diff --git a/include/dfrn.php b/include/dfrn.php
index 78802563a..8484f7c61 100644
--- a/include/dfrn.php
+++ b/include/dfrn.php
@@ -1281,7 +1281,15 @@ class dfrn {
 
 		$res = parse_xml_string($xml);
 
-		return $res->status;
+		if (!isset($res->status)) {
+			return -11;
+		}
+
+		if (!empty($res->message)) {
+			logger('Delivery returned status '.$res->status.' - '.$res->message, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+		}
+
+		return intval($res->status);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -2800,19 +2808,20 @@ class dfrn {
 	 * @param text $xml The DFRN message
 	 * @param array $importer Record of the importer user mixed with contact of the content
 	 * @param bool $sort_by_date Is used when feeds are polled
+	 * @return integer Import status
 	 * @todo set proper type-hints
 	 */
-	public static function import($xml,$importer, $sort_by_date = false) {
+	public static function import($xml, $importer, $sort_by_date = false) {
 
 		if ($xml == "") {
-			return;
+			return 400;
 		}
 
 		if ($importer["readonly"]) {
 			// We aren't receiving stuff from this person. But we will quietly ignore them
 			// rather than a blatant "go away" message.
 			logger('ignoring contact '.$importer["id"]);
-			return;
+			return 403;
 		}
 
 		$doc = new DOMDocument();
@@ -2917,5 +2926,6 @@ class dfrn {
 			}
 		}
 		logger("Import done for user " . $importer["uid"] . " from contact " . $importer["id"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+		return 200;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index 4bf686882..4fc04b819 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -372,14 +372,22 @@ function post_url($url, $params, $headers = null, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0)
 
 function xml_status($st, $message = '') {
 
-	$xml_message = ((strlen($message)) ? "\t<message>" . xmlify($message) . "</message>\r\n" : '');
+	$result = array('status' => $st);
 
-	if ($st)
+	if ($message != '') {
+		$result['message'] = $message;
+	}
+
+	if ($st) {
 		logger('xml_status returning non_zero: ' . $st . " message=" . $message);
+	}
+
+	header("Content-type: text/xml");
+
+	$xmldata = array("result" => $result);
+
+	echo xml::from_array($xmldata, $xml);
 
-	header( "Content-type: text/xml" );
-	echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>'."\r\n";
-	echo "<result>\r\n\t<status>$st</status>\r\n$xml_message</result>\r\n";
 	killme();
 }
 
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 44e016599..a0ac50676 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 	);
 	if (! dbm::is_result($r)) {
 		logger('dfrn_notify: could not match challenge to dfrn_id ' . $dfrn_id . ' challenge=' . $challenge);
-		xml_status(3);
+		xml_status(3, 'Could not match challenge');
 	}
 
 	$r = q("DELETE FROM `challenge` WHERE `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `challenge` = '%s'",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 	// find the local user who owns this relationship.
 
 	$sql_extra = '';
-	switch($direction) {
+	switch ($direction) {
 		case (-1):
 			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND ( `issued-id` = '%s' OR `dfrn-id` = '%s' ) ", dbesc($dfrn_id), dbesc($dfrn_id));
 			break;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 			$sql_extra = sprintf(" AND `dfrn-id` = '%s' AND `duplex` = 1 ", dbesc($dfrn_id));
 			break;
 		default:
-			xml_status(3);
+			xml_status(3, 'Invalid direction');
 			break; // NOTREACHED
 	}
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 
 	if (! dbm::is_result($r)) {
 		logger('dfrn_notify: contact not found for dfrn_id ' . $dfrn_id);
-		xml_status(3);
+		xml_status(3, 'Contact not found');
 		//NOTREACHED
 	}
 
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 		require_once('include/Contact.php');
 		contact_remove($importer['id']);
 		logger('relationship dissolved : ' . $importer['name'] . ' dissolved ' . $importer['username']);
-		xml_status(0);
-
+		xml_status(0, 'relationship dissolved');
 	}
 
 	$rino = get_config('system', 'rino_encrypt');
@@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 		// but only for $remote_rino > 1, because old code did't send rino version
 		if ($rino_remote_version > 1 && $rino < $rino_remote) {
 			logger("rino version '$rino_remote' is lower than supported '$rino'");
-			xml_status(0,"rino version '$rino_remote' is lower than supported '$rino'");
+			xml_status(0, "rino version '$rino_remote' is lower than supported '$rino'");
 		}
 
 		$rawkey = hex2bin(trim($key));
@@ -204,8 +203,8 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 				}
 				break;
 			default:
-				logger("rino: invalid sent verision '$rino_remote'");
-				xml_status(0);
+				logger("rino: invalid sent version '$rino_remote'");
+				xml_status(0, "Invalid sent version '$rino_remote'");
 		}
 
 
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(App $a) {
 	}
 
 	$ret = dfrn::import($data, $importer);
-	xml_status($ret);
+	xml_status($ret, 'Processed');
 
 	// NOTREACHED
 }