diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 5526fe9..c36e866 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -13,19 +13,38 @@
 
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <poll.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include <event2/event.h>  
 #include <event2/http.h>  
+#include <event2/buffer.h>  
 
 #include "http.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "hlog.h"
 #include "hmalloc.h"
 #include "worker.h"
+#include "status.h"
 
 int http_shutting_down;
 int http_reconfiguring;
 
+void http_status(struct evhttp_request *r)
+{
+	char *json;
+	struct evbuffer *buffer;
+	buffer = evbuffer_new();
+	
+	json = status_json_string();
+	evbuffer_add(buffer, json, strlen(json));
+	
+	struct evkeyvalq *headers = evhttp_request_get_output_headers(r);
+	evhttp_add_header(headers, "Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");
+	
+	evhttp_send_reply(r, HTTP_OK, "OK", buffer);
+	evbuffer_free(buffer);
+}
+
 /*
  *	HTTP request router
  */
@@ -33,12 +52,25 @@ int http_reconfiguring;
 void http_router(struct evhttp_request *r, void *arg)
 {
 	const char *uri = evhttp_request_get_uri(r);
+	
+	hlog(LOG_DEBUG, "http request %s", uri);
+	
+	if (strcmp(uri, "/status.json") == 0) {
+		http_status(r);
+		return;
+	}
+	
+	evhttp_send_error(r, HTTP_NOTFOUND, "Not found");
 }
 
 struct event *ev_timer = NULL;
 struct evhttp *libsrvr = NULL;
 struct event_base *libbase = NULL;
 
+/*
+ *	HTTP timer event, mainly to catch the shutdown signal
+ */
+
 void http_timer(evutil_socket_t fd, short events, void *arg)
 {
 	struct timeval http_timer_tv;
@@ -98,11 +130,14 @@ void http_thread(void *asdf)
 			ev_timer = event_new(libbase, -1, EV_TIMEOUT, http_timer, NULL);
 			event_add(ev_timer, &http_timer_tv);
 			
+			hlog(LOG_INFO, "Binding HTTP socket %s:%d", http_bind, http_port);
+			
+			evhttp_bind_socket(libsrvr, http_bind, http_port);
+			evhttp_set_gencb(libsrvr, http_router, NULL);
+			
 			hlog(LOG_INFO, "HTTP thread ready.");
 		}
 		
-		evhttp_bind_socket(libsrvr, http_bind, http_port);
-		evhttp_set_gencb(libsrvr, http_router, NULL);
 		event_base_dispatch(libbase);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/status.c b/src/status.c
index 5ebcaf7..7213d0d 100644
--- a/src/status.c
+++ b/src/status.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void status_uname(cJSON *root)
 	cJSON_AddStringToObject(root, "os", s);
 }
 
-int status_dump_fp(FILE *fp)
+char *status_json_string(void)
 {
 	char *out;
 	
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ int status_dump_fp(FILE *fp)
 	
 	out = cJSON_Print(root);
 	cJSON_Delete(root);
+	
+	return out;
+}
+
+int status_dump_fp(FILE *fp)
+{
+	char *out = status_json_string();
 	fputs(out, fp);
 	free(out);
 	
diff --git a/src/status.h b/src/status.h
index 5b4c371..d1564b6 100644
--- a/src/status.h
+++ b/src/status.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 extern time_t startup_tick;
 
+extern char *status_json_string(void);
 extern int status_dump_file(void);
 
 #endif