diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
index 0421ceeae411f..30bb775434db9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
@@ -499,6 +499,16 @@ public function getStatusCode()
         return $this->statusCode;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the status text for the current web response.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getStatusText()
+    {
+        return $this->statusText;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the response charset.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
index 4319a39c2c76c..7f44eec1dac7e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
@@ -661,11 +661,8 @@ public function testSetStatusCode($code, $text, $expectedText)
         $response = new Response();
 
         $response->setStatusCode($code, $text);
-
-        $statusText = new \ReflectionProperty($response, 'statusText');
-        $statusText->setAccessible(true);
-
-        $this->assertEquals($expectedText, $statusText->getValue($response));
+        $this->assertEquals($code, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedText, $response->getStatusText());
     }
 
     public function getStatusCodeFixtures()