diff --git a/consul/base.py b/consul/base.py
index 7c4ce5dc..baf4aedd 100644
--- a/consul/base.py
+++ b/consul/base.py
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.health = Consul.Health(self)
         self.session = Consul.Session(self)
         self.acl = Consul.ACL(self)
+        self.status = Consul.Status(self)
 
     class Event(object):
         """
@@ -1544,3 +1545,27 @@ def callback(response):
 
             return self.agent.http.put(
                 callback, '/v1/acl/destroy/%s' % acl_id, params=params)
+
+    class Status(object):
+        """
+        The Status endpoints are used to get information about the status
+         of the Consul cluster.
+        """
+        def __init__(self, agent):
+            self.agent = agent
+
+        def leader(self):
+            """
+            This endpoint is used to get the Raft leader for the datacenter
+            in which the agent is running.
+            """
+            return self.agent.http.get(
+                lambda x: json.loads(x.body), '/v1/status/leader')
+
+        def peers(self):
+            """
+            This endpoint retrieves the Raft peers for the datacenter in which
+            the the agent is running.
+            """
+            return self.agent.http.get(
+                lambda x: json.loads(x.body), '/v1/status/peers')
diff --git a/tests/test_std.py b/tests/test_std.py
index 138f9739..f420716a 100644
--- a/tests/test_std.py
+++ b/tests/test_std.py
@@ -758,3 +758,32 @@ def test_acl_implicit_token_use(self, acl_consul):
         acls = c.acl.list()
         assert set([x['ID'] for x in acls]) == \
             set(['anonymous', master_token])
+
+    def test_status_leader(self, consul_port):
+        c = consul.Consul(port=consul_port)
+
+        agent_self = c.agent.self()
+        port = agent_self['Config']['Ports']['Server']
+        addr = agent_self['Config']['AdvertiseAddr']
+
+        addr_port = "{0}:{1}".format(addr, port)
+        leader = c.status.leader()
+
+        assert leader == addr_port, \
+            "Leader value was {0}, expected value " \
+            "was {1}".format(leader, addr_port)
+
+    def test_status_peers(self, consul_port):
+
+        c = consul.Consul(port=consul_port)
+
+        agent_self = c.agent.self()
+        port = agent_self['Config']['Ports']['Server']
+        addr = agent_self['Config']['AdvertiseAddr']
+
+        addr_port = "{0}:{1}".format(addr, port)
+        peers = c.status.peers()
+
+        assert addr_port in peers, \
+            "Expected value '{0}' " \
+            "in peer list but it was not present".format(addr_port)