diff --git a/modules/zuul/manifests/init.pp b/modules/zuul/manifests/init.pp
index 3e4f859954..b4b4307f94 100644
--- a/modules/zuul/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/zuul/manifests/init.pp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class zuul (
     $gerrit_server,
     $gerrit_user,
     $url_pattern,
+    $status_url="https://${::fqdn}/zuul/status",
     $git_source_repo='https://github.com/openstack-ci/zuul.git'
 ) {
   $packages = ["python-webob",
diff --git a/modules/zuul/templates/zuul.conf.erb b/modules/zuul/templates/zuul.conf.erb
index 490a409c76..a0b96a5118 100644
--- a/modules/zuul/templates/zuul.conf.erb
+++ b/modules/zuul/templates/zuul.conf.erb
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ state_dir=/var/lib/zuul
 git_dir=/var/lib/zuul/git
 push_change_refs=true
 url_pattern=<%= url_pattern %>
+status_url=<%= status_url %>