--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_uwsgi_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_uwsgi_module.c
@@ -1100,10 +1100,10 @@ ngx_http_uwsgi_process_status_line(ngx_h
                       "upstream sent no valid HTTP/1.0 header");
 
         r->http_version = NGX_HTTP_VERSION_9;
-        u->headers_in.status_n = NGX_HTTP_OK;
-        u->state->status = NGX_HTTP_OK;
 
-        return NGX_OK;
+        u->process_header = ngx_http_uwsgi_process_header;
+
+        return ngx_http_uwsgi_process_header(r);
     }
 
     if (u->state) {
@@ -1135,8 +1135,10 @@ ngx_http_uwsgi_process_status_line(ngx_h
 static ngx_int_t
 ngx_http_uwsgi_process_header(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 {
-    ngx_int_t                       rc;
+    ngx_str_t                      *status_line;
+    ngx_int_t                       rc, status;
     ngx_table_elt_t                *h;
+    ngx_http_upstream_t            *u;
     ngx_http_upstream_header_t     *hh;
     ngx_http_upstream_main_conf_t  *umcf;
 
@@ -1200,6 +1202,45 @@ ngx_http_uwsgi_process_header(ngx_http_r
             ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, r->connection->log, 0,
                            "http uwsgi header done");
 
+            if (r->http_version > NGX_HTTP_VERSION_9) {
+                return NGX_OK;
+            }
+
+            u = r->upstream;
+
+            if (u->headers_in.status) {
+                status_line = &u->headers_in.status->value;
+
+                status = ngx_atoi(status_line->data, 3);
+                if (status == NGX_ERROR) {
+                    ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+                                  "upstream sent invalid status \"%V\"",
+                                  status_line);
+                    return NGX_HTTP_UPSTREAM_INVALID_HEADER;
+                }
+
+                r->http_version = NGX_HTTP_VERSION_10;
+                u->headers_in.status_n = status;
+                u->headers_in.status_line = *status_line;
+
+            } else if (u->headers_in.location) {
+                r->http_version = NGX_HTTP_VERSION_10;
+                u->headers_in.status_n = 302;
+                ngx_str_set(&u->headers_in.status_line,
+                            "302 Moved Temporarily");
+
+            } else {
+                ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, r->connection->log, 0,
+                              "upstream sent neither valid HTTP/1.0 header "
+                              "nor \"Status\" header line");
+                u->headers_in.status_n = 200;
+                ngx_str_set(&u->headers_in.status_line, "200 OK");
+            }
+
+            if (u->state) {
+                u->state->status = u->headers_in.status_n;
+            }
+
             return NGX_OK;
         }