diff --git a/components/constellation/network_listener.rs b/components/constellation/network_listener.rs
index 461be7990da4..3f58d029acf8 100644
--- a/components/constellation/network_listener.rs
+++ b/components/constellation/network_listener.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ impl NetworkListener {
                             location_url: metadata.location_url.clone(),
                             headers: headers.clone().into_inner(),
                             referrer: metadata.referrer.clone(),
+                            status_code: metadata.status.as_ref()
+                                .map(|&(code, _)| code)
+                                .unwrap_or(200),
                         });
 
                         // XXXManishearth we don't have the cancel_chan anymore and
diff --git a/components/net_traits/response.rs b/components/net_traits/response.rs
index 3e2b7d0ad33e..76278db19c75 100644
--- a/components/net_traits/response.rs
+++ b/components/net_traits/response.rs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ pub struct ResponseInit {
             serialize_with = "::hyper_serde::serialize")]
     #[ignore_malloc_size_of = "Defined in hyper"]
     pub headers: Headers,
+    pub status_code: u16,
     pub referrer: Option<ServoUrl>,
     pub location_url: Option<Result<ServoUrl, String>>,
 }
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ impl Response {
         res.location_url = init.location_url;
         res.headers = init.headers;
         res.referrer = init.referrer;
+        res.status = Some(StatusCode::from_u16(init.status_code));
         res
     }