diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
index ad55f8772a..914e54fbb3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
@@ -268,9 +268,6 @@ class Response
             return $this;
         }
 
-        // status
-        header(sprintf('HTTP/%s %s %s', $this->version, $this->statusCode, $this->statusText));
-
         // headers
         foreach ($this->headers->allPreserveCase() as $name => $values) {
             foreach ($values as $value) {
@@ -278,6 +275,9 @@ class Response
             }
         }
 
+        // status
+        header(sprintf('HTTP/%s %s %s', $this->version, $this->statusCode, $this->statusText), true, $this->statusCode);
+
         // cookies
         foreach ($this->headers->getCookies() as $cookie) {
             setcookie($cookie->getName(), $cookie->getValue(), $cookie->getExpiresTime(), $cookie->getPath(), $cookie->getDomain(), $cookie->isSecure(), $cookie->isHttpOnly());