diff --git a/doc/configuration.txt b/doc/configuration.txt
index 8b7f4aa19..76647e5e3 100644
--- a/doc/configuration.txt
+++ b/doc/configuration.txt
@@ -22822,6 +22822,10 @@ resp_ver : string (deprecated)
   ACL derivatives :
     resp.ver : exact string match
 
+server_status : integer
+  Return an integer containing the HTTP status code as received from the
+  server. If no response was received from the server, the sample fetch fails.
+
 set-cookie([<name>]) : string (deprecated)
   This extracts the last occurrence of the cookie name <name> on a "Set-Cookie"
   header line from the response and uses the corresponding value to match. This
diff --git a/include/haproxy/http_ana-t.h b/include/haproxy/http_ana-t.h
index 41887a995..5b7342f4d 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/http_ana-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/http_ana-t.h
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ struct http_txn {
 	unsigned int flags;             /* transaction flags */
 	enum http_meth_t meth;          /* HTTP method */
 	/* 1 unused byte here */
-	short status;                   /* HTTP status from the server, negative if from proxy */
+	short status;                   /* HTTP status sent to the client, negative if not set */
+	short server_status;            /* HTTP status received from the server, negative if not received */
 	struct http_reply *http_reply;  /* The HTTP reply to use as reply */
 	struct buffer l7_buffer;        /* To store the data, in case we have to retry */
 	char cache_hash[20];               /* Store the cache hash  */
diff --git a/src/http_ana.c b/src/http_ana.c
index 37034ad2f..bbf01ff85 100644
--- a/src/http_ana.c
+++ b/src/http_ana.c
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ int http_wait_for_response(struct stream *s, struct channel *rep, int an_bit)
 	}
 
 	/* 1: get the status code and the version. Also set HTTP flags */
-	txn->status = sl->info.res.status;
+	txn->server_status = txn->status = sl->info.res.status;
 	if (sl->flags & HTX_SL_F_VER_11)
                 msg->flags |= HTTP_MSGF_VER_11;
 	if (sl->flags & HTX_SL_F_XFER_LEN) {
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ int http_wait_for_response(struct stream *s, struct channel *rep, int an_bit)
 		htx->first = channel_htx_fwd_headers(rep, htx);
 		msg->msg_state = HTTP_MSG_RPBEFORE;
 		msg->flags = 0;
-		txn->status = 0;
+		txn->server_status = txn->status = 0;
 		s->logs.t_data = -1; /* was not a response yet */
 		s->scf->flags |= SC_FL_SND_ASAP; /* Send ASAP informational messages */
 		goto next_one;
@@ -5036,6 +5036,7 @@ struct http_txn *http_create_txn(struct stream *s)
 	txn->meth = HTTP_METH_OTHER;
 	txn->flags = ((sc && sc_ep_test(sc, SE_FL_NOT_FIRST)) ? TX_NOT_FIRST : 0);
 	txn->status = -1;
+	txn->server_status = -1;
 	txn->http_reply = NULL;
 	txn->l7_buffer = BUF_NULL;
 	write_u32(txn->cache_hash, 0);
diff --git a/src/http_fetch.c b/src/http_fetch.c
index f5ff9f304..38b1e0b08 100644
--- a/src/http_fetch.c
+++ b/src/http_fetch.c
@@ -311,8 +311,12 @@ struct htx *smp_prefetch_htx(struct sample *smp, struct channel *chn, struct che
 			if (txn->meth == HTTP_METH_GET || txn->meth == HTTP_METH_HEAD)
 				s->flags |= SF_REDIRECTABLE;
 		}
-		else if (txn->status == -1)
-			txn->status = sl->info.res.status;
+		else {
+			if (txn->status == -1)
+				txn->status = sl->info.res.status;
+			if (!(htx->flags & HTX_FL_PROXY_RESP) && txn->server_status == -1)
+				txn->server_status = sl->info.res.status;
+		}
 		if (sl->flags & HTX_SL_F_VER_11)
 			msg->flags |= HTTP_MSGF_VER_11;
 	}
@@ -441,6 +445,28 @@ static int smp_fetch_stcode(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, const ch
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/* It returns the server status code */
+static int smp_fetch_srv_status(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, const char *kw, void *private)
+{
+	struct http_txn *txn;
+
+	txn = (smp->strm ? smp->strm->txn : NULL);
+	if (!txn)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (txn->server_status == -1) {
+		struct channel *chn = SMP_RES_CHN(smp);
+		struct htx *htx = smp_prefetch_htx(smp, chn, NULL, 1);
+
+		if (!htx)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	smp->data.type = SMP_T_SINT;
+	smp->data.u.sint = txn->server_status;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int smp_fetch_uniqueid(const struct arg *args, struct sample *smp, const char *kw, void *private)
 {
 	struct ist unique_id;
@@ -2298,6 +2324,8 @@ static struct sample_fetch_kw_list sample_fetch_keywords = {ILH, {
 	{ "res.hdr_names",      smp_fetch_hdr_names,          ARG1(0,STR),      NULL,    SMP_T_STR,  SMP_USE_HRSHV },
 	{ "res.hdr_val",        smp_fetch_hdr_val,            ARG2(0,STR,SINT), val_hdr, SMP_T_SINT, SMP_USE_HRSHV },
 
+	{ "server_status",      smp_fetch_srv_status,         0,                NULL,    SMP_T_SINT, SMP_USE_HRSHP },
+
 	/* scook is valid only on the response and is used for ACL compatibility */
 	{ "scook",              smp_fetch_cookie,             ARG1(0,STR),      NULL,    SMP_T_STR,  SMP_USE_HRSHV },
 	{ "scook_cnt",          smp_fetch_cookie_cnt,         ARG1(0,STR),      NULL,    SMP_T_SINT, SMP_USE_HRSHV },