diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbb549f1..d03d6613 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ addopts = [
     "-p", "no:logging",
     "--tb=short",
     "--color=yes",
-    "--tavern-setup-init-logging",
 ]
 norecursedirs = [
     ".git",
diff --git a/tavern/_core/schema/extensions.py b/tavern/_core/schema/extensions.py
index 61eee0e5..7a7bfcc4 100644
--- a/tavern/_core/schema/extensions.py
+++ b/tavern/_core/schema/extensions.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import re
-from typing import Union
+from typing import List, Union
 
 from pykwalify.types import is_bool, is_float, is_int
 
@@ -133,29 +133,42 @@ def check_usefixtures(value, rule_obj, path) -> bool:
     return True
 
 
-def validate_grpc_status_is_valid_or_list_of_names(value, rule_obj, path):
+def validate_grpc_status_is_valid_or_list_of_names(
+    value: Union[List[str], str, int], rule_obj, path
+):
     """Validate GRPC statuses https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/statuscodes.md"""
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
-    err_msg = "status has to be an valid grpc status name (got {})".format(value)
-
-    if not isinstance(value, list) and not is_grpc_status(value):
-        raise BadSchemaError(err_msg)
+    err_msg = (
+        "status has to be an valid grpc status code, name, or list (got {})".format(
+            value
+        )
+    )
 
-    if isinstance(value, list):
+    if isinstance(value, (str, int)):
+        if not is_grpc_status(value):
+            raise BadSchemaError(err_msg)
+    elif isinstance(value, list):
         if not all(is_grpc_status(i) for i in value):
             raise BadSchemaError(err_msg)
+    else:
+        raise BadSchemaError(err_msg)
 
     return True
 
 
-def is_grpc_status(value):
-    value = value.upper()
-
+def is_grpc_status(value: Union[str, int]):
     from grpc import StatusCode
 
-    for status in StatusCode:
-        if status.name == value:
-            return True
+    if isinstance(value, str):
+        value = value.upper()
+        for status in StatusCode:
+            if status.name == value:
+                return True
+    elif isinstance(value, int):
+        for status in StatusCode:
+            if status.value[0] == value:
+                return True
+
     return False
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_extensions.py b/tests/unit/test_extensions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24ba0802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_extensions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import pytest
+
+from tavern._core import exceptions
+from tavern._core.schema.extensions import (
+    validate_grpc_status_is_valid_or_list_of_names as validate_grpc,
+)
+
+
+class TestGrpcCodes:
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("code", ("UNAVAILABLE", "unavailable", "ok", 14, 0))
+    def test_validate_grpc_valid_status(self, code):
+        assert True is validate_grpc(code, None, None)
+        assert True is validate_grpc([code], None, None)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("code", (-1, "fo", "J", {"status": "OK"}))
+    def test_validate_grpc_invalid_status(self, code):
+        with pytest.raises(exceptions.BadSchemaError):
+            assert False is validate_grpc(code, None, None)
+
+        with pytest.raises(exceptions.BadSchemaError):
+            assert False is validate_grpc([code], None, None)
diff --git a/tox-integration.ini b/tox-integration.ini
index 518eb47f..9a7b7abc 100644
--- a/tox-integration.ini
+++ b/tox-integration.ini
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ commands =
 ;    docker compose build
     docker compose up --build -d
     python -m pytest --collect-only
-    python -m pytest --tavern-global-cfg={toxinidir}/tests/integration/global_cfg.yaml --cov tavern {posargs}
+    python -m pytest --tavern-global-cfg={toxinidir}/tests/integration/global_cfg.yaml --cov tavern {posargs} --tavern-setup-init-logging
 
     generic: py.test --tavern-global-cfg={toxinidir}/tests/integration/global_cfg.yaml -n 3
     generic: tavern-ci --stdout . --tavern-global-cfg={toxinidir}/tests/integration/global_cfg.yaml