diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 786822d..0519910 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## ?.?.?
+
+* `okdata.aws.status.sdk.Status` now accepts an additional optional
+  parameter, `sdk_config`, which allows the underlying Status SDK to
+  be configured.
+
 ## 2.1.0 - 2024-02-15
 
 * New utility function `okdata.aws.ssm.get_secret` for retrieving secure strings
diff --git a/okdata/aws/status/sdk.py b/okdata/aws/status/sdk.py
index 36bccfc..3c60dbb 100644
--- a/okdata/aws/status/sdk.py
+++ b/okdata/aws/status/sdk.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import Dict, Union
 
+from okdata.sdk.config import Config
 from okdata.sdk.status import Status as StatusSDK
 from requests.exceptions import HTTPError, RetryError
 
@@ -12,7 +13,11 @@
 
 
 class Status:
-    def __init__(self, status_data: Union[StatusData, Dict, str]):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        status_data: Union[StatusData, Dict, str],
+        sdk_config: Config = None,
+    ):
         if isinstance(status_data, str):
             # TODO: Remove in future - for backwards-compatibility:
             # Status-class used directly in state-machine-event only(?),
@@ -22,7 +27,7 @@ def __init__(self, status_data: Union[StatusData, Dict, str]):
             status_data = StatusData.parse_obj(status_data)
 
         self.status_data = status_data
-        self._sdk = StatusSDK()
+        self._sdk = StatusSDK(sdk_config)
 
     def _process_payload(self):
         if self.status_data.trace_id is None:
diff --git a/tests/test_status.py b/tests/test_status.py
index a893043..f0de346 100644
--- a/tests/test_status.py
+++ b/tests/test_status.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import re
-import pytest
 from copy import deepcopy
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
 from freezegun import freeze_time
+from okdata.sdk.config import Config
 
-from okdata.aws.status.sdk import Status
 from okdata.aws.status.model import StatusData, TraceStatus, TraceEventStatus
+from okdata.aws.status.sdk import Status
 from okdata.aws.status.wrapper import _status_from_lambda_context
 
 
@@ -66,6 +69,14 @@ def test_status_data_from_object(self):
         s = Status(status_data)
         assert s.status_data.trace_id == trace_id
 
+    def test_status_with_sdk_config(self):
+        config = Config(config={"foo": "bar"})
+        # Mock out the `Authenticate` class so that the SDK doesn't try to set
+        # up authentication with a malformed config.
+        with patch("okdata.sdk.sdk.Authenticate"):
+            s = Status(trace_id, config)
+        assert s._sdk.config.config == {"foo": "bar"}
+
     def test_status_data_from_lambda(self):
         lambda_context = MockLambdaContext()
         s = _status_from_lambda_context(