diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 43b5934364..b6ae84446e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
                                                         -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 Changes with Apache 2.3.0
 
+  *) mod_proxy: enable Ignore Errors option on ProxyPass Status.
+     PR 43167 [Francisco Gimeno <kikov kikov.org>
+
   *) mod_proxy_http: Don't try to read body of a HEAD request before
      responding.
      PR 41644 [Stuart Children <stuart terminus.co.uk>]
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
index 7b8ab2e0fa..813ee2117c 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_proxy.xml
@@ -719,9 +719,10 @@ expressions</description>
     <tr><td>status</td>
         <td>-</td>
         <td>Single letter value defining the initial status of
-        this worker: 'D' is disabled, 'S' is stopped, 'H' is hot-standby
-        and 'E' is in an error state. Status can be set (which is the default)
-        by prepending with '+' or cleared by prepending with '-'.
+        this worker: 'D' is disabled, 'S' is stopped, 'I' is ignore-errors,
+	'H' is hot-standby and 'E' is in an error state. Status 
+	can be set (which is the default) by prepending with '+' or 
+        cleared by prepending with '-'.
         Thus, a setting of 'S-E' sets this worker to Stopped and
         clears the in-error flag.
     </td></tr>
diff --git a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
index 73a69aa9a8..df613fe2fe 100644
--- a/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
+++ b/modules/proxy/mod_proxy.c
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ static const char *set_worker_param(apr_pool_t *p,
                 else
                     worker->status &= ~PROXY_WORKER_HOT_STANDBY;
             }
+	    else if (*v == 'I' || *v == 'i') {
+	    	if (mode)
+		    worker->status |= PROXY_WORKER_IGNORE_ERRORS;
+		else
+		    worker->status &= ~PROXY_WORKER_IGNORE_ERRORS;
+	    }
             else {
                 return "Unknown status parameter option";
             }