diff --git a/include/types/action.h b/include/types/action.h
index 5a70db0..1c17154 100644
--- a/include/types/action.h
+++ b/include/types/action.h
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 		} cap;
 		struct {
 			unsigned int code;     /* HTTP status code */
+			const char *reason;    /* HTTP status reason */
 		} status;
 		struct {
 			struct sample_expr *expr;
diff --git a/include/types/applet.h b/include/types/applet.h
index 759b905..642c793 100644
--- a/include/types/applet.h
+++ b/include/types/applet.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 			int left_bytes;         /* The max amount of bytes that we can read. */
 			int flags;
 			int status;
+			const char *reason;
 			struct task *task;
 		} hlua_apphttp;                 /* used by the Lua HTTP services */
 		struct {