diff --git a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/browser.rb b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/browser.rb
index da58cca..9ff9987 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/browser.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/browser.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
       command 'current_url'
     end
 
+    def status_code
+      command 'status_code'
+    end
+
     def body
       command 'body'
     end
diff --git a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/browser.coffee b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/browser.coffee
index ca190d5..a607b6c 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/browser.coffee
+++ b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/browser.coffee
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ class Poltergeist.Browser
   current_url: ->
     this.sendResponse @page.currentUrl()
 
+  status_code: ->
+    this.sendResponse @page.statusCode()
+
   body: ->
     this.sendResponse @page.content()
 
diff --git a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/compiled/browser.js b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/compiled/browser.js
index 052ef11..d7231c0 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/compiled/browser.js
+++ b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/compiled/browser.js
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ Poltergeist.Browser = (function() {
     return this.sendResponse(this.page.currentUrl());
   };
 
+  Browser.prototype.status_code = function() {
+    return this.sendResponse(this.page.statusCode());
+  };
+
   Browser.prototype.body = function() {
     return this.sendResponse(this.page.content());
   };
diff --git a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/compiled/web_page.js b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/compiled/web_page.js
index 5a9d6fd..eef72c1 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/compiled/web_page.js
+++ b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/compiled/web_page.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Poltergeist.WebPage = (function() {
 
   WebPage.CALLBACKS = ['onAlert', 'onConsoleMessage', 'onLoadFinished', 'onInitialized', 'onLoadStarted', 'onResourceRequested', 'onResourceReceived', 'onError', 'onNavigationRequested', 'onUrlChanged'];
 
-  WebPage.DELEGATES = ['open', 'sendEvent', 'uploadFile', 'release', 'render'];
+  WebPage.DELEGATES = ['sendEvent', 'uploadFile', 'release', 'render'];
 
   WebPage.COMMANDS = ['currentUrl', 'find', 'nodeCall', 'pushFrame', 'popFrame', 'documentSize'];
 
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ Poltergeist.WebPage = (function() {
     _fn1(delegate);
   }
 
+  WebPage.prototype.open = function() {
+    var args;
+    args = 1 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 0) : [];
+    this._url = args[0];
+    return this["native"].open.apply(this["native"], args);
+  };
+
   WebPage.prototype.onInitializedNative = function() {
     this._source = null;
     this.injectAgent();
@@ -109,7 +116,14 @@ Poltergeist.WebPage = (function() {
   };
 
   WebPage.prototype.onResourceReceivedNative = function(response) {
-    return this._networkTraffic[response.id].responseParts.push(response);
+    this._networkTraffic[response.id].responseParts.push(response);
+    if (this._url === response.url) {
+      if (response.redirectURL) {
+        return this._url = response.redirectURL;
+      } else {
+        return this._statusCode = response.status;
+      }
+    }
   };
 
   WebPage.prototype.networkTraffic = function() {
@@ -132,6 +146,10 @@ Poltergeist.WebPage = (function() {
     return this._errors = [];
   };
 
+  WebPage.prototype.statusCode = function() {
+    return this._statusCode;
+  };
+
   WebPage.prototype.viewportSize = function() {
     return this["native"].viewportSize;
   };
diff --git a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/web_page.coffee b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/web_page.coffee
index b327e14..b85858a 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/web_page.coffee
+++ b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/client/web_page.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ class Poltergeist.WebPage
                 'onLoadStarted', 'onResourceRequested', 'onResourceReceived',
                 'onError', 'onNavigationRequested', 'onUrlChanged']
 
-  @DELEGATES = ['open', 'sendEvent', 'uploadFile', 'release', 'render']
+  @DELEGATES = ['sendEvent', 'uploadFile', 'release', 'render']
 
   @COMMANDS  = ['currentUrl', 'find', 'nodeCall', 'pushFrame', 'popFrame', 'documentSize']
 
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ class Poltergeist.WebPage
       this.prototype[delegate] =
         -> @native[delegate].apply(@native, arguments)
 
+  open: (args...) ->
+    @_url = args[0]
+    @native.open.apply(@native, args)
+
   onInitializedNative: ->
     @_source = null
     this.injectAgent()
@@ -61,17 +65,21 @@ class Poltergeist.WebPage
 
     @_errors.push(message: message, stack: stackString)
 
-  # capture any outgoing requests
   onResourceRequestedNative: (request) ->
     @_networkTraffic[request.id] = {
       request:       request,
       responseParts: []
     }
 
-  # capture request responses
   onResourceReceivedNative: (response) ->
     @_networkTraffic[response.id].responseParts.push(response)
 
+    if @_url == response.url
+      if response.redirectURL
+        @_url = response.redirectURL
+      else
+        @_statusCode = response.status
+
   networkTraffic: ->
     @_networkTraffic
 
@@ -87,6 +95,9 @@ class Poltergeist.WebPage
   clearErrors: ->
     @_errors = []
 
+  statusCode: ->
+    @_statusCode
+
   viewportSize: ->
     @native.viewportSize
 
diff --git a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/driver.rb b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/driver.rb
index cd3de4f..50573cd 100644
--- a/lib/capybara/poltergeist/driver.rb
+++ b/lib/capybara/poltergeist/driver.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
       browser.current_url
     end
 
+    def status_code
+      browser.status_code
+    end
+
     def body
       browser.body
     end
diff --git a/spec/integration/driver_spec.rb b/spec/integration/driver_spec.rb
index 106058f..4294cd5 100644
--- a/spec/integration/driver_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/driver_spec.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
     it_should_behave_like "driver"
     it_should_behave_like "driver with javascript support"
     it_should_behave_like "driver with frame support"
-    it_should_behave_like "driver without status code support"
+    it_should_behave_like "driver with status code support"
     it_should_behave_like "driver with cookies support"
 
     it 'supports a custom phantomjs path' do
@@ -252,6 +252,23 @@ module Capybara::Poltergeist
         @driver.visit('/poltergeist/with_js')
         @driver.network_traffic.length.should equal(4)
       end
-    end 
+    end
+
+    describe 'status code support' do
+      it 'should determine status from the simple response' do
+        @driver.visit('/poltergeist/500')
+        @driver.status_code.should == 500
+      end
+
+      it 'should determine status code when the page has a few resources' do
+        @driver.visit('/poltergeist/with_different_resources')
+        @driver.status_code.should == 200
+      end
+
+      it 'should determine status code even after redirect' do
+        @driver.visit('/poltergeist/redirect')
+        @driver.status_code.should == 200
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/integration/session_spec.rb b/spec/integration/session_spec.rb
index f5e9b0a..b933a8b 100644
--- a/spec/integration/session_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/session_spec.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ describe Capybara::Session do
     it_should_behave_like "session"
     it_should_behave_like "session with javascript support"
     it_should_behave_like "session without headers support"
-    it_should_behave_like "session without status code support"
+    it_should_behave_like "session with status code support"
 
     describe Capybara::Poltergeist::Node do
       it 'raises an error if the element has been removed from the DOM' do
diff --git a/spec/support/test_app.rb b/spec/support/test_app.rb
index 60f4bc9..b8a8612 100644
--- a/spec/support/test_app.rb
+++ b/spec/support/test_app.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ class TestApp
     File.read("#{POLTERGEIST_PUBLIC}/jquery-ui-1.8.14.min.js")
   end
 
+  get '/poltergeist/unexist.png' do
+    halt 404
+  end
+
+  get '/poltergeist/500' do
+    halt 500
+  end
+
+  get '/poltergeist/redirect' do
+    redirect '/poltergeist/with_different_resources'
+  end
+
   get '/poltergeist/:view' do |view|
     erb File.read("#{POLTERGEIST_VIEWS}/#{view}.erb")
   end
diff --git a/spec/support/views/with_different_resources.erb b/spec/support/views/with_different_resources.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3035a42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/views/with_different_resources.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
+    <title>poltergeist with_different_resources</title>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <img src="unexist.png">
+  </body>
+</html>
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