--- mod_python-3.5.0/src/requestobject.c~	2013-11-28 14:12:06.515765224 +0100
+++ mod_python-3.5.0/src/requestobject.c	2013-11-28 14:12:23.809244099 +0100
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@
     }
 
     self->request_rec->status_line = apr_pstrdup(self->request_rec->pool, status_line);
+    self->request_rec->status = status;
 
     return PyObject_GetAttrString((PyObject*)self, "write");
 }