diff --git a/dba/patches/1.1.7.sql b/dba/patches/1.1.7.sql
index 73f861fc..f97974d8 100644
--- a/dba/patches/1.1.7.sql
+++ b/dba/patches/1.1.7.sql
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ UPDATE relationship SET rt_id=4 WHERE rt_id=5;
 
 DELETE FROM relationship_type WHERE rt_id = 5;
 
+-- Add a 'status' column to calendar_item which will contain the parsed value of the STATUS property
+ALTER TABLE calendar_item ADD COLUMN status TEXT;
+UPDATE calendar_item SET status = 'CONFIRMED';
+UPDATE calendar_item SET status = 'CANCELLED'    WHERE calendar_item.dav_name IN (SELECT dav_name FROM caldav_data WHERE caldav_data.caldav_data ~ 'STATUS.*:.*CANCELLED');
+UPDATE calendar_item SET status = 'TENTATIVE'    WHERE calendar_item.dav_name IN (SELECT dav_name FROM caldav_data WHERE caldav_data.caldav_data ~ 'STATUS.*:.*TENTATIVE');
+UPDATE calendar_item SET status = 'NEEDS-ACTION' WHERE calendar_item.dav_name IN (SELECT dav_name FROM caldav_data WHERE caldav_data.caldav_data ~ 'STATUS.*:.*NEEDS-ACTION');
+UPDATE calendar_item SET status = 'IN-PROCESS'   WHERE calendar_item.dav_name IN (SELECT dav_name FROM caldav_data WHERE caldav_data.caldav_data ~ 'STATUS.*:.*IN-PROCESS');
+UPDATE calendar_item SET status = 'DRAFT'        WHERE calendar_item.dav_name IN (SELECT dav_name FROM caldav_data WHERE caldav_data.caldav_data ~ 'STATUS.*:.*DRAFT');
+UPDATE calendar_item SET status = 'FINAL'        WHERE calendar_item.dav_name IN (SELECT dav_name FROM caldav_data WHERE caldav_data.caldav_data ~ 'STATUS.*:.*FINAL');
+
 SELECT new_db_revision(1,1,7, 'July' );
 COMMIT;
 ROLLBACK;
diff --git a/dba/rscds.sql b/dba/rscds.sql
index bbbfe68a..91a50edd 100644
--- a/dba/rscds.sql
+++ b/dba/rscds.sql
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ CREATE TABLE calendar_item (
   url TEXT,
   percent_complete NUMERIC(7,2),
   tz_id TEXT REFERENCES time_zone( tz_id ),
+  status TEXT,
 
   -- Cascade updates / deletes from the caldav_data table
   CONSTRAINT caldav_exists FOREIGN KEY ( user_no, dav_name )
diff --git a/inc/caldav-PUT.php b/inc/caldav-PUT.php
index 525c1f26..3b4c5fa1 100644
--- a/inc/caldav-PUT.php
+++ b/inc/caldav-PUT.php
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ if ( $put_action_type != 'INSERT' ) {
 }
 $sql .= <<<EOSQL
 INSERT INTO calendar_item (user_no, dav_name, dav_etag, uid, dtstamp, dtstart, dtend, summary, location, class, transp,
-                    description, rrule, tz_id, last_modified, url, priority, created, due, percent_complete )
-                 VALUES ( ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, $dtend, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);
+                    description, rrule, tz_id, last_modified, url, priority, created, due, percent_complete, status )
+                 VALUES ( ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, $dtend, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?);
 COMMIT;
 EOSQL;
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ $qry = new PgQuery( $sql, $request->user_no, $request->path, $etag, $ic->Get('ui
                           $ic->Get('dtstart'), $ic->Get('summary'), $ic->Get('location'),
                           $ic->Get('class'), $ic->Get('transp'), $ic->Get('description'), $ic->Get('rrule'), $ic->Get('tz_id'),
                           $last_modified, $ic->Get('url'), $ic->Get('priority'), $ic->Get('created'),
-                          $ic->Get('due'), $ic->Get('percent-complete')
+                          $ic->Get('due'), $ic->Get('percent-complete'), $ic->Get('status')
                     );
 $qry->Exec("PUT");
 dbg_error_log( "PUT", "User: %d, ETag: %s, Path: %s", $session->user_no, $etag, $request->path);