diff --git a/docs/changes.xml b/docs/changes.xml
index ce67b6383..137df4864 100644
--- a/docs/changes.xml
+++ b/docs/changes.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ NGINX Unit updated to 1.31.0.
          date="" time=""
          packager="Nginx Packaging <nginx-packaging@f5.com>">
 
+<change type="feature">
+<para>
+added unit section to /status endpoint.
+unit section is about web-server version, control_socket and etc.
+</para>
+</change>
+
 <change type="change">
 <para>
 if building with njs, version 0.8.0 or later is now required.
diff --git a/src/nxt_status.c b/src/nxt_status.c
index f8002e86e..47020ba91 100644
--- a/src/nxt_status.c
+++ b/src/nxt_status.c
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ nxt_status_get(nxt_status_report_t *report, nxt_mp_t *mp)
     nxt_status_app_t  *app;
     nxt_conf_value_t  *status, *obj, *apps, *app_obj;
 
+    static nxt_str_t about_str = nxt_string("unit");
+    static nxt_str_t ver_str = nxt_string("version");
+    static nxt_str_t socket_str = nxt_string("control_socket");
+    static nxt_str_t cver_str = nxt_string(NXT_VERSION);
+    static nxt_str_t csocket_str = nxt_string(NXT_CONTROL_SOCK);
     static nxt_str_t conns_str = nxt_string("connections");
     static nxt_str_t acc_str = nxt_string("accepted");
     static nxt_str_t active_str = nxt_string("active");
@@ -29,17 +34,27 @@ nxt_status_get(nxt_status_report_t *report, nxt_mp_t *mp)
     static nxt_str_t run_str = nxt_string("running");
     static nxt_str_t start_str = nxt_string("starting");
 
-    status = nxt_conf_create_object(mp, 3);
+    status = nxt_conf_create_object(mp, 4);
     if (nxt_slow_path(status == NULL)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
+    obj = nxt_conf_create_object(mp, 2);
+    if (nxt_slow_path(obj == NULL)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    nxt_conf_set_member(status, &about_str, obj, 0);
+
+    nxt_conf_set_member_string(obj, &ver_str, &cver_str, 0);
+    nxt_conf_set_member_string(obj, &socket_str, &csocket_str, 1);
+
     obj = nxt_conf_create_object(mp, 4);
     if (nxt_slow_path(obj == NULL)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    nxt_conf_set_member(status, &conns_str, obj, 0);
+    nxt_conf_set_member(status, &conns_str, obj, 1);
 
     nxt_conf_set_member_integer(obj, &acc_str, report->accepted_conns, 0);
     nxt_conf_set_member_integer(obj, &active_str, report->accepted_conns
@@ -53,7 +68,7 @@ nxt_status_get(nxt_status_report_t *report, nxt_mp_t *mp)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    nxt_conf_set_member(status, &reqs_str, obj, 1);
+    nxt_conf_set_member(status, &reqs_str, obj, 2);
 
     nxt_conf_set_member_integer(obj, &total_str, report->requests, 0);
 
@@ -62,7 +77,7 @@ nxt_status_get(nxt_status_report_t *report, nxt_mp_t *mp)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    nxt_conf_set_member(status, &apps_str, apps, 2);
+    nxt_conf_set_member(status, &apps_str, apps, 3);
 
     for (i = 0; i < report->apps_count; i++) {
         app = &report->apps[i];