diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52c763940e..8d8bf52cbe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>github-api</artifactId>
-  <version>1.54</version>
+  <version>1.55</version>
   <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
   <url>http://github-api.kohsuke.org/</url>
   <description>GitHub API for Java</description>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <connection>scm:git:git@github.com/kohsuke/${project.artifactId}.git</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/kohsuke/${project.artifactId}.git</developerConnection>
     <url>http://${project.artifactId}.kohsuke.org/</url>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>github-api-1.55</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommitStatus.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommitStatus.java
index 319e13cc64..af9f1d31ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommitStatus.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHCommitStatus.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class GHCommitStatus {
     String target_url,description;
     int id;
     String url;
+    String context;
     GHUser creator;
 
     private GitHub root;
@@ -69,4 +70,8 @@ public String getUrl() {
     public GHUser getCreator() {
         return creator;
     }
+
+	public String getContext() {
+		return context;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index 5dfe545057..294347b596 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -658,14 +658,24 @@ public GHCommitStatus getLastCommitStatus(String sha1) throws IOException {
      *      Optional parameter that points to the URL that has more details.
      * @param description
      *      Optional short description.
+     *  @param context
+     *      Optinal commit status context.    
      */
-    public GHCommitStatus createCommitStatus(String sha1, GHCommitState state, String targetUrl, String description) throws IOException {
+    public GHCommitStatus createCommitStatus(String sha1, GHCommitState state, String targetUrl, String description, String context) throws IOException {
         return new Requester(root)
                 .with("state", state.name().toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH))
                 .with("target_url", targetUrl)
                 .with("description", description)
+                .with("context", context)
                 .to(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/statuses/%s",owner.login,this.name,sha1),GHCommitStatus.class).wrapUp(root);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     *  @see {@link #createCommitStatus(String, GHCommitState,String,String,String) createCommitStatus} 
+     */
+    public GHCommitStatus createCommitStatus(String sha1, GHCommitState state, String targetUrl, String description) throws IOException {
+    	return createCommitStatus(sha1, state, targetUrl, description,null);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Lists repository events.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
index a1c231953a..0866a8e93a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
@@ -555,15 +555,28 @@ public void directoryListing() throws IOException {
     @Test
     public void testAddDeployKey() throws IOException {
     	GHRepository myRepository = Iterables.get(gitHub.getMyself().getRepositories().values(),0);
-    	final GHDeployKey newDeployKey = myRepository.addDeployKey("test", "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC55wA5wHqTFMk3OkyHqtmgSAmIanREVP4ukMrPZFzYfRBaKYPCbBRxu7ddzF3oZ+i6ZV8+rH8hvhQTYl5LtOIxLUppsVVNSB9YKXQv37LLaWul9WoJPdXHGWfR3wlhRXsg1sMPpbgu60lXAl7xvx729FEjKEEHRMGkPbcIeHkov/tlEg9oQdqFC1Pqnv/lCsZ5UKRPLHY3V9pmSaEplwmwb//HppNtEYr9t6VNvOMjqbUrbhsilKu0t6qa3G7Kb47kvfJwMn+DKD2XJMYHYHMyHtHcFK8RIOSX8I+Bu4yeVmvcooSL65FBCIrmVoejkI7gZWDfgWVRboQ9RyB+VeXL example@example.com");
-    	assertNotNull(newDeployKey.getId());
-    	
-    	Iterables.find( myRepository.getDeployKeys(),new Predicate<GHDeployKey>() {
-    		 public boolean apply(GHDeployKey deployKey) {
-    			  return newDeployKey.getId() == deployKey.getId() ;
-    		  }
-		});
-    	newDeployKey.delete();
+    	final GHDeployKey newDeployKey = myRepository.addDeployKey("test", "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDUt0RAycC5cS42JKh6SecfFZBR1RrF+2hYMctz4mk74/arBE+wFb7fnSHGzdGKX2h5CFOWODifRCJVhB7hlVxodxe+QkQQYAEL/x1WVCJnGgTGQGOrhOMj95V3UE5pQKhsKD608C+u5tSofcWXLToP1/wZ7U4/AHjqYi08OLsWToHCax55TZkvdt2jo0hbIoYU+XI9Q8Uv4ONDN1oabiOdgeKi8+crvHAuvNleiBhWVBzFh8KdfzaH5uNdw7ihhFjEd1vzqACsjCINCjdMfzl6jD9ExuWuE92nZJnucls2cEoNC6k2aPmrZDg9hA32FXVpyseY+bDUWFU6LO2LG6PB kohsuke@atlas");
+        try {
+            assertNotNull(newDeployKey.getId());
+
+            GHDeployKey k = Iterables.find(myRepository.getDeployKeys(), new Predicate<GHDeployKey>() {
+                public boolean apply(GHDeployKey deployKey) {
+                    return newDeployKey.getId() == deployKey.getId();
+                }
+            });
+            assertNotNull(k);
+        } finally {
+            newDeployKey.delete();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testCommitStatusContext() throws IOException {
+    	GHRepository myRepository = Iterables.get(gitHub.getMyself().getRepositories().values(), 0);
+    	GHRef masterRef = myRepository.getRef("heads/master");
+    	GHCommitStatus commitStatus = myRepository.createCommitStatus(masterRef.getObject().getSha(), GHCommitState.SUCCESS, "http://www.example.com", "test", "test/context");
+    	assertEquals("test/context", commitStatus.getContext());
+    	 
     }
 
     private void kohsuke() {