diff --git a/docs/content/3.api/1.composables/set-response-status.md b/docs/content/3.api/1.composables/set-response-status.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..349993ea73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/content/3.api/1.composables/set-response-status.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# `setResponseStatus`
+
+Nuxt provides composables and utilities for first-class server-side-rendering support.
+
+You can use `setResponseStatus` to set the statusCode (and optionally the statusMessage) of the response.
+
+`setResponseStatus` can only be called within component setup functions, plugins, and route middleware.
+
+```js
+// Set the status code to 404 for a custom 404 page
+setResponseStatus(404)
+
+// Set the status message as well
+setResponseStatus(404, 'Page Not Found')
+```
+
+::alert{icon=👉}
+In the browser, `setResponseStatus` will have no effect.
+::
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/index.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/index.ts
index cb3eb86437..92bcf1b0d1 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ export { useFetch, useLazyFetch } from './fetch'
 export type { FetchResult, UseFetchOptions } from './fetch'
 export { useCookie } from './cookie'
 export type { CookieOptions, CookieRef } from './cookie'
-export { useRequestHeaders, useRequestEvent } from './ssr'
+export { useRequestHeaders, useRequestEvent, setResponseStatus } from './ssr'
 export { abortNavigation, addRouteMiddleware, defineNuxtRouteMiddleware, navigateTo, useRoute, useActiveRoute, useRouter } from './router'
 export type { AddRouteMiddlewareOptions, RouteMiddleware } from './router'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
index 971a05186c..1cb916ee6a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/ssr.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,13 @@ export function useRequestHeaders (include?) {
 export function useRequestEvent (nuxtApp: NuxtApp = useNuxtApp()): CompatibilityEvent {
   return nuxtApp.ssrContext?.event as CompatibilityEvent
 }
+
+export function setResponseStatus (code: number, message?: string) {
+  const event = process.server && useRequestEvent()
+  if (event) {
+    event.res.statusCode = code
+    if (message) {
+      event.res.statusMessage = message
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/presets.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/presets.ts
index f264035903..81d94856c4 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/presets.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/auto-imports/presets.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export const appPreset = defineUnimportPreset({
     'useCookie',
     'useRequestHeaders',
     'useRequestEvent',
+    'setResponseStatus',
     'useRouter',
     'useRoute',
     'useActiveRoute',