diff --git a/src/lib/daemon/inc/daemon.h b/src/lib/daemon/inc/daemon.h
index fdf12805..52239668 100644
--- a/src/lib/daemon/inc/daemon.h
+++ b/src/lib/daemon/inc/daemon.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct __daemon
     bool                    dn_auto_restart;    /* Enable daemoness auto restart on error */
     char                    *dn_pidfile_path;   /* PID file */
     bool                    dn_pidfile_create;  /* true whether we should create the PID file */
+    int                     dn_exit_status;     /* Exit status of the daemon */
 };
 
 extern bool daemon_init(daemon_t *self, const char *exe_path, int flags);
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ extern bool daemon_atexit(daemon_t *self, daemon_atexit_fn_t *fn);
 extern bool daemon_atrestart(daemon_t *self, daemon_atrestart_fn_t *fn);
 extern bool daemon_pidfile_set(daemon_t *self, const char *path, bool create);
 extern bool daemon_is_started(daemon_t *self, bool *started);
+extern bool daemon_get_exit_status(const daemon_t *self, int *exit_status);
 
 #define daemon_arg_add(self, ...)   \
     daemon_arg_add_a(self, C_VPACK(__VA_ARGS__))
diff --git a/src/lib/daemon/src/daemon.c b/src/lib/daemon/src/daemon.c
index 0380cff9..23c809d4 100644
--- a/src/lib/daemon/src/daemon.c
+++ b/src/lib/daemon/src/daemon.c
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ void __daemon_child_ev(struct ev_loop *loop, ev_child *w, int revent)
 void __daemon_teardown(daemon_t *self, int wstatus)
 {
     /* Figure out the reason the process died */
+    self->dn_exit_status = WEXITSTATUS(wstatus);
     if (WIFSIGNALED(wstatus))
     {
 #if defined(WCOREDUMP)
@@ -1013,3 +1014,13 @@ static bool __daemon_set_nonblock(int fd, bool enable)
 
     return true;
 }
+
+bool daemon_get_exit_status(const daemon_t *self, int *exit_status)
+{
+    if (!self)
+        return false;
+    if (exit_status)
+        *exit_status = self->dn_exit_status;
+    return true;
+}
+