--- a/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_parse.c
@@ -1318,6 +1318,211 @@ args:
 
 
 ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_parse_status_line(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_buf_t *b,
+    ngx_http_status_t *status)
+{
+    u_char   ch;
+    u_char  *p;
+    enum {
+        sw_start = 0,
+        sw_H,
+        sw_HT,
+        sw_HTT,
+        sw_HTTP,
+        sw_first_major_digit,
+        sw_major_digit,
+        sw_first_minor_digit,
+        sw_minor_digit,
+        sw_status,
+        sw_space_after_status,
+        sw_status_text,
+        sw_almost_done
+    } state;
+
+    state = r->state;
+
+    for (p = b->pos; p < b->last; p++) {
+        ch = *p;
+
+        switch (state) {
+
+        /* "HTTP/" */
+        case sw_start:
+            switch (ch) {
+            case 'H':
+                state = sw_H;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case sw_H:
+            switch (ch) {
+            case 'T':
+                state = sw_HT;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case sw_HT:
+            switch (ch) {
+            case 'T':
+                state = sw_HTT;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case sw_HTT:
+            switch (ch) {
+            case 'P':
+                state = sw_HTTP;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case sw_HTTP:
+            switch (ch) {
+            case '/':
+                state = sw_first_major_digit;
+                break;
+            default:
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        /* the first digit of major HTTP version */
+        case sw_first_major_digit:
+            if (ch < '1' || ch > '9') {
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+
+            state = sw_major_digit;
+            break;
+
+        /* the major HTTP version or dot */
+        case sw_major_digit:
+            if (ch == '.') {
+                state = sw_first_minor_digit;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (ch < '0' || ch > '9') {
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+
+            break;
+
+        /* the first digit of minor HTTP version */
+        case sw_first_minor_digit:
+            if (ch < '0' || ch > '9') {
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+
+            state = sw_minor_digit;
+            break;
+
+        /* the minor HTTP version or the end of the request line */
+        case sw_minor_digit:
+            if (ch == ' ') {
+                state = sw_status;
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (ch < '0' || ch > '9') {
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+
+            break;
+
+        /* HTTP status code */
+        case sw_status:
+            if (ch == ' ') {
+                break;
+            }
+
+            if (ch < '0' || ch > '9') {
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+
+            status->code = status->code * 10 + ch - '0';
+
+            if (++status->count == 3) {
+                state = sw_space_after_status;
+                status->start = p - 2;
+            }
+
+            break;
+
+        /* space or end of line */
+        case sw_space_after_status:
+            switch (ch) {
+            case ' ':
+                state = sw_status_text;
+                break;
+            case '.':                    /* IIS may send 403.1, 403.2, etc */
+                state = sw_status_text;
+                break;
+            case CR:
+                state = sw_almost_done;
+                break;
+            case LF:
+                goto done;
+            default:
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        /* any text until end of line */
+        case sw_status_text:
+            switch (ch) {
+            case CR:
+                state = sw_almost_done;
+
+                break;
+            case LF:
+                goto done;
+            }
+            break;
+
+        /* end of status line */
+        case sw_almost_done:
+            status->end = p - 1;
+            switch (ch) {
+            case LF:
+                goto done;
+            default:
+                return NGX_ERROR;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    b->pos = p;
+    r->state = state;
+
+    return NGX_AGAIN;
+
+done:
+
+    b->pos = p + 1;
+
+    if (status->end == NULL) {
+        status->end = p;
+    }
+
+    r->state = sw_start;
+
+    return NGX_OK;
+}
+
+
+ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_parse_unsafe_uri(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_str_t *uri,
     ngx_str_t *args, ngx_uint_t *flags)
 {