diff --git a/apps/app_stasis.c b/apps/app_stasis.c
index f0389947ab..1e7b7f9c9c 100644
--- a/apps/app_stasis.c
+++ b/apps/app_stasis.c
@@ -54,6 +54,25 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 				Invoke a Stasis application.
 			</para>
 		</description>
+		<para>This application will set the following channel variable upon
+		completion:</para>
+			<variablelist>
+				<variable name="STASISSTATUS">
+					<para>This indicates the status of the execution of the
+					Stasis application.</para>
+					<value name="SUCCESS">
+					The channel has exited Stasis without any failures in Stasis
+					</value>
+					<value name="FAILED">
+					A failure occurred when executing the Stasis application.
+					Some (not all) possible reasons for this:
+					    <para>The app registry is not instantiated</para>
+					    <para>The app requested is not registered</para>
+					    <para>The app requested is not active</para>
+					    <para>Stasis couldn't send a start message</para>
+					</value>
+				</variable>
+			</variablelist>
 	</application>
  ***/
 
@@ -67,6 +86,7 @@ static const char *stasis = "Stasis";
 static int app_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 {
 	char *parse = NULL;
+	int ret = -1;
 
 	AST_DECLARE_APP_ARGS(args,
 		AST_APP_ARG(app_name);
@@ -76,17 +96,28 @@ static int app_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 	ast_assert(chan != NULL);
 	ast_assert(data != NULL);
 
+	pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "STASISSTATUS", "");
+
 	/* parse the arguments */
 	parse = ast_strdupa(data);
 	AST_STANDARD_APP_ARGS(args, parse);
 
 	if (args.argc < 1) {
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Stasis app_name argument missing\n");
-		return -1;
+	} else {
+		ret = stasis_app_exec(chan,
+		                      args.app_name,
+		                      args.argc - 1,
+		                      args.app_argv);
 	}
 
-	return stasis_app_exec(
-		chan, args.app_name, args.argc - 1, args.app_argv);
+	if (ret == -1) {
+	    pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "STASISSTATUS", "FAILED");
+	} else {
+	    pbx_builtin_setvar_helper(chan, "STASISSTATUS", "SUCCESS");
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int load_module(void)