diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1589-passwordstore-fix-passwordstore.py-to-be-compatible-with-gopass.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/1589-passwordstore-fix-passwordstore.py-to-be-compatible-with-gopass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a781f4a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1589-passwordstore-fix-passwordstore.py-to-be-compatible-with-gopass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - passwordstore lookup plugin - fix compatibility with gopass when used with
+    ``create=true``. While pass returns 1 on a non-existent password, gopass
+    returns 10, or 11, depending on whether a similar named password was stored.
+    We now just check standard output and that the return code is not zero (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/1589).
diff --git a/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py b/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py
index e3d486886c..4d0f646125 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/passwordstore.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class LookupModule(LookupBase):
                     name, value = line.split(':', 1)
                     self.passdict[name.strip()] = value.strip()
         except (subprocess.CalledProcessError) as e:
-            if e.returncode == 1 and 'not in the password store' in e.output:
+            if e.returncode != 0 and 'not in the password store' in e.output:
                 # if pass returns 1 and return string contains 'is not in the password store.'
                 # We need to determine if this is valid or Error.
                 if not self.paramvals['create']: