diff --git a/include/common/http.h b/include/common/http.h
index 537be5a01..fbbc33c0c 100644
--- a/include/common/http.h
+++ b/include/common/http.h
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ int http_find_next_url_param(const char **chunks,
 
 int http_parse_header(const struct ist hdr, struct ist *name, struct ist *value);
 int http_parse_stline(const struct ist line, struct ist *p1, struct ist *p2, struct ist *p3);
+int http_parse_status_val(const struct ist value, struct ist *status, struct ist *reason);
 
 /*
  * Given a path string and its length, find the position of beginning of the
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index c77f8c8bc..fe7ed4cdf 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -980,3 +980,34 @@ int http_parse_stline(const struct ist line, struct ist *p1, struct ist *p2, str
 
         return 1;
 }
+
+/* Parses value of a Status header with the following format: "Status: Code[
+ * Reason]".  The parsing is pretty naive and just skip spaces. It return the
+ * numeric value of the status code.
+ */
+int http_parse_status_val(const struct ist value, struct ist *status, struct ist *reason)
+{
+	char *p   = value.ptr;
+        char *end = p + value.len;
+	uint16_t code;
+
+	status->len = reason->len = 0;
+
+	/* Skip leading spaces */
+        for (; p < end && HTTP_IS_SPHT(*p); p++);
+
+        /* Set the status part */
+        status->ptr = p;
+        for (; p < end && HTTP_IS_TOKEN(*p); p++);
+        status->len = p - status->ptr;
+
+	/* Skip spaces between status and reason */
+        for (; p < end && HTTP_IS_SPHT(*p); p++);
+
+	/* the remaining is the reason */
+        reason->ptr = p;
+        reason->len = end - p;
+
+	code = strl2ui(status->ptr, status->len);
+	return code;
+}