diff --git a/.changesets/report-response-status-for-rails-requests.md b/.changesets/report-response-status-for-rails-requests.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecb46c9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changesets/report-response-status-for-rails-requests.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+bump: patch
+type: add
+---
+
+Report the response status for Rails requests as the `response_status` tag on samples, e.g. 200, 301, 500. This tag is visible on the sample detail page.
+
+The response status is also reported as the `response_status` metric.
diff --git a/lib/appsignal/rack/event_handler.rb b/lib/appsignal/rack/event_handler.rb
index c1048883a..93cd7a833 100644
--- a/lib/appsignal/rack/event_handler.rb
+++ b/lib/appsignal/rack/event_handler.rb
@@ -53,8 +53,16 @@ def on_finish(request, _response)
 
         transaction.finish_event("process_request.rack", "", "")
         transaction.set_action_if_nil("#{request.request_method} #{request.path}")
+        transaction.set_tags(:response_status => response.status)
         transaction.set_http_or_background_queue_start
 
+        Appsignal.increment_counter(
+          :response_status,
+          1,
+          :status => response.status,
+          :namespace => format_namespace(transaction.namespace)
+        )
+
         # Make sure the current transaction is always closed when the request
         # is finished
         Appsignal::Transaction.complete_current!
diff --git a/spec/lib/appsignal/rack/event_handler_spec.rb b/spec/lib/appsignal/rack/event_handler_spec.rb
index b3b9f0d61..5bc29dd92 100644
--- a/spec/lib/appsignal/rack/event_handler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/appsignal/rack/event_handler_spec.rb
@@ -160,6 +160,25 @@ def on_finish
       )
     end
 
+    it "sets the response status as a tag" do
+      on_start
+      on_finish
+
+      expect(last_transaction.to_h).to include(
+        "sample_data" => hash_including(
+          "tags" => { "response_status" => 200 }
+        )
+      )
+    end
+
+    it "increments the response status counter for response status" do
+      expect(Appsignal).to receive(:increment_counter)
+        .with(:response_status, 1, :status => 200, :namespace => :web)
+
+      on_start
+      on_finish
+    end
+
     it "logs an error in case of an error" do
       expect(Appsignal::Transaction)
         .to receive(:complete_current!).and_raise(ExampleStandardError, "oh no")