diff --git a/man/sd_notify.xml b/man/sd_notify.xml
index 39bddc9d15..f93542e329 100644
--- a/man/sd_notify.xml
+++ b/man/sd_notify.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,13 @@
         <literal>BUSERROR=org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.TimedOut</literal></para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term>EXIT_STATUS=…</term>
+
+        <listitem><para>If a service exits, the return value of its <function>main()</function> function.
+        </para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term>MAINPID=…</term>
 
diff --git a/src/shared/main-func.h b/src/shared/main-func.h
index 3dc4992282..3f6b6a849d 100644
--- a/src/shared/main-func.h
+++ b/src/shared/main-func.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
                 r = impl;                                               \
                 if (r < 0)                                              \
                         (void) sd_notifyf(0, "ERRNO=%i", -r);           \
+                (void) sd_notifyf(0, "EXIT_STATUS=%i", ret);            \
                 ask_password_agent_close();                             \
                 polkit_agent_close();                                   \
                 pager_close();                                          \