diff --git a/hooks/msg_created.go b/hooks/msg_created.go
index a758f372a..3f111cd52 100644
--- a/hooks/msg_created.go
+++ b/hooks/msg_created.go
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ func handleMsgCreated(ctx context.Context, tx *sqlx.Tx, rp *redis.Pool, oa *mode
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating outgoing message to %s", event.Msg.URN())
 	}
 
+	// Pass along the session status to courier
+	 msg.SetSessionStatus(scene.Session().Status())
+
 	// set our reply to as well (will be noop in cases when there is no incoming message)
 	msg.SetResponseTo(scene.Session().IncomingMsgID(), scene.Session().IncomingMsgExternalID())
 
diff --git a/models/msgs.go b/models/msgs.go
index a4d62e4d1..ff77a2b0b 100644
--- a/models/msgs.go
+++ b/models/msgs.go
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ type Msg struct {
 		SessionID            SessionID  `json:"session_id,omitempty"`
 		SessionWaitStartedOn *time.Time `json:"session_wait_started_on,omitempty"`
 		SessionTimeout       int        `json:"session_timeout,omitempty"`
+		// Transmit sessionstatus onwards
+		SessionStatus		SessionStatus `json:"session_status,omitempty""`
 	}
 
 	channel *Channel
@@ -407,6 +409,10 @@ func (m *Msg) SetTimeout(id SessionID, start time.Time, timeout time.Duration) {
 	m.m.SessionTimeout = int(timeout / time.Second)
 }
 
+func (m *Msg) SetSessionStatus (status SessionStatus) {
+	m.m.SessionStatus = status
+}
+
 // InsertMessages inserts the passed in messages in a single query
 func InsertMessages(ctx context.Context, tx Queryer, msgs []*Msg) error {
 	is := make([]interface{}, len(msgs))