diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe4224f8a..84bab0bbc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 - Removed the public `ClientOptions::sample_rate` field. Use `ClientOptions::event_sampling_strategy` to inspect the configured event sampling strategy, and use the existing `ClientOptions::sample_rate(...)` builder setter to configure fixed-rate sampling ([#1228](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-rust/pull/1228)).
 - Removed the public `ClientOptions::traces_sample_rate` and `ClientOptions::traces_sampler` fields. Use `ClientOptions::traces_sampling_strategy` to inspect the configured traces sampling strategy, and use the existing `ClientOptions::traces_sample_rate(...)` and `ClientOptions::traces_sampler(...)` builder setters to configure fixed-rate and callback-based sampling ([#1227](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-rust/pull/1227)).
 
+### Features
+
+- `SentryHttpLayer` now records the [`http.response.status_code`](https://getsentry.github.io/sentry-conventions/attributes/http/) attribute on transactions ([#1253](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-rust/pull/1253)).
+
 ## 0.48.5
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5d6d69c8d..f00adfbb9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3560,6 +3560,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "curl",
  "embedded-svc",
  "esp-idf-svc",
+ "http 1.4.0",
  "httpdate",
  "log",
  "native-tls",
diff --git a/sentry-tower/src/http.rs b/sentry-tower/src/http.rs
index 5b7c2f4eb..b384dbeb7 100644
--- a/sentry-tower/src/http.rs
+++ b/sentry-tower/src/http.rs
@@ -138,12 +138,27 @@ where
         match slf.future.poll(cx) {
             Poll::Ready(res) => {
                 if let Some((transaction, parent_span)) = slf.transaction.take() {
-                    if transaction.get_status().is_none() {
-                        let status = match &res {
-                            Ok(res) => map_status(res.status()),
-                            Err(_) => protocol::SpanStatus::UnknownError,
-                        };
-                        transaction.set_status(status);
+                    match &res {
+                        Ok(res) => {
+                            if !transaction
+                                .get_trace_context()
+                                .data
+                                .contains_key("http.response.status_code")
+                            {
+                                transaction.set_data(
+                                    "http.response.status_code",
+                                    res.status().as_u16().into(),
+                                );
+                            }
+                            if transaction.get_status().is_none() {
+                                transaction.set_status(map_status(res.status()));
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Err(_) => {
+                            if transaction.get_status().is_none() {
+                                transaction.set_status(protocol::SpanStatus::UnknownError);
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                     transaction.finish();
                     sentry_core::configure_scope(|scope| scope.set_span(parent_span));
diff --git a/sentry/Cargo.toml b/sentry/Cargo.toml
index c1088101e..697b02be1 100644
--- a/sentry/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sentry/Cargo.toml
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ esp-idf-svc = { version = "0.51.0", optional = true }
 sentry-anyhow = { path = "../sentry-anyhow" }
 sentry-log = { path = "../sentry-log" }
 sentry-slog = { path = "../sentry-slog" }
-sentry-tower = { path = "../sentry-tower" }
+sentry-tower = { path = "../sentry-tower", features = ["http"] }
 sentry-tracing = { path = "../sentry-tracing" }
 actix-web = { version = "4", default-features = false }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.30" }
+http = "1.0.0"
 log = { version = "0.4.8", features = ["std"] }
 pretty_env_logger = "0.5.0"
 slog = { version = "2.5.2" }
diff --git a/sentry/tests/test_tower.rs b/sentry/tests/test_tower.rs
index 4023e2cd3..cc8c51c75 100644
--- a/sentry/tests/test_tower.rs
+++ b/sentry/tests/test_tower.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,64 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use sentry::{
-    protocol::{Breadcrumb, Level},
+    protocol::{Breadcrumb, Context, EnvelopeItem, Level, SpanStatus},
     test::TestTransport,
     ClientOptions, Hub,
 };
-use sentry_tower::SentryLayer;
+use sentry_tower::{SentryHttpLayer, SentryLayer};
 use tower::{ServiceBuilder, ServiceExt};
 
+#[test]
+fn test_tower_http_records_response_status_code() {
+    let options = ClientOptions::new().traces_sample_rate(1.0);
+
+    let envelopes = sentry::test::with_captured_envelopes_options(
+        || {
+            let service = ServiceBuilder::new()
+                .layer(SentryHttpLayer::new().enable_transaction())
+                .service_fn(|_req: http::Request<()>| async move {
+                    Ok::<_, std::convert::Infallible>(
+                        http::Response::builder()
+                            .status(http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND)
+                            .body(())
+                            .unwrap(),
+                    )
+                });
+
+            let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+                .enable_all()
+                .build()
+                .unwrap();
+            let request = http::Request::builder()
+                .method(http::Method::GET)
+                .uri("http://example.com/missing")
+                .body(())
+                .unwrap();
+            let response = rt.block_on(service.oneshot(request)).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(response.status(), http::StatusCode::NOT_FOUND);
+        },
+        options,
+    );
+
+    assert_eq!(envelopes.len(), 1);
+    let transaction = match envelopes[0].items().next().unwrap() {
+        EnvelopeItem::Transaction(transaction) => transaction,
+        _ => panic!("expected a transaction item"),
+    };
+
+    assert_eq!(transaction.name.as_deref(), Some("GET /missing"));
+    let Context::Trace(trace) = transaction.contexts.get("trace").unwrap() else {
+        panic!("expected a trace context");
+    };
+    assert_eq!(trace.op.as_deref(), Some("http.server"));
+    assert_eq!(trace.origin.as_deref(), Some("auto.http.tower"));
+    assert_eq!(trace.status, Some(SpanStatus::NotFound));
+    assert_eq!(
+        trace.data.get("http.response.status_code"),
+        Some(&404.into())
+    );
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_tower_hub() {
     // Create a fake transport for new hubs