diff --git a/include/fastly/http/response.h b/include/fastly/http/response.h
index efeeeb2..97b9f5c 100644
--- a/include/fastly/http/response.h
+++ b/include/fastly/http/response.h
@@ -308,6 +308,18 @@ class Response {
   fastly::expected<std::optional<std::string>>
   remove_header(std::string_view name);
 
+  /// Get the HTTP status code of the response.
+  ///
+  /// # Examples
+  ///
+  /// ```cpp
+  /// auto resp{fastly::Response::from_status(
+  ///     fastly::http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND)};
+  /// assert(resp.get_status() == fastly::http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+  /// assert(resp.get_status().as_code() == 404);
+  /// ```
+  StatusCode get_status();
+
   /// Builder-style equivalent of `Response::set_status()`.
   Response with_status(StatusCode status) &&;
 
diff --git a/include/fastly/http/status_code.h b/include/fastly/http/status_code.h
index 6537df5..1458df7 100644
--- a/include/fastly/http/status_code.h
+++ b/include/fastly/http/status_code.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ class StatusCode {
   /// The method validates the correctness of the supplied uint16_t. It must be
   /// greater or equal to 100 and less than 1000, or this method will return
   /// `std::nullopt`.
-  std::optional<StatusCode> from_code(uint16_t code);
+  static std::optional<StatusCode> from_code(uint16_t code);
 
   /// Returns the `uint16_t` corresponding to this `StatusCode`.
   uint16_t as_code();
diff --git a/src/cpp/http/response.cpp b/src/cpp/http/response.cpp
index e6a8456..bc78e96 100644
--- a/src/cpp/http/response.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/http/response.cpp
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ Response::remove_header(std::string_view name) {
   }
 }
 
+StatusCode Response::get_status() {
+  return StatusCode(this->res->get_status());
+}
+
 void Response::set_status(StatusCode status) {
   this->res->set_status(status.as_code());
 }
diff --git a/src/http/response.rs b/src/http/response.rs
index 2dff3e9..5573294 100644
--- a/src/http/response.rs
+++ b/src/http/response.rs
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ impl Response {
             .is_some()
     }
 
+    pub fn get_status(&self) -> u16 {
+        self.0.get_status().as_u16()
+    }
+
     pub fn set_status(&mut self, status: u16) {
         self.0.set_status(status);
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2ec01d3..0bf65ca 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -645,6 +645,7 @@ mod ffi {
             out: Pin<&mut CxxString>,
             mut err: Pin<&mut *mut FastlyError>,
         ) -> bool;
+        fn get_status(&self) -> u16;
         fn set_status(&mut self, status: u16);
         fn get_backend_name(&self, out: Pin<&mut CxxString>) -> bool;
         fn get_backend(&self) -> *mut Backend;
diff --git a/test/response.cpp b/test/response.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45f8ecc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/response.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+#include <fastly/http/response.h>
+#include <fastly/http/status_code.h>
+
+using namespace fastly::http;
+
+TEST_CASE("Response::get_status", "[response]") {
+  SECTION("new responses default to 200 OK") {
+    Response resp;
+    REQUIRE(resp.get_status().as_code() == 200);
+    REQUIRE(resp.get_status() == StatusCode::OK);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("round-trips from_status") {
+    REQUIRE(Response::from_status(404).get_status().as_code() == 404);
+    REQUIRE(Response::from_status(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND).get_status() ==
+            StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("reflects set_status") {
+    Response resp;
+    resp.set_status(StatusCode::IM_A_TEAPOT);
+    REQUIRE(resp.get_status().as_code() == 418);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("reflects with_status") {
+    auto resp{Response().with_status(StatusCode::SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE)};
+    REQUIRE(resp.get_status().as_code() == 503);
+  }
+
+  SECTION("interoperates with StatusCode helpers") {
+    REQUIRE(Response::from_status(204).get_status().is_success());
+    REQUIRE(Response::from_status(StatusCode::PERMANENT_REDIRECT)
+                .get_status()
+                .is_redirection());
+    REQUIRE(Response::from_status(500).get_status().is_server_error());
+  }
+}
+
+TEST_CASE("StatusCode::from_code", "[response]") {
+  REQUIRE(StatusCode::from_code(404) == std::optional(StatusCode::NOT_FOUND));
+  REQUIRE(StatusCode::from_code(99) == std::nullopt);
+  REQUIRE(StatusCode::from_code(1000) == std::nullopt);
+}
+
+// Required due to https://github.com/WebAssembly/wasi-libc/issues/485
+#include <catch2/catch_session.hpp>
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { return Catch::Session().run(argc, argv); }