diff --git a/examples/todo/test/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts b/examples/todo/test/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts
index d463e313e6ee..1b680cd9b233 100644
--- a/examples/todo/test/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts
+++ b/examples/todo/test/acceptance/application.acceptance.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ describe('Application', () => {
     const response = await client
       .post('/todo')
       .send(todo)
-      .expect(200);
+      .expect(201);
     expect(response.body).to.containEql(todo);
     const result = await todoRepo.findById(response.body.id);
     expect(result).to.containEql(todo);
diff --git a/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts b/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
index 3652f7947b68..123c54dd08c3 100644
--- a/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
+++ b/packages/rest/src/rest.server.ts
@@ -197,6 +197,11 @@ export class RestServer extends Context implements Server, HttpServerLike {
       return Promise.resolve();
     }
 
+    // Any item down the sequence chain can override the statusCode if needed
+    if (request.method === 'POST') {
+      response.statusCode = 201;
+    }
+
     if (
       request.method === 'GET' &&
       request.url &&