diff --git a/response.go b/response.go
index 75378c4..4e2c666 100644
--- a/response.go
+++ b/response.go
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ func NewNotFoundResponder(fn func(...any)) Responder {
 //	httpmock.NewStringResponse(200, httpmock.File("body.txt").String())
 func NewStringResponse(status int, body string) *http.Response {
 	return &http.Response{
-		Status:        strconv.Itoa(status),
+		Status:        fmt.Sprintf("%03d %s", status, http.StatusText(status)),
 		StatusCode:    status,
 		Body:          NewRespBodyFromString(body),
 		Header:        http.Header{},
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ func NewStringResponder(status int, body string) Responder {
 //	httpmock.NewBytesResponse(200, httpmock.File("body.raw").Bytes())
 func NewBytesResponse(status int, body []byte) *http.Response {
 	return &http.Response{
-		Status:        strconv.Itoa(status),
+		Status:        fmt.Sprintf("%03d %s", status, http.StatusText(status)),
 		StatusCode:    status,
 		Body:          NewRespBodyFromBytes(body),
 		Header:        http.Header{},
diff --git a/response_test.go b/response_test.go
index a34915b..9c828d5 100644
--- a/response_test.go
+++ b/response_test.go
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ func TestResponder_HeaderAddSet(t *testing.T) {
 
 	orig := httpmock.NewStringResponder(200, "body")
 	origNilHeader := httpmock.ResponderFromResponse(&http.Response{
-		Status:        "200",
+		Status:        "200 OK",
 		StatusCode:    200,
 		Body:          httpmock.NewRespBodyFromString("body"),
 		ContentLength: -1,