diff -urNp -x '*.orig' mod_python-3.5.0.org/src/requestobject.c mod_python-3.5.0/src/requestobject.c
--- mod_python-3.5.0.org/src/requestobject.c	2013-11-12 04:21:34.000000000 +0100
+++ mod_python-3.5.0/src/requestobject.c	2021-03-02 22:05:35.636698717 +0100
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ static PyObject *req_wsgi_start_response
     }
 
     self->request_rec->status_line = apr_pstrdup(self->request_rec->pool, status_line);
+    self->request_rec->status = status;
 
     return PyObject_GetAttrString((PyObject*)self, "write");
 }