diff --git a/src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.js b/src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.js
index b4c5533..034aba2 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.js
+++ b/src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ exports._ajax = function () {
       xhr.onload = function () {
         callback({
           status: xhr.status,
+          statusText: xhr.statusText,
           headers: xhr.getAllResponseHeaders().split("\r\n")
             .filter(function (header) {
               return header.length > 0;
@@ -85,4 +86,3 @@ exports._ajax = function () {
     };
   };
 }();
-
diff --git a/src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.purs b/src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.purs
index 59451fd..36f47ad 100644
--- a/src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.purs
+++ b/src/Network/HTTP/Affjax.purs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ defaultRequest =
 -- | The type of records that will be received as an Affjax response.
 type AffjaxResponse a =
   { status :: StatusCode
+  , statusText :: String
   , headers :: Array ResponseHeader
   , response :: a
   }