diff -ruN apache2-2.2.8.orig/debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init apache2-2.2.8/debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init
--- apache2-2.2.8.orig/debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init	2008-03-18 07:27:48.000000000 +0900
+++ apache2-2.2.8/debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init	2008-03-18 08:04:10.000000000 +0900
@@ -190,8 +190,17 @@
 			stop_htcacheclean
 			log_end_msg 0
 	;;
+	status)
+		if pidof_apache >/dev/null; then
+			log_success_msg "Apache is running."
+			exit 0 ;
+		else
+			log_failure_msg "Apache is not running."
+			exit 3 ;
+		fi
+	;;
 	*)
-		log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/apache2 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|start-htcacheclean|stop-htcacheclean}"
+		log_success_msg "Usage: /etc/init.d/apache2 {start|stop|restart|reload|force-reload|start-htcacheclean|stop-htcacheclean|status}"
 		exit 1
 	;;
 esac
diff -ruN apache2-2.2.8.orig/debian/changelog apache2-2.2.8/debian/changelog
--- apache2-2.2.8.orig/debian/changelog	2008-03-18 07:27:48.000000000 +0900
+++ apache2-2.2.8/debian/changelog	2008-04-01 01:49:37.000000000 +0800
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+apache2 (2.2.8-1ubuntu1) hardy; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/apache2.2-common.apache2.init: Added support for LSB status 
+    compliance (LP: #203169), originally coded by Dustin Kirkland 
+    <kirkland@ubuntu.com>
+
+ -- Onno Benschop <onno@itmaze.com.au>  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:15:06 +0900
+
 apache2 (2.2.8-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * New upstream version: