diff --git a/src/stream/ngx_stream_proxy_module.c b/src/stream/ngx_stream_proxy_module.c
index 22826ef79..edfc5e1db 100644
--- a/src/stream/ngx_stream_proxy_module.c
+++ b/src/stream/ngx_stream_proxy_module.c
@@ -2212,6 +2212,8 @@ ngx_stream_proxy_next_upstream(ngx_stream_session_t *s)
 
     pscf = ngx_stream_get_module_srv_conf(s, ngx_stream_proxy_module);
 
+    u->state->status = NGX_STREAM_BAD_GATEWAY;
+
     timeout = pscf->next_upstream_timeout;
 
     if (u->peer.tries == 0
@@ -2274,6 +2276,10 @@ ngx_stream_proxy_finalize(ngx_stream_session_t *s, ngx_uint_t rc)
             u->state->response_time = ngx_current_msec - u->start_time;
         }
 
+        if (u->state->status == 0) {
+            u->state->status = rc;
+        }
+
         if (pc) {
             u->state->bytes_received = u->received;
             u->state->bytes_sent = pc->sent;
diff --git a/src/stream/ngx_stream_upstream.c b/src/stream/ngx_stream_upstream.c
index 006672cdf..319d4534d 100644
--- a/src/stream/ngx_stream_upstream.c
+++ b/src/stream/ngx_stream_upstream.c
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_upstream_add_variables(ngx_conf_t *cf);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_upstream_addr_variable(ngx_stream_session_t *s,
     ngx_stream_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data);
+static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_upstream_status_variable(ngx_stream_session_t *s,
+    ngx_stream_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_upstream_response_time_variable(
     ngx_stream_session_t *s, ngx_stream_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_stream_upstream_bytes_variable(ngx_stream_session_t *s,
@@ -103,6 +105,10 @@ static ngx_stream_variable_t  ngx_stream_upstream_vars[] = {
       ngx_stream_upstream_addr_variable, 0,
       NGX_STREAM_VAR_NOCACHEABLE, 0 },
 
+    { ngx_string("upstream_status"), NULL,
+      ngx_stream_upstream_status_variable, 0,
+      NGX_STREAM_VAR_NOCACHEABLE, 0 },
+
     { ngx_string("upstream_bytes_sent"), NULL,
       ngx_stream_upstream_bytes_variable, 0,
       NGX_STREAM_VAR_NOCACHEABLE, 0 },
@@ -203,6 +209,58 @@ ngx_stream_upstream_addr_variable(ngx_stream_session_t *s,
 }
 
 
+static ngx_int_t
+ngx_stream_upstream_status_variable(ngx_stream_session_t *s,
+    ngx_stream_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data)
+{
+    u_char                       *p;
+    size_t                        len;
+    ngx_uint_t                    i;
+    ngx_stream_upstream_state_t  *state;
+
+    v->valid = 1;
+    v->no_cacheable = 0;
+    v->not_found = 0;
+
+    if (s->upstream_states == NULL || s->upstream_states->nelts == 0) {
+        v->not_found = 1;
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    len = s->upstream_states->nelts * (3 + 2);
+
+    p = ngx_pnalloc(s->connection->pool, len);
+    if (p == NULL) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    v->data = p;
+
+    i = 0;
+    state = s->upstream_states->elts;
+
+    for ( ;; ) {
+        if (state[i].status) {
+            p = ngx_sprintf(p, "%ui", state[i].status);
+
+        } else {
+            *p++ = '-';
+        }
+
+        if (++i == s->upstream_states->nelts) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        *p++ = ',';
+        *p++ = ' ';
+    }
+
+    v->len = p - v->data;
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
+
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_stream_upstream_bytes_variable(ngx_stream_session_t *s,
     ngx_stream_variable_value_t *v, uintptr_t data)
diff --git a/src/stream/ngx_stream_upstream.h b/src/stream/ngx_stream_upstream.h
index 89fff08c3..7484b8919 100644
--- a/src/stream/ngx_stream_upstream.h
+++ b/src/stream/ngx_stream_upstream.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct ngx_stream_upstream_srv_conf_s {
 
 
 typedef struct {
+    ngx_uint_t                         status;
     ngx_msec_t                         response_time;
     ngx_msec_t                         connect_time;
     ngx_msec_t                         first_byte_time;