diff --git a/wp-includes/functions.php b/wp-includes/functions.php
index d06be2f3f6..2b73a180d0 100644
--- a/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -816,10 +816,10 @@ function status_header( $header ) {
 	elseif ( 410 == $header )
 		$text = 'Gone';
 
-// 	if ( substr(php_sapi_name(), 0, 3) == 'cgi' )
+	if ( version_compare(php_version(), '4.3.0', '>=') )
+		@header("HTTP/1.1 $header $text", true, $header);
+	else
 		@header("HTTP/1.1 $header $text");
-//	else
-//		@header("Status: $header $text");
 }
 
 function nocache_headers() {