diff --git a/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index cf7e6e25..f5b648dd 100644
--- a/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/Socket.IO-Client-Swift.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
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+		1C657CDE5D510E8E2E573E39 /* utils.swift in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 1C6577B639C34EE1C8829D9A /* utils.swift */; };
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@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
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 		1C65763817782DFAC67BE05C /* SocketManager.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = SocketManager.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		1C6577B639C34EE1C8829D9A /* utils.swift */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.swift; path = utils.swift; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
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@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@
 				1C686BD71F869AF1007D8627 /* SocketParserTest.swift */,
 				1C686BD81F869AF1007D8627 /* SocketNamespacePacketTest.swift */,
 				DD52BBAC5FAA7730D32CD5BF /* SocketMangerTest.swift */,
+				1C6577B639C34EE1C8829D9A /* utils.swift */,
 			);
 			name = TestSocketIO;
 			path = Tests/TestSocketIO;
@@ -501,6 +504,7 @@
 				1C686BE81F869AFD007D8627 /* SocketNamespacePacketTest.swift in Sources */,
 				DD52BCCD25EFA76E0F9B313C /* SocketMangerTest.swift in Sources */,
 				DD52B53F2609D91A683DFCDD /* ManagerObjectiveCTest.m in Sources */,
+				1C657CDE5D510E8E2E573E39 /* utils.swift in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 		};
diff --git a/Source/SocketIO/Client/SocketIOClient.swift b/Source/SocketIO/Client/SocketIOClient.swift
index b05b0ecb..0e558a87 100644
--- a/Source/SocketIO/Client/SocketIOClient.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketIO/Client/SocketIOClient.swift
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ open class SocketIOClient : NSObject, SocketIOClientSpec {
     @objc
     public private(set) var status = SocketIOStatus.notConnected {
         didSet {
-            handleClientEvent(.statusChange, data: [status])
+            handleClientEvent(.statusChange, data: [status, status.rawValue])
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/SocketIO/Client/SocketIOClientSpec.swift b/Source/SocketIO/Client/SocketIOClientSpec.swift
index 17cee736..de9f31ab 100644
--- a/Source/SocketIO/Client/SocketIOClientSpec.swift
+++ b/Source/SocketIO/Client/SocketIOClientSpec.swift
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ public enum SocketClientEvent : String {
 
     /// Emitted every time there is a change in the client's status.
     ///
+    /// The payload for data is [SocketIOClientStatus, Int]. Where the second item is the raw value. Use the second one
+    /// if you are working in Objective-C.
+    ///
     /// Usage:
     ///
     /// ```swift
diff --git a/Tests/TestSocketIO/utils.swift b/Tests/TestSocketIO/utils.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66d99acd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/TestSocketIO/utils.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//
+// Created by Erik Little on 2019-01-11.
+//
+
+import Foundation
+@testable import SocketIO
+
+public class OBjcUtils: NSObject {
+    @objc
+    public static func setTestStatus(socket: SocketIOClient, status: SocketIOStatus) {
+        socket.setTestStatus(status)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/TestSocketIOObjc/SocketObjectiveCTest.m b/Tests/TestSocketIOObjc/SocketObjectiveCTest.m
index 28c21b94..61412c12 100644
--- a/Tests/TestSocketIOObjc/SocketObjectiveCTest.m
+++ b/Tests/TestSocketIOObjc/SocketObjectiveCTest.m
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //  Merely tests whether the Objective-C api breaks
 //
 
+#import "SocketIO_Tests-Swift.h"
 #import "SocketObjectiveCTest.h"
 
 @import Dispatch;
@@ -73,11 +74,11 @@ - (void)testEmitWriteCompletionSyntax {
 
 - (void)testEmitWriteCompletion {
     XCTestExpectation* expect = [self expectationWithDescription:@"Write completion should be called"];
-    
+
     [self.socket emit:@"testEmit" with:@[@YES] completion:^{
         [expect fulfill];
     }];
-    
+
     [self waitForExpectationsWithTimeout:0.3 handler:nil];
 }
 
@@ -98,6 +99,19 @@ - (void)testSSLSecurity {
     sec = nil;
 }
 
+- (void)testStatusChangeHandler {
+    XCTestExpectation* expect = [self expectationWithDescription:@"statusChange should be correctly called"];
+
+    [self.socket on:@"statusChange" callback:^(NSArray* data, SocketAckEmitter* ack) {
+        XCTAssertTrue([data[1] integerValue] == SocketIOStatusConnecting);
+        [expect fulfill];
+    }];
+
+    [OBjcUtils setTestStatusWithSocket:self.socket status:SocketIOStatusConnecting];
+
+    [self waitForExpectationsWithTimeout:0.3 handler:nil];
+}
+
 - (void)setUp {
     [super setUp];
     NSURL* url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:@"http://localhost"];