diff --git a/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts b/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
index 08657f2376..edd3b8ecbd 100644
--- a/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
+++ b/src/server/chromium/crNetworkManager.ts
@@ -487,7 +487,8 @@ class RouteImpl implements network.RouteDelegate {
       return null;
     const event = await this._responseInterceptedPromise;
     this._interceptionId = event.requestId;
-    return new network.InterceptedResponse(request, event.responseStatusCode!, event.responseErrorReason!, event.responseHeaders!);
+    // FIXME: plumb status text from browser
+    return new network.InterceptedResponse(request, event.responseStatusCode!, '', event.responseHeaders!);
   }
 
   async fulfill(response: types.NormalizedFulfillResponse) {
diff --git a/tests/page/page-request-intercept.spec.ts b/tests/page/page-request-intercept.spec.ts
index 1a03cf61f5..a4fcae2eea 100644
--- a/tests/page/page-request-intercept.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/page-request-intercept.spec.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ it('should give access to the intercepted response', async ({page, server}) => {
   const routePromise = new Promise<Route>(f => routeCallback = f);
   await page.route('**/title.html', routeCallback);
 
-  const evalPromise = page.evaluate(url => fetch(url), server.PREFIX + '/title.html').catch(console.log);
+  const evalPromise = page.evaluate(url => fetch(url), server.PREFIX + '/title.html');
 
   const route = await routePromise;
   // @ts-expect-error
@@ -127,6 +127,29 @@ it('should give access to the intercepted response', async ({page, server}) => {
   await Promise.all([route.fulfill(), evalPromise]);
 });
 
+it('should give access to the intercepted response status text', async ({page, server, browserName}) => {
+  it.fail(browserName === 'chromium', 'Status line is not reported for intercepted responses');
+  await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
+  server.setRoute('/title.html', (req, res) => {
+    res.statusCode = 200;
+    res.statusMessage = 'You are awesome';
+    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
+    res.end();
+  });
+  let routeCallback;
+  const routePromise = new Promise<Route>(f => routeCallback = f);
+  await page.route('**/title.html', routeCallback);
+  const evalPromise = page.evaluate(url => fetch(url), server.PREFIX + '/title.html');
+  const route = await routePromise;
+  // @ts-expect-error
+  const response = await route._intercept();
+
+  expect(response.statusText()).toBe('You are awesome');
+  expect(response.url()).toBe(server.PREFIX + '/title.html');
+
+  await Promise.all([route.fulfill(), evalPromise]);
+});
+
 it('should give access to the intercepted response body', async ({page, server}) => {
   await page.goto(server.EMPTY_PAGE);