diff --git a/lib/create_response.js b/lib/create_response.js
index 3884506c1..3952d4a3e 100644
--- a/lib/create_response.js
+++ b/lib/create_response.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const { headersArrayToObject } = require('./common')
+const { STATUS_CODES } = require('http')
 
 /**
  * Creates a Fetch API `Response` instance from the given
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ function createResponse(message) {
 
   return new Response(responseBodyOrNull, {
     status: message.statusCode,
-    statusText: message.statusMessage,
+    statusText: STATUS_CODES[message.statusCode],
     headers: headersArrayToObject(message.rawHeaders),
   })
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_fetch.js b/tests/test_fetch.js
index fc091c14d..25d0b6ca6 100644
--- a/tests/test_fetch.js
+++ b/tests/test_fetch.js
@@ -90,4 +90,12 @@ describe('Native Fetch', () => {
     const { status } = await fetch('https://example.test')
     expect(status).to.equal(200)
   })
+
+  it('should set the statusText according to the response code', async () => {
+    nock('https://example.test').get('/').reply(404)
+
+    const { status, statusText } = await fetch('https://example.test')
+    expect(status).to.equal(404)
+    expect(statusText).to.equal('Not Found')
+  })
 })