diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index c4e4644b30..89b431fa28 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv)
 		{ "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, USE_PAGER },
 		{ "show-branch", cmd_show_branch, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
-		{ "status", cmd_status, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
+		{ "status", cmd_status, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE | USE_PAGER },
 		{ "stripspace", cmd_stripspace },
 		{ "symbolic-ref", cmd_symbolic_ref, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "tag", cmd_tag, RUN_SETUP },