diff --git a/lib/puppet/status.rb b/lib/puppet/status.rb
index 7fe048146..eebb9583a 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/status.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/status.rb
@@ -1,45 +1,45 @@
 require 'puppet/indirector'
 
 class Puppet::Status
   extend Puppet::Indirector
   indirects :status, :terminus_class => :local
 
-  attr :status, true
+  attr_accessor :status
 
   def initialize( status = nil )
     @status = status || {"is_alive" => true}
   end
 
   def to_data_hash
     @status
   end
 
   def self.from_data_hash(data)
     if data.include?('status')
       self.new(data['status'])
     else
       self.new(data)
     end
   end
 
   def self.from_pson(pson)
     Puppet.deprecation_warning("from_pson is being removed in favour of from_data_hash.")
     self.from_data_hash(pson)
   end
 
   def name
     "status"
   end
 
   def name=(name)
     # NOOP
   end
 
   def version
     @status['version']
   end
 
   def version=(version)
     @status['version'] = version
   end
 end