diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
index 7dbd70904..6901534a6 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Data/Journal.hs
@@ -1097,6 +1097,7 @@ postingPivot fieldortagname p = p{paccount = pivotedacct, poriginal = Just $ ori
       | Just t <- ptransaction p, fieldortagname == "description" = tdescription t
       | Just t <- ptransaction p, fieldortagname == "payee"       = transactionPayee t
       | Just t <- ptransaction p, fieldortagname == "note"        = transactionNote t
+      | Just t <- ptransaction p, fieldortagname == "status"      = T.pack . show . tstatus $ t
       | Just (_, value) <- postingFindTag fieldortagname p        = value
       | otherwise                                                 = ""
 
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index f4996bfc7..6f920c07c 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ Related:
 Normally hledger sums amounts, and organizes them in a hierarchy, based on account name.
 The `--pivot FIELD` option causes it to sum and organize hierarchy based on the value of some other field instead.
 FIELD can be:
-`code`, `description`, `payee`, `note`,
+`status`, `code`, `description`, `payee`, `note`,
 or the full name (case insensitive) of any [tag](#tags).
 As with account names, values containing `colon:separated:parts` will be displayed hierarchically in reports.