diff --git a/cmd/statusd/main.go b/cmd/statusd/main.go
index 360dfe576..0b62ac8d9 100644
--- a/cmd/statusd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/statusd/main.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ var (
 	httpEnabled       = flag.Bool("http", false, "Enable HTTP RPC endpoint")
 	httpHost          = flag.String("httphost", "127.0.0.1", "HTTP RPC host of the listening socket")
 	httpPort          = flag.Int("httpport", params.HTTPPort, "HTTP RPC server's listening port")
+	httpModules       = flag.String("httpmodules", params.APIModules, "Comma separated list of HTTP RPC APIs")
 	ipcEnabled        = flag.Bool("ipc", false, "Enable IPC RPC endpoint")
 	ipcFile           = flag.String("ipcfile", "", "Set IPC file path")
 	cliEnabled        = flag.Bool("cli", false, "Enable debugging CLI server")
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ func makeNodeConfig() (*params.NodeConfig, error) {
 
 	nodeConfig.HTTPHost = *httpHost
 	nodeConfig.HTTPPort = *httpPort
+	nodeConfig.APIModules = *httpModules
 	nodeConfig.IPCEnabled = *ipcEnabled
 
 	if *ipcFile != "" {
diff --git a/geth/params/defaults.go b/geth/params/defaults.go
index b9156e8bd..a22dba4c6 100644
--- a/geth/params/defaults.go
+++ b/geth/params/defaults.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const (
 	// HTTPHost is host interface for the HTTP RPC server
 	HTTPHost = "localhost"
 
-	// HTTPPort is HTTP-RPC port (replaced in unit tests)
+	// HTTPPort is HTTP RPC port (replaced in unit tests)
 	HTTPPort = 8545
 
 	// ListenAddr is an IP address and port of this node (e.g. 127.0.0.1:30303).