diff --git a/internal/server/data/resource.go b/internal/server/data/resource.go
index 5116ec1..cb7a144 100644
--- a/internal/server/data/resource.go
+++ b/internal/server/data/resource.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package data
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/textproto"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/BBVA/kapow/internal/server/model"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
@@ -123,3 +125,22 @@ func getRequestFileContent(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, h *model.Hand
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 	}
 }
+
+// FIXME: Allow any  HTTP status code. Now we are limited by WriteHeader
+// capabilities
+func getResponseStatus(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, h *model.Handler) {
+	sb, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		return
+	}
+
+	si, err := strconv.Atoi(string(sb))
+	if http.StatusText(si) == "" {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+	} else if err == nil {
+		h.Writer.WriteHeader(int(si))
+	} else {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/server/data/resource_test.go b/internal/server/data/resource_test.go
index 362f4c3..6824ae1 100644
--- a/internal/server/data/resource_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/data/resource_test.go
@@ -999,3 +999,86 @@ func TestGetRequestFileContent500sWhenHandlerRequestErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("status not 500", res.StatusCode)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSetResponseStatus200sOnHappyPath(t *testing.T) {
+	h := model.Handler{
+		Request: httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil),
+		Writer:  httptest.NewRecorder(),
+	}
+	r := httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/", strings.NewReader("200"))
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	getResponseStatus(w, r, &h)
+
+	res := w.Result()
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Errorf("Status code mismatch. Expected: 200, Got: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetResponseStatusSetsGivenStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	hw := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	h := model.Handler{
+		Request: httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil),
+		Writer:  hw,
+	}
+	r := httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/", strings.NewReader("418"))
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	getResponseStatus(w, r, &h)
+
+	res := hw.Result()
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusTeapot {
+		t.Errorf("Status code mismatch. Expected: 418, Got: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetResponseStatus400sWhenNonparseableStatusCode(t *testing.T) {
+	h := model.Handler{
+		Request: httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil),
+		Writer:  httptest.NewRecorder(),
+	}
+	r := httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/", strings.NewReader("foo"))
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	getResponseStatus(w, r, &h)
+
+	res := w.Result()
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Errorf("Status code mismatch. Expected: 400, Got: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestSetResponseStatus500sWhenErrorReadingRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	h := model.Handler{
+		Request: httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil),
+		Writer:  httptest.NewRecorder(),
+	}
+	r := httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/", BadReader("Failed by design"))
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	getResponseStatus(w, r, &h)
+
+	res := w.Result()
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusInternalServerError {
+		t.Errorf("Status code mismatch. Expected: 500, Got: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+}
+
+// FIXME: This is not the spec behavior but Go checks too many things to
+// be sure. Discuss how to fix this.
+func TestSetResponseStatus400sWhenStatusCodeNotSupportedByGo(t *testing.T) {
+	h := model.Handler{
+		Request: httptest.NewRequest("POST", "/", nil),
+		Writer:  httptest.NewRecorder(),
+	}
+	r := httptest.NewRequest("PUT", "/", strings.NewReader("99"))
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+
+	getResponseStatus(w, r, &h)
+
+	res := w.Result()
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusBadRequest {
+		t.Errorf("Status code mismatch. Expected: 400, Got: %d", res.StatusCode)
+	}
+}