diff --git a/header.go b/header.go
index fb6f005..c14532c 100644
--- a/header.go
+++ b/header.go
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ type ResponseHeader struct {
 	noDefaultDate        bool
 
 	statusCode            int
-	statusLine            []byte
+	statusMessage         []byte
+	protocol              []byte
 	contentLength         int
 	contentLengthBytes    []byte
 	secureErrorLogMessage bool
@@ -137,17 +138,27 @@ func (h *ResponseHeader) SetStatusCode(statusCode int) {
 	h.statusCode = statusCode
 }
 
-// StatusLine returns response status line.
-func (h *ResponseHeader) StatusLine() []byte {
-	if len(h.statusLine) > 0 {
-		return h.statusLine
-	}
-	return statusLine(h.StatusCode())
+// StatusMessage returns response status message.
+func (h *ResponseHeader) StatusMessage() []byte {
+	return h.statusMessage
 }
 
-// SetStatusLine sets response status line bytes.
-func (h *ResponseHeader) SetStatusLine(statusLine []byte) {
-	h.statusLine = append(h.statusLine[:0], statusLine...)
+// SetStatusMessage sets response status message bytes.
+func (h *ResponseHeader) SetStatusMessage(statusMessage []byte) {
+	h.statusMessage = append(h.statusMessage[:0], statusMessage...)
+}
+
+// Protocol returns response protocol bytes.
+func (h *ResponseHeader) Protocol() []byte {
+	if len(h.protocol) > 0 {
+		return h.protocol
+	}
+	return strHTTP11
+}
+
+// SetProtocol sets response protocol bytes.
+func (h *ResponseHeader) SetProtocol(protocol []byte) {
+	h.protocol = append(h.protocol[:0], protocol...)
 }
 
 // SetLastModified sets 'Last-Modified' header to the given value.
@@ -697,7 +708,8 @@ func (h *ResponseHeader) resetSkipNormalize() {
 	h.connectionClose = false
 
 	h.statusCode = 0
-	h.statusLine = h.statusLine[:0]
+	h.statusMessage = h.statusMessage[:0]
+	h.protocol = h.protocol[:0]
 	h.contentLength = 0
 	h.contentLengthBytes = h.contentLengthBytes[:0]
 
@@ -746,7 +758,8 @@ func (h *ResponseHeader) CopyTo(dst *ResponseHeader) {
 	dst.noDefaultDate = h.noDefaultDate
 
 	dst.statusCode = h.statusCode
-	dst.statusLine = append(dst.statusLine, h.statusLine...)
+	dst.statusMessage = append(dst.statusMessage, h.statusMessage...)
+	dst.protocol = append(dst.protocol, h.protocol...)
 	dst.contentLength = h.contentLength
 	dst.contentLengthBytes = append(dst.contentLengthBytes, h.contentLengthBytes...)
 	dst.contentType = append(dst.contentType, h.contentType...)
@@ -1648,19 +1661,20 @@ func (h *ResponseHeader) String() string {
 	return string(h.Header())
 }
 
-// AppendBytes appends response header representation to dst and returns
+// appendStatusLine appends the response status line to dst and returns
 // the extended dst.
-func (h *ResponseHeader) AppendBytes(dst []byte) []byte {
+func (h *ResponseHeader) appendStatusLine(dst []byte) []byte {
 	statusCode := h.StatusCode()
 	if statusCode < 0 {
 		statusCode = StatusOK
 	}
+	return formatStatusLine(dst, h.Protocol(), statusCode, h.StatusMessage())
+}
 
-	if len(h.statusLine) > 0 {
-		dst = append(dst, h.statusLine...)
-	} else {
-		dst = append(dst, statusLine(statusCode)...)
-	}
+// AppendBytes appends response header representation to dst and returns
+// the extended dst.
+func (h *ResponseHeader) AppendBytes(dst []byte) []byte {
+	dst = h.appendStatusLine(dst[:0])
 
 	server := h.Server()
 	if len(server) != 0 {
@@ -1880,8 +1894,8 @@ func (h *ResponseHeader) parseFirstLine(buf []byte) (int, error) {
 		}
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected char at the end of status code. Response %q", buf)
 	}
-	if len(b) > n+1 && !bytes.Equal(b[n+1:], statusLine(h.statusCode)) {
-		h.SetStatusLine(b[n+1:])
+	if len(b) > n+1 {
+		h.SetStatusMessage(b[n+1:])
 	}
 
 	return len(buf) - len(bNext), nil
diff --git a/header_test.go b/header_test.go
index 19138ad..27a292c 100644
--- a/header_test.go
+++ b/header_test.go
@@ -52,8 +52,29 @@ func TestResponseHeaderMultiLineValue(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("parse response using net/http failed, %s", err)
 	}
 
-	if !bytes.Equal(header.StatusLine(), []byte("SuperOK")) {
-		t.Errorf("parse status line with non-default value failed, got: %s want: SuperOK", header.StatusLine())
+	if !bytes.Equal(header.StatusMessage(), []byte("SuperOK")) {
+		t.Errorf("parse status line with non-default value failed, got: '%s' want: 'SuperOK'", header.StatusMessage())
+	}
+
+	header.SetProtocol([]byte("HTTP/3.3"))
+	if !bytes.Equal(header.Protocol(), []byte("HTTP/3.3")) {
+		t.Errorf("parse protocol with non-default value failed, got: '%s' want: 'HTTP/3.3'", header.Protocol())
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(header.appendStatusLine(nil), []byte("HTTP/3.3 200 SuperOK\r\n")) {
+		t.Errorf("parse status line with non-default value failed, got: '%s' want: 'HTTP/3.3 200 SuperOK'", header.Protocol())
+	}
+
+	header.SetStatusMessage(nil)
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(header.appendStatusLine(nil), []byte("HTTP/3.3 200 OK\r\n")) {
+		t.Errorf("parse status line with default protocol value failed, got: '%s' want: 'HTTP/3.3 200 OK'", header.appendStatusLine(nil))
+	}
+
+	header.SetStatusMessage(s2b(StatusMessage(200)))
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(header.appendStatusLine(nil), []byte("HTTP/3.3 200 OK\r\n")) {
+		t.Errorf("parse status line with default protocol value failed, got: '%s' want: 'HTTP/3.3 200 OK'", header.appendStatusLine(nil))
 	}
 
 	for name, vals := range response.Header {
@@ -83,8 +104,16 @@ func TestResponseHeaderMultiLineName(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected error, got %q (%v)", m, err)
 	}
 
-	if !bytes.Equal(header.StatusLine(), []byte("OK")) {
-		t.Errorf("expected default status line, got: %s", header.StatusLine())
+	if !bytes.Equal(header.StatusMessage(), []byte("OK")) {
+		t.Errorf("expected default status line, got: %s", header.StatusMessage())
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(header.Protocol(), []byte("HTTP/1.1")) {
+		t.Errorf("expected default protocol, got: %s", header.Protocol())
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(header.appendStatusLine(nil), []byte("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n")) {
+		t.Errorf("parse status line with non-default value failed, got: %s want: HTTP/1.1 200 OK", header.Protocol())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/http_test.go b/http_test.go
index 8d57bb0..00ce8a4 100644
--- a/http_test.go
+++ b/http_test.go
@@ -837,9 +837,9 @@ func TestResponseSkipBody(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected content-type in response %q", s)
 	}
 
-	// set StatusNoContent with statusLine
+	// set StatusNoContent with statusMessage
 	r.Header.SetStatusCode(StatusNoContent)
-	r.Header.SetStatusLine([]byte("HTTP/1.1 204 NC\r\n"))
+	r.Header.SetStatusMessage([]byte("NC"))
 	r.SetBodyString("foobar")
 	s = r.String()
 	if strings.Contains(s, "\r\n\r\nfoobar") {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index cb4c823..bc4a735 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ func (s *Server) getServerName() []byte {
 }
 
 func (s *Server) writeFastError(w io.Writer, statusCode int, msg string) {
-	w.Write(statusLine(statusCode)) //nolint:errcheck
+	w.Write(formatStatusLine(nil, strHTTP11, statusCode, s2b(StatusMessage(statusCode)))) //nolint:errcheck
 
 	server := ""
 	if !s.NoDefaultServerHeader {
diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index 28d1286..c88ba11 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package fasthttp
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	statusLines = make([][]byte, statusMessageMax+1)
+	unknownStatusCode = "Unknown Status Code"
 
 	statusMessages = []string{
 		StatusContinue:           "Continue",
@@ -155,39 +154,24 @@ var (
 // StatusMessage returns HTTP status message for the given status code.
 func StatusMessage(statusCode int) string {
 	if statusCode < statusMessageMin || statusCode > statusMessageMax {
-		return "Unknown Status Code"
+		return unknownStatusCode
 	}
 
-	s := statusMessages[statusCode]
-	if s == "" {
-		s = "Unknown Status Code"
+	if s := statusMessages[statusCode]; s != "" {
+		return s
 	}
-	return s
+	return unknownStatusCode
 }
 
-func init() {
-	// Fill all valid status lines
-	for i := 0; i < len(statusLines); i++ {
-		statusLines[i] = []byte(fmt.Sprintf("HTTP/1.1 %d %s\r\n", i, StatusMessage(i)))
+func formatStatusLine(dst []byte, protocol []byte, statusCode int, statusText []byte) []byte {
+	dst = append(dst, protocol...)
+	dst = append(dst, ' ')
+	dst = strconv.AppendInt(dst, int64(statusCode), 10)
+	dst = append(dst, ' ')
+	if len(statusText) == 0 {
+		dst = append(dst, s2b(StatusMessage(statusCode))...)
+	} else {
+		dst = append(dst, statusText...)
 	}
-}
-
-func statusLine(statusCode int) []byte {
-	if statusCode < 0 || statusCode > statusMessageMax {
-		return invalidStatusLine(statusCode)
-	}
-
-	return statusLines[statusCode]
-}
-
-func invalidStatusLine(statusCode int) []byte {
-	statusText := StatusMessage(statusCode)
-	// xxx placeholder of status code
-	var line = make([]byte, 0, len("HTTP/1.1 xxx \r\n")+len(statusText))
-	line = append(line, "HTTP/1.1 "...)
-	line = strconv.AppendInt(line, int64(statusCode), 10)
-	line = append(line, ' ')
-	line = append(line, statusText...)
-	line = append(line, "\r\n"...)
-	return line
+	return append(dst, strCRLF...)
 }
diff --git a/status_test.go b/status_test.go
index e3bfa8a..512c884 100644
--- a/status_test.go
+++ b/status_test.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func TestStatusLine(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testStatusLine(t *testing.T, statusCode int, expected []byte) {
-	line := statusLine(statusCode)
+	line := formatStatusLine(nil, strHTTP11, statusCode, s2b(StatusMessage(statusCode)))
 	if !bytes.Equal(expected, line) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected status line %s. Expecting %s", string(line), string(expected))
 	}
diff --git a/status_timing_test.go b/status_timing_test.go
index 42b1c91..d2ec34a 100644
--- a/status_timing_test.go
+++ b/status_timing_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func BenchmarkStatusLine512(b *testing.B) {
 func benchmarkStatusLine(b *testing.B, statusCode int, expected []byte) {
 	b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
 		for pb.Next() {
-			line := statusLine(statusCode)
+			line := formatStatusLine(nil, strHTTP11, statusCode, s2b(StatusMessage(statusCode)))
 			if !bytes.Equal(expected, line) {
 				b.Fatalf("unexpected status line %s. Expecting %s", string(line), string(expected))
 			}