diff --git a/src/QHttpEngine/qobjecthandler.h b/src/QHttpEngine/qobjecthandler.h
index c3a8ba1..215f62f 100644
--- a/src/QHttpEngine/qobjecthandler.h
+++ b/src/QHttpEngine/qobjecthandler.h
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ protected:
      */
     virtual void process(QHttpSocket *socket, const QString &path);
 
+    /**
+     * @brief Set the status code for the current request
+     *
+     * By default, the status code is set to QHttpSocket::OK.
+     */
+    void setStatusCode(int statusCode);
+
 private:
 
     QObjectHandlerPrivate *const d;
diff --git a/src/qobjecthandler.cpp b/src/qobjecthandler.cpp
index 1dca0f7..5072b28 100644
--- a/src/qobjecthandler.cpp
+++ b/src/qobjecthandler.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ void QObjectHandlerPrivate::invokeSlot(QHttpSocket *socket, int index, const QVa
     QGenericArgument secondArgument;
     QVariantMap parameters;
 
+    statusCode = QHttpSocket::OK;
+
     // If this is a POST request, then decode the request body
     if (socket->method() == MethodPOST) {
 
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ void QObjectHandlerPrivate::invokeSlot(QHttpSocket *socket, int index, const QVa
 
     // Convert the return value to JSON and write it to the socket
     QByteArray data = QJsonDocument(QJsonObject::fromVariantMap(retVal)).toJson();
+    socket->setStatusCode(statusCode);
     socket->setHeader("Content-Length", QByteArray::number(data.length()));
     socket->setHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
     socket->write(data);
@@ -146,3 +149,8 @@ void QObjectHandler::process(QHttpSocket *socket, const QString &path)
         });
     }
 }
+
+void QObjectHandler::setStatusCode(int statusCode)
+{
+    d->statusCode = statusCode;
+}
diff --git a/src/qobjecthandler_p.h b/src/qobjecthandler_p.h
index 7c6a782..bd5b48a 100644
--- a/src/qobjecthandler_p.h
+++ b/src/qobjecthandler_p.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public:
     void invokeSlot(QHttpSocket *socket, int index, const QVariantMap &query);
     QVariantMap convertQueryString(const QString &query);
 
+    int statusCode;
+
 private:
 
     QObjectHandler *const q;
diff --git a/tests/TestQObjectHandler.cpp b/tests/TestQObjectHandler.cpp
index e247dbe..c27865a 100644
--- a/tests/TestQObjectHandler.cpp
+++ b/tests/TestQObjectHandler.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
     QVariantMap get_validSlot(QVariantMap query) {
         return query;
     }
+    QVariantMap get_statusCode(QVariantMap) {
+        setStatusCode(QHttpSocket::Found);
+        return QVariantMap();
+    }
     QVariantMap post_validSlot(QVariantMap, QVariantMap params) {
         return params;
     }
@@ -94,6 +98,13 @@ void TestQObjectHandler::testRequests_data()
             << QVariantMap({{"param", "value"}})
             << static_cast<int>(QHttpSocket::OK);
 
+    QTest::newRow("status code")
+            << QByteArray("GET")
+            << QByteArray("statusCode")
+            << QByteArray("")
+            << QVariantMap()
+            << static_cast<int>(QHttpSocket::Found);
+
     QTest::newRow("malformed JSON")
             << QByteArray("POST")
             << QByteArray("validSlot")