diff --git a/client/status.go b/client/status.go
index 2b94f35..bd743d7 100644
--- a/client/status.go
+++ b/client/status.go
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"net/http"
 )
 
 type tui struct {
@@ -62,12 +65,33 @@ func (t *tui) addIndent(indent int) {
 	t.moveLine(0, 0)
 }
 
-func RunStatus(config *config.Config, args []string) error {
+type StatusFlags struct {
+	Raw bool
+}
+
+func RunStatus(flags StatusFlags, config *config.Config, args []string) error {
 	httpc, err := controlHttpClient(config.Global.Control.SockPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if flags.Raw {
+		resp, err := httpc.Get("http://unix"+daemon.ControlJobEndpointStatus)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Received error response:\n")
+			io.CopyN(os.Stderr, resp.Body, 4096)
+			return errors.Errorf("exit")
+		}
+		if _, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, resp.Body); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	t := newTui()
 	t.lock.Lock()
 	t.err = errors.New("Got no report yet")
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f6e35aa..b2985c9 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ var wakeupCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var statusCmdFlags client.StatusFlags
+
 var statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "status",
 	Short: "status",
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ var statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		return client.RunStatus(conf, args)
+		return client.RunStatus(statusCmdFlags, conf, args)
 	},
 }
 
@@ -158,6 +160,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&rootArgs.configFile, "config", "", "config file path")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(daemonCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(wakeupCmd)
+	statusCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&statusCmdFlags.Raw, "raw", false, "dump raw response from zrepl daemon")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(statusCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(stdinserverCmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(bashcompCmd)