diff --git a/FakeHttpMessageHandler.Tests/FakeHttpMessageHandlerTest.cs b/FakeHttpMessageHandler.Tests/FakeHttpMessageHandlerTest.cs
index 729aebd..134a271 100644
--- a/FakeHttpMessageHandler.Tests/FakeHttpMessageHandlerTest.cs
+++ b/FakeHttpMessageHandler.Tests/FakeHttpMessageHandlerTest.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using Moq;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ public async Task FakeHttpMessageHandler_Verify_ReturnsInstanceOfT()
                 var responseText = await responce.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                 var clientOutput = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FakeOutput>(responseText);
 
+                responce.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.OK);
                 clientOutput.Should().NotBeNull();
                 clientOutput.FakeProperty.Should().NotBeNullOrWhiteSpace();
                 handler.CallsCount.Should().Be(1);
@@ -56,6 +58,26 @@ public async Task FakeHttpMessageHandler_Verify_ReturnsOutputOverride()
             }
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public async Task FakeHttpMessageHandler_Verify_ReturnStatusCodeOverride()
+        {
+            var output = new FakeOutput
+            {
+                FakeProperty = "MyFakeProperty"
+            };
+
+            var handler = new FakeHttpMessageHandler<FakeOutput>(output, httpStatusCode: HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
+
+
+            using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(handler, true))
+            {
+                var responce = await httpClient.GetAsync(_requestUri);
+                responce.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
+                
+                handler.CallsCount.Should().Be(1);
+            }
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public async Task FakeHttpMessageHandler_Verify_ReturnsStringOutput()
         {
diff --git a/FakeHttpMessageHandler/FakeHttpMessageHandler.cs b/FakeHttpMessageHandler/FakeHttpMessageHandler.cs
index 31329d8..85c927f 100644
--- a/FakeHttpMessageHandler/FakeHttpMessageHandler.cs
+++ b/FakeHttpMessageHandler/FakeHttpMessageHandler.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class FakeHttpMessageHandler<T> : HttpMessageHandler where T : class
         private readonly Func<T> _createResponseObjectFunction;
         private readonly Func<Task<T>> _createResponseObjectAsyncFunction;
         private readonly Func<T, string> _serializerFunction;
-
+        private readonly HttpStatusCode _httpStatusCode;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// FakeHttpMessageHandler seamlessly fakes http request sent from System.Net.Http.HttpClient for purpose of unit testing code that previously could only be integration tested.
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ public class FakeHttpMessageHandler<T> : HttpMessageHandler where T : class
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="overrideResponseContent"></param>
         /// <param name="serializerFunction"></param>
-        public FakeHttpMessageHandler(T overrideResponseContent = null, Func<T, string> serializerFunction = null)
+        /// <param name="httpStatusCode"></param>
+        public FakeHttpMessageHandler(T overrideResponseContent = null, Func<T, string> serializerFunction = null, HttpStatusCode httpStatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK)
         {
             _overrideResponseContent = overrideResponseContent;
-            _serializerFunction = serializerFunction ?? new Func<T, string>((T output) => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(output)); 
+            _serializerFunction = serializerFunction ?? new Func<T, string>((T output) => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(output));
+            _httpStatusCode = httpStatusCode;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -38,10 +40,12 @@ public FakeHttpMessageHandler(T overrideResponseContent = null, Func<T, string>
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="createResponseObjectFunction"></param>
         /// <param name="serializerFunction"></param>
-        public FakeHttpMessageHandler(Func<T> createResponseObjectFunction, Func<T, string> serializerFunction = null)
+        /// <param name="httpStatusCode"></param>
+        public FakeHttpMessageHandler(Func<T> createResponseObjectFunction, Func<T, string> serializerFunction = null, HttpStatusCode httpStatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK)
         {
             _createResponseObjectFunction = createResponseObjectFunction ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(createResponseObjectFunction));
             _serializerFunction = serializerFunction ?? new Func<T, string>((T output) => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(output));
+            _httpStatusCode = httpStatusCode;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -50,10 +54,12 @@ public FakeHttpMessageHandler(Func<T> createResponseObjectFunction, Func<T, stri
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="createResponseObjectAsyncFunction"></param>
         /// <param name="serializerFunction"></param>
-        public FakeHttpMessageHandler(Func<Task<T>> createResponseObjectAsyncFunction, Func<T, string> serializerFunction = null)
+        /// <param name="httpStatusCode"></param>
+        public FakeHttpMessageHandler(Func<Task<T>> createResponseObjectAsyncFunction, Func<T, string> serializerFunction = null, HttpStatusCode httpStatusCode = HttpStatusCode.OK)
         {
             _createResponseObjectAsyncFunction = createResponseObjectAsyncFunction ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(createResponseObjectAsyncFunction));
             _serializerFunction = serializerFunction ?? new Func<T, string>((T output) => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(output));
+            _httpStatusCode = httpStatusCode;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@ protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage
                 returnObject = _overrideResponseContent ?? Activator.CreateInstance<T>();
             }
             var returnObjectString = returnObject is string ? returnObject as string : _serializerFunction(returnObject);
-            HttpResponseMessage responseMessage = new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.OK)
+            HttpResponseMessage responseMessage = new HttpResponseMessage(_httpStatusCode)
             {
                 Content = new ByteArrayContent(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(returnObjectString))
             };
diff --git a/FakeHttpMessageHandler/FakeHttpMessageHandler.csproj b/FakeHttpMessageHandler/FakeHttpMessageHandler.csproj
index e5f372a..2f1a79f 100644
--- a/FakeHttpMessageHandler/FakeHttpMessageHandler.csproj
+++ b/FakeHttpMessageHandler/FakeHttpMessageHandler.csproj
@@ -10,10 +10,18 @@
     <PackageTags>httpclient unittest unit testing test http client http message handler fake xunit web api url rest</PackageTags>
     <Copyright>Copyright ©2018 Zheludov</Copyright>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>false</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
+    <PublishRepositoryUrl>true</PublishRepositoryUrl>
+    <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
+    <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="GitVersionTask" Version="4.0.0">
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub" Version="1.0.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="GitVersionTask" Version="5.5.1">
       <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
       <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
     </PackageReference>