diff --git a/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh b/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
index 7a55a777..26a7f4fe 100755
--- a/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
+++ b/prog/weave-kube/launch.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -e
 # Default if not supplied - same as weave net default
 IPALLOC_RANGE=${IPALLOC_RANGE:-10.32.0.0/12}
 HTTP_ADDR=${WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR:-127.0.0.1:6784}
+STATUS_ADDR=${WEAVE_STATUS_ADDR:-0.0.0.0:6782}
 
 # Default for network policy
 EXPECT_NPC=${EXPECT_NPC:-1}
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ if [ -z "$IPALLOC_INIT" ]; then
 fi
 
 /home/weave/weaver --port=6783 $BRIDGE_OPTIONS \
-     --http-addr=$HTTP_ADDR --docker-api='' --no-dns \
+     --http-addr=$HTTP_ADDR --status-addr=$STATUS_ADDR --docker-api='' --no-dns \
      --ipalloc-range=$IPALLOC_RANGE $NICKNAME_ARG \
      --ipalloc-init $IPALLOC_INIT \
      --name=$(cat /sys/class/net/weave/address) "$@" \
diff --git a/weave b/weave
index f82f9ccd..9e792761 100755
--- a/weave
+++ b/weave
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ exec_remote() {
         -e WEAVE_PASSWORD \
         -e WEAVE_PORT \
         -e WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR \
+        -e WEAVE_STATUS_ADDR \
         -e WEAVE_CONTAINER_NAME \
         -e WEAVE_MTU \
         -e WEAVE_NO_FASTDP \
@@ -351,6 +352,7 @@ DATAPATH_IFNAME=v${CONTAINER_IFNAME}-datapath
 PCAP_IFNAME=v${CONTAINER_IFNAME}-pcap
 PORT=${WEAVE_PORT:-6783}
 HTTP_ADDR=${WEAVE_HTTP_ADDR:-127.0.0.1:6784}
+STATUS_ADDR=${WEAVE_STATUS_ADDR:-127.0.0.1:6782}
 PROXY_PORT=12375
 PROXY_CONTAINER_NAME=weaveproxy
 COVERAGE_ARGS=""
@@ -1663,6 +1665,7 @@ launch_router() {
         $DNS_ROUTER_OPTS $NO_DNS_OPT \
         $AWSVPC_ARGS \
         --http-addr $HTTP_ADDR \
+        --status-addr $STATUS_ADDR \
         --resolv-conf "/var/run/weave/etc/$RESOLV_CONF_BASE" \
         "$@")
     wait_for_status $CONTAINER_NAME http_call $HTTP_ADDR