diff --git a/configs/samples/http.conf.sample b/configs/samples/http.conf.sample
index 28437b0f5059d4b4b367f1d17bb61453cfbedf4a..1920a1c920fc27f651f3b28880226bbc9b5c7a35 100644
--- a/configs/samples/http.conf.sample
+++ b/configs/samples/http.conf.sample
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ;
-; Asterisk Builtin mini-HTTP server
+; Asterisk Built-in mini-HTTP server
 ;
 ;
 ; Note about Asterisk documentation:
@@ -65,7 +65,13 @@ bindaddr=127.0.0.1
 ; Whether Asterisk should serve static content from static-http
 ; Default is no.
 ;
-;enablestatic=yes
+;enable_static=yes
+;
+; Whether Asterisk should serve a status page showing the running
+; configuration of this built-in HTTP server.
+; Default is yes.
+;
+;enable_status=no
 ;
 ; Redirect one URI to another.  This is how you would set a
 ; default page.
diff --git a/doc/CHANGES-staging/http.txt b/doc/CHANGES-staging/http.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad778ecf828e498758df9f5684f6e16c605bc87c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/CHANGES-staging/http.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Subject: http
+
+You can now disable the /httpstatus page served by Asterisk's built-in
+HTTP server by setting 'enable_status' to 'no' in http.conf.
diff --git a/main/http.c b/main/http.c
index e27f2ce5b08aa795490a781241428aeb1278e1ed..30885526094d3cf16999ac41cdfc78aa6d0747e7 100644
--- a/main/http.c
+++ b/main/http.c
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ static AST_RWLIST_HEAD_STATIC(uris, ast_http_uri);	/*!< list of supported handle
 
 /* all valid URIs must be prepended by the string in prefix. */
 static char prefix[MAX_PREFIX];
-static int enablestatic;
+static int static_uri_enabled;
+static int status_uri_enabled;
 
 /*! \brief Limit the kinds of files we're willing to serve up */
 static struct {
@@ -260,9 +261,13 @@ static int static_callback(struct ast_tcptls_session_instance *ser,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* Yuck.  I'm not really sold on this, but if you don't deliver static content it makes your configuration
-	   substantially more challenging, but this seems like a rather irritating feature creep on Asterisk. */
-	if (!enablestatic || ast_strlen_zero(uri)) {
+	/* Yuck.  I'm not really sold on this, but if you don't deliver static content it
+	 * makes your configuration substantially more challenging, but this seems like a
+	 * rather irritating feature creep on Asterisk.
+	 *
+	 * XXX: It is not clear to me what this comment means or if it is any longer
+	 *      relevant. */
+	if (ast_strlen_zero(uri)) {
 		goto out403;
 	}
 
@@ -413,7 +418,7 @@ static int httpstatus_callback(struct ast_tcptls_session_instance *ser,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct ast_http_uri statusuri = {
+static struct ast_http_uri status_uri = {
 	.callback = httpstatus_callback,
 	.description = "Asterisk HTTP General Status",
 	.uri = "httpstatus",
@@ -422,7 +427,7 @@ static struct ast_http_uri statusuri = {
 	.key = __FILE__,
 };
 
-static struct ast_http_uri staticuri = {
+static struct ast_http_uri static_uri = {
 	.callback = static_callback,
 	.description = "Asterisk HTTP Static Delivery",
 	.uri = "static",
@@ -2071,8 +2076,9 @@ static int __ast_http_load(int reload)
 {
 	struct ast_config *cfg;
 	struct ast_variable *v;
-	int enabled=0;
-	int newenablestatic=0;
+	int enabled = 0;
+	int new_static_uri_enabled = 0;
+	int new_status_uri_enabled = 1; /* Default to enabled for BC */
 	char newprefix[MAX_PREFIX] = "";
 	char server_name[MAX_SERVER_NAME_LENGTH];
 	struct http_uri_redirect *redirect;
@@ -2150,8 +2156,10 @@ static int __ast_http_load(int reload)
 			}
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "enabled")) {
 			enabled = ast_true(v->value);
-		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "enablestatic")) {
-			newenablestatic = ast_true(v->value);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "enablestatic") || !strcasecmp(v->name, "enable_static")) {
+			new_static_uri_enabled = ast_true(v->value);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "enable_status")) {
+			new_status_uri_enabled = ast_true(v->value);
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "bindport")) {
 			if (ast_parse_arg(v->value, PARSE_UINT32 | PARSE_IN_RANGE | PARSE_DEFAULT,
 				&bindport, DEFAULT_PORT, 0, 65535)) {
@@ -2202,7 +2210,6 @@ static int __ast_http_load(int reload)
 	}
 
 	ast_copy_string(http_server_name, server_name, sizeof(http_server_name));
-	enablestatic = newenablestatic;
 
 	if (num_addrs && enabled) {
 		int i;
@@ -2248,6 +2255,22 @@ static int __ast_http_load(int reload)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (static_uri_enabled && !new_static_uri_enabled) {
+		ast_http_uri_unlink(&static_uri);
+	} else if (!static_uri_enabled && new_static_uri_enabled) {
+		ast_http_uri_link(&static_uri);
+	}
+
+	static_uri_enabled = new_static_uri_enabled;
+
+	if (status_uri_enabled && !new_status_uri_enabled) {
+		ast_http_uri_unlink(&status_uri);
+	} else if (!status_uri_enabled && new_status_uri_enabled) {
+		ast_http_uri_link(&status_uri);
+	}
+
+	status_uri_enabled = new_status_uri_enabled;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -2329,8 +2352,13 @@ static int unload_module(void)
 	ast_free(http_tls_cfg.pvtfile);
 	ast_free(http_tls_cfg.cipher);
 
-	ast_http_uri_unlink(&statusuri);
-	ast_http_uri_unlink(&staticuri);
+	if (status_uri_enabled) {
+		ast_http_uri_unlink(&status_uri);
+	}
+
+	if (static_uri_enabled) {
+		ast_http_uri_unlink(&static_uri);
+	}
 
 	AST_RWLIST_WRLOCK(&uri_redirects);
 	while ((redirect = AST_RWLIST_REMOVE_HEAD(&uri_redirects, entry))) {
@@ -2343,8 +2371,6 @@ static int unload_module(void)
 
 static int load_module(void)
 {
-	ast_http_uri_link(&statusuri);
-	ast_http_uri_link(&staticuri);
 	ast_cli_register_multiple(cli_http, ARRAY_LEN(cli_http));
 
 	return __ast_http_load(0) ? AST_MODULE_LOAD_FAILURE : AST_MODULE_LOAD_SUCCESS;