diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a151c6c00..3b973d473 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
    country code.  For example: holidays.en-US.rc.
 
 # Tracked Features, sorted by ID.
+ + Added feature #523 & #659, adding 'status' as a reportable field (thanks to
+   Peter De Poorter and Bryce Harrington).
+ + Added feature #657 & #658, using the 'ids' command, tasks matching a filter
+   can now be modified as a group (thanks to Bryce Harrington, Eric Fluger).
  + Added feature #700, which adds tab-completion of built-in tags.
  + Added feature #710, which adds an attribute modifier prefix to return the
    complement of a filtered set (thanks to Dan White).
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index ba7f02473..a8a66d69d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ New Features in taskwarrior 2.0.0
     allows commands like:  echo 'add Pay the bills' | task
   - Attribute modifiers may be prefixed with '~' to return the opposite of a
     filter's results.
+  - Status attribute can now be used in report.
 
   Please refer to the ChangeLog file for full details.  There are too many to
   list here.
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index 6cfc47c8d..655bb7adc 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -894,10 +894,10 @@ The description for report X when running the "task help" command.
 .TP
 .B report.X.columns
 The columns that will be used when generating the report X. Valid columns are:
-id, uuid, project, priority, priority_long, entry, start, end, due, countdown,
-countdown_compact, age, age_compact, active, tags, depends, description_only,
-description, recur, recurrence_indicator, tag_indicator and wait.
-The IDs are separated by commas.
+id, uuid, status, project, priority, priority_long, entry, start, end, due,
+countdown, countdown_compact, age, age_compact, active, tags, depends,
+description_only, description, recur, recurrence_indicator, tag_indicator and
+wait.  The IDs are separated by commas.
 
 .TP
 .B report.X.labels
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 90c111c6d..a0099cf55 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ std::string Config::defaults =
   "\n"
   "# task all\n"
   "report.all.description=Lists all tasks matching the specified criteria, including parents of recurring tasks\n"
-  "report.all.columns=id,project,priority,due,end,active,age,description\n"
-  "report.all.labels=ID,Project,Pri,Due,Completed,Active,Age,Description\n"
+  "report.all.columns=id,status,project,priority,due,end,active,age,description\n"
+  "report.all.labels=ID,Status,Project,Pri,Due,Completed,Active,Age,Description\n"
   "report.all.sort=project+,due+,end+,priority-,active-,description+\n"
   "report.all.filter=status.not:deleted\n"
   "#report.all.dateformat=m/d/Y\n"
diff --git a/src/custom.cpp b/src/custom.cpp
index 6509ebb2c..d2a04337d 100644
--- a/src/custom.cpp
+++ b/src/custom.cpp
@@ -530,6 +530,19 @@ int handleCustomReport (const std::string& report, std::string& outs)
       }
     }
 
+    else if (*col == "status")
+    {
+      table.addColumn (columnLabels[*col] != "" ? columnLabels[*col] : "Status");
+      table.setColumnWidth (columnCount, Table::minimum);
+      table.setColumnJustification (columnCount, Table::left);
+
+      int row = 0;
+      foreach (task, tasks)
+      {
+        table.addCell (row++, columnCount, task->statusToText (task->getStatus ()));
+      }
+    }
+
     // Common to all columns.
     // Add underline.
     if ((context.config.getBoolean ("color") || context.config.getBoolean ("_forcecolor")) &&
@@ -698,7 +711,8 @@ void validReportColumns (const std::vector <std::string>& columns)
         *it != "description"          &&
         *it != "wait"                 &&
         *it != "depends"              &&
-        *it != "urgency")
+        *it != "urgency"              &&
+        *it != "status")
       bad.push_back (*it);
 
   if (bad.size ())