diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index e6c5ed4..0e79f38 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class zuul (
   $tenant_file_name = 'main.yaml',
   $url_pattern = '',
   $status_url = "https://${::fqdn}/",
+  $zuul_status_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:8001',
   $zuul_url = '',
   $git_source_repo = 'https://git.openstack.org/openstack-infra/zuul',
   $job_name_in_report = false,
diff --git a/templates/zuul.vhost.erb b/templates/zuul.vhost.erb
index 64e82b8..1d01836 100644
--- a/templates/zuul.vhost.erb
+++ b/templates/zuul.vhost.erb
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} =<%= referer %>
   RewriteRule ^/status.json - [F]
   <% end -%>
-  RewriteRule ^/status.json$ http://127.0.0.1:8001/status.json [P]
-  RewriteRule ^/status/(.*) http://127.0.0.1:8001/status/$1 [P]
+  RewriteRule ^/status.json$ <%= @zuul_status_url %>/status.json [P]
+  RewriteRule ^/status/(.*) <%= @zuul_status_url %>/status/$1 [P]
 
   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
 
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@
   RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} =<%= referer %>
   RewriteRule ^/status.json - [F]
   <% end -%>
-  RewriteRule ^/status.json$ http://127.0.0.1:8001/status.json [P]
-  RewriteRule ^/status/(.*) http://127.0.0.1:8001/status/$1 [P]
+  RewriteRule ^/status.json$ <%= @zuul_status_url %>/status.json [P]
+  RewriteRule ^/status/(.*) <%= @zuul_status_url %>/status/$1 [P]
 
   AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json