diff --git a/iptables-config b/iptables-config
index 52c4e89..d906dd5 100644
--- a/iptables-config
+++ b/iptables-config
@@ -36,3 +36,13 @@ IPTABLES_SAVE_COUNTER="no"
 # Print IP addresses and port numbers in numeric format in the status output.
 IPTABLES_STATUS_NUMERIC="yes"
 
+# Verbose status output
+#   Value: yes|no,  default: yes
+# Print info about the number of packets and bytes plus the "input-" and
+# "outputdevice" in the status output.
+IPTABLES_STATUS_VERBOSE="no"
+
+# Status output with numbered lines
+#   Value: yes|no,  default: yes
+# Print a counter/number for every rule in the status output.
+IPTABLES_STATUS_LINENUMBERS="yes"
diff --git a/iptables.init b/iptables.init
index 79b1f42..463eac1 100755
--- a/iptables.init
+++ b/iptables.init
@@ -244,10 +244,12 @@ save() {
 }
 
 status() {
+    tables=`cat $PROC_IPTABLES_NAMES 2>/dev/null`
+
     # Do not print status if lockfile is missing and iptables modules are not 
     # loaded.
     # Check if iptable module is loaded
-    if [ ! -f "$VAR_SUBSYS_IPTABLES" ]; then
+    if [ ! -f "$VAR_SUBSYS_IPTABLES" -a -z "$tables" ]; then
 	echo $"Firewall is stopped."
 	return 1
     fi
@@ -257,7 +259,6 @@ status() {
 	echo $"Firewall is not configured. "
 	return 1
     fi
-    tables=`cat $PROC_IPTABLES_NAMES 2>/dev/null`
     if [ -z "$tables" ]; then
 	echo $"Firewall is not configured. "
 	return 1
@@ -265,10 +266,14 @@ status() {
 
     NUM=
     [ "x$IPTABLES_STATUS_NUMERIC" = "xyes" ] && NUM="-n"
+    VERBOSE= 
+    [ "x$IPTABLES_STATUS_VERBOSE" = "xyes" ] && VERBOSE="--verbose"
+    COUNT=
+    [ "x$IPTABLES_STATUS_LINENUMBERS" = "xyes" ] && COUNT="--line-numbers"
 
     for table in $tables; do
 	echo $"Table: $table"
-	$IPTABLES -t $table --list $NUM && echo
+	$IPTABLES -t $table --list $NUM $VERBOSE $COUNT && echo
     done
 
     return 0
diff --git a/iptables.spec b/iptables.spec
index ecd0267..4d5170c 100644
--- a/iptables.spec
+++ b/iptables.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ Patch6: iptables-1.2.10-counters.patch
 Patch8: iptables-1.3.0-cleanup.patch
 Patch9: iptables-1.3.0-autoload.patch
 Patch10: iptables-1.3.0-no_root.patch
-Patch11: iptables-1.3.4-status.patch
 Group: System Environment/Base
 URL: http://www.netfilter.org/
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-buildroot
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@ rm -rf %{buildroot}
 %patch8 -p1 -b .cleanup
 %patch9 -p1 -b .autoload
 %patch10 -p1 -b .no_root
-%patch11 -p1 -b .status
 
 # Put it to a reasonable place
 find . -type f -exec perl -pi -e "s,/usr/local,%{prefix},g" {} \;