hard,hw_reset" ;;
-    *bootloader*)             var="bootloader" ;;
-    *)                        var="reboot" ;;
+    *wdog* | *watchdog* )                   var="watchdog" ;;
+    *powerkey* | *power_key* | *PowerKey* ) var="cold,powerkey" ;;
+    *panic* | *kernel_panic* )              var="kernel_panic" ;;
+    *thermal* )                             var="shutdown,thermal" ;;
+    *s3_wakeup* )                           var="warm,s3_wakeup" ;;
+    *hw_reset* )                            var="hard,hw_reset" ;;
+    *bootloader* )                          var="bootloader" ;;
+    * )                                     var="reboot" ;;
   esac
   echo ${var}
 }
diff --git a/bootstat/bootstat.cpp b/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
index 4ba430ce3..5ca3bd4f6 100644
--- a/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
+++ b/bootstat/bootstat.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include <ctime>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
+#include <regex>
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
@@ -576,10 +577,16 @@ std::string BootReasonStrToReason(const std::string& boot_reason) {
     // A series of checks to take some officially unsupported reasons
     // reported by the bootloader and find some logical and canonical
     // sense.  In an ideal world, we would require those bootloaders
-    // to behave and follow our standards.
+    // to behave and follow our CTS standards.
+    //
+    // first member is the output
+    // second member is an unanchored regex for an alias
+    //
+    // We match a needle on output. This helps keep the scale of the
+    // following table smaller.
     static const std::vector<std::pair<const std::string, const std::string>> aliasReasons = {
         {"watchdog", "wdog"},
-        {"cold,powerkey", "powerkey"},
+        {"cold,powerkey", "powerkey|power_key|PowerKey"},
         {"kernel_panic", "panic"},
         {"shutdown,thermal", "thermal"},
         {"warm,s3_wakeup", "s3_wakeup"},
@@ -588,13 +595,12 @@ std::string BootReasonStrToReason(const std::string& boot_reason) {
         {"bootloader", ""},
     };
 
-    // Either the primary or alias is found _somewhere_ in the reason string.
     for (auto& s : aliasReasons) {
       if (reason.find(s.first) != std::string::npos) {
         ret = s.first;
         break;
       }
-      if (s.second.size() && (reason.find(s.second) != std::string::npos)) {
+      if (s.second.size() && std::regex_search(reason, std::regex(s.second))) {
         ret = s.first;
         break;
       }