diff --git a/include/proto/h1.h b/include/proto/h1.h
index e7d364d..b722950 100644
--- a/include/proto/h1.h
+++ b/include/proto/h1.h
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@
 static inline struct h1m *h1m_init(struct h1m *h1m)
 {
 	h1m->state = HTTP_MSG_RQBEFORE;
+	h1m->status = 0;
 	h1m->flags = 0;
 	h1m->curr_len = 0;
 	h1m->body_len = 0;
diff --git a/include/types/h1.h b/include/types/h1.h
index 230102c..3956b6e 100644
--- a/include/types/h1.h
+++ b/include/types/h1.h
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@
 /* basic HTTP/1 message state for use in parsers */
 struct h1m {
 	enum h1_state state;        // H1 message state (HTTP_MSG_*)
+	/* 8 bits available here */
+	uint16_t status;            // HTTP status code
 	uint32_t flags;             // H1 message flags (H1_MF_*)
 	uint64_t curr_len;          // content-length or last chunk length
 	uint64_t body_len;          // total known size of the body length