diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/client.cc b/test/cpp/interop/client.cc
index d0393fafb24896657f2661bb2a4c2bec4e3d9ba1..ebc5cfc85a8602d401d2ed86f03769f081d217e3 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/client.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/client.cc
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ DEFINE_string(test_case, "large_unary",
               "jwt_token_creds: large_unary with JWT token auth; "
               "oauth2_auth_token: raw oauth2 access token auth; "
               "per_rpc_creds: raw oauth2 access token on a single rpc; "
+	      "status_code_and_message: verify status code & message; "
               "all : all of above.");
 DEFINE_string(default_service_account, "",
               "Email of GCE default service account");
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ using grpc::testing::GetServiceAccountJsonKey;
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   grpc::testing::InitTest(&argc, &argv, true);
-
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Testing these cases: %s", FLAGS_test_case.c_str());
   int ret = 0;
   grpc::testing::InteropClient client(
       CreateChannelForTestCase(FLAGS_test_case));
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   } else if (FLAGS_test_case == "per_rpc_creds") {
     grpc::string json_key = GetServiceAccountJsonKey();
     client.DoPerRpcCreds(json_key, FLAGS_oauth_scope);
+  } else if (FLAGS_test_case == "status_code_and_message") {
+    client.DoStatusWithMessage();
   } else if (FLAGS_test_case == "all") {
     client.DoEmpty();
     client.DoLargeUnary();
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     client.DoCancelAfterBegin();
     client.DoCancelAfterFirstResponse();
     client.DoTimeoutOnSleepingServer();
+    client.DoStatusWithMessage();
     // service_account_creds and jwt_token_creds can only run with ssl.
     if (FLAGS_enable_ssl) {
       grpc::string json_key = GetServiceAccountJsonKey();
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
index e5c0e4631fd6d1ffe98e9a7270061aa43f922ca7..dfb90fadc20146476257498b44351fe6b709d2fc 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
@@ -423,5 +423,24 @@ void InteropClient::DoTimeoutOnSleepingServer() {
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Pingpong streaming timeout done.");
 }
 
+void InteropClient::DoStatusWithMessage() {
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Sending RPC with a request for status code 2 and message");
+  std::unique_ptr<TestService::Stub> stub(TestService::NewStub(channel_));
+
+  ClientContext context;
+  SimpleRequest request;
+  SimpleResponse response;
+  EchoStatus *requested_status = request.mutable_response_status();
+  requested_status->set_code(grpc::StatusCode::UNKNOWN);
+  grpc::string test_msg = "This is a test message";
+  requested_status->set_message(test_msg);
+
+  Status s = stub->UnaryCall(&context, request, &response);
+
+  GPR_ASSERT(s.error_code() == grpc::StatusCode::UNKNOWN);
+  GPR_ASSERT(s.error_message() == test_msg);
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Done testing Status and Message");
+}
+
 }  // namespace testing
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h
index bf8188325e7594bd9585b3c107f6d5f02de380ef..6e26c49e5da1d810161318657aac70a36832e1ea 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ class InteropClient {
   void DoCancelAfterBegin();
   void DoCancelAfterFirstResponse();
   void DoTimeoutOnSleepingServer();
+  void DoStatusWithMessage();
   // Auth tests.
   // username is a string containing the user email
   void DoJwtTokenCreds(const grpc::string& username);
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/server.cc b/test/cpp/interop/server.cc
index db87872cf5d5339e43cdfa974083d618e1d98195..05a10de51e4196a270e1ad7ed80be9d9d9fe8e8c 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/server.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/server.cc
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ class TestServiceImpl : public TestService::Service {
         return Status(grpc::StatusCode::INTERNAL, "Error creating payload.");
       }
     }
+
+    if (request->has_response_status()) {
+      return Status(static_cast<grpc::StatusCode>
+		    (request->response_status().code()),
+		    request->response_status().message()); 
+    }
+
     return Status::OK;
   }