diff -u brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/brltty.init brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/brltty.init
--- brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/brltty.init
+++ brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/brltty.init
@@ -68,8 +68,11 @@
 	    log_end_msg 1
 	fi
 	;;
+  status)
+	status_of_proc "$DAEMON" "$NAME" && exit 0 || exit $?
+	;;
   *)
-	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/$NAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
 	exit 1
 	;;
 esac
diff -u brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/changelog brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/changelog
--- brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/changelog
+++ brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+brltty (3.10~r3724-1ubuntu3) intrepid; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control
+    - Depend on lsb-base >= 3.2-14, providing status_of_proc()
+    - Bump Standards-Version to 3.8.0
+  * debian/brltty.init
+    - Add the 'status' action (LP: #251626)
+
+ -- Nathan Handler <nhandler@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:15:45 -0500
+
 brltty (3.10~r3724-1ubuntu2) intrepid; urgency=low
 
   * Rebuild for libgpmg1 -> libgpm2 transistion.
diff -u brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/control brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/control
--- brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/control
+++ brltty-3.10~r3724/debian/control
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
                bison, doxygen, linuxdoc-tools, groff,
                flite1-dev, libncurses5-dev, libxaw7-dev, libatspi-dev,
                libbluetooth2-dev [!hurd-i386 !kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64] | libbluetooth-dev [!hurd-i386 !kfreebsd-i386 !kfreebsd-amd64]
-Standards-Version: 3.7.3
+Standards-Version: 3.8.0
 
 Package: brltty
 Architecture: any
-Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30)
+Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}, initramfs-tools (>= 0.40ubuntu30), lsb-base (>= 3.2-14)
 Replaces: libbrlapi1 (<< 3.7.2-7.1)
 Suggests: libbrlapi-dev, festival, brltty-flite, brltty-x11
 Description: Access software for a blind person using a braille display