diff --git a/application/classes/HTTP/Exception/404.php b/application/classes/HTTP/Exception/404.php
index 7bdd5fa..0f976f2 100644
--- a/application/classes/HTTP/Exception/404.php
+++ b/application/classes/HTTP/Exception/404.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class HTTP_Exception_404 extends Kohana_HTTP_Exception_404 {
 
 			// Process our redirection options
 			if (preg_match('/^http[s]?:\/\//',$ro->redirect)) {
-				$response->status(302);
+				$response->status($ro->http_status ? $ro->http_status : 302);
 				$response->headers('Location',$ro->redirect);
 
 			} elseif (preg_match('/^file:\/\/(.*)$/',$ro->redirect,$matches) AND file_exists($matches[1])) {