diff -r 46bfddb14cbe Lib/http/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/http/__init__.py	Fri Feb 20 10:34:20 2015 -0500
+++ b/Lib/http/__init__.py	Fri Feb 20 08:12:24 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
         obj.description = description
         return obj
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return int.__str__(self)
+
     # informational
     CONTINUE = 100, 'Continue', 'Request received, please continue'
     SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS = (101, 'Switching Protocols',
diff -r 46bfddb14cbe Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py	Fri Feb 20 10:34:20 2015 -0500
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py	Fri Feb 20 08:12:24 2015 -0800
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer, \
      SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, CGIHTTPRequestHandler
-from http import server
+from http import server, HTTPStatus
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -235,6 +235,27 @@
         self.assertEqual(int(res.getheader('Content-Length')), len(data))
 
 
+class RequestHandlerLoggingTestCase(BaseTestCase):
+    class request_handler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+        protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
+        default_request_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
+
+        def do_GET(self):
+            self.send_response(HTTPStatus.OK)
+            self.end_headers()
+
+    def test_get(self):
+        self.con = http.client.HTTPConnection(self.HOST, self.PORT)
+        self.con.connect()
+
+        with support.captured_stderr() as err:
+            self.con.request('GET', '/')
+            self.con.getresponse()
+
+        self.assertTrue(
+            err.getvalue().endswith('"GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -\n'))
+
+
 class SimpleHTTPServerTestCase(BaseTestCase):
     class request_handler(NoLogRequestHandler, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
         pass
@@ -816,6 +837,7 @@
     cwd = os.getcwd()
     try:
         support.run_unittest(
+            RequestHandlerLoggingTestCase,
             BaseHTTPRequestHandlerTestCase,
             BaseHTTPServerTestCase,
             SimpleHTTPServerTestCase,