diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 629dc47018..ba9e92478a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/compare/v1.2.0-0.21b0...HEAD)
 
+### Changed
+- `opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi` Set the response status code on the server span
+  ([#478](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/478))
 - Fixed cases where description was used with non-error status code when creating Status objects.
   ([#504](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/504))
 
@@ -15,8 +18,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   ([#458](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/458))
   
 ## [0.21b0](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python/releases/tag/v1.2.0-0.21b0) - 2021-05-11
-### Changed
 
+### Changed
 - `opentelemetry-propagator-ot-trace` Use `TraceFlags` object in `extract`
   ([#472](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/472))
 - Set the `traced_request_attrs` of FalconInstrumentor by an argument correctly.
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
index b77e4db24b..c02ae50287 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/asgi/__init__.py
@@ -233,8 +233,10 @@ async def wrapped_send(message):
                         if send_span.is_recording():
                             if message["type"] == "http.response.start":
                                 status_code = message["status"]
+                                set_status_code(span, status_code)
                                 set_status_code(send_span, status_code)
                             elif message["type"] == "websocket.send":
+                                set_status_code(span, 200)
                                 set_status_code(send_span, 200)
                             send_span.set_attribute("type", message["type"])
                         await send(message)
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
index 10f93ccd6e..0a3b451b9c 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi/tests/test_asgi_middleware.py
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ def validate_outputs(self, outputs, error=None, modifiers=None):
                     SpanAttributes.HTTP_URL: "http://127.0.0.1/",
                     SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_IP: "127.0.0.1",
                     SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT: 32767,
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE: 200,
                 },
             },
         ]
@@ -303,15 +304,57 @@ def test_websocket(self):
         span_list = self.memory_exporter.get_finished_spans()
         self.assertEqual(len(span_list), 6)
         expected = [
-            "/ asgi.websocket.receive",
-            "/ asgi.websocket.send",
-            "/ asgi.websocket.receive",
-            "/ asgi.websocket.send",
-            "/ asgi.websocket.receive",
-            "/ asgi",
+            {
+                "name": "/ asgi.websocket.receive",
+                "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
+                "attributes": {"type": "websocket.connect"},
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "/ asgi.websocket.send",
+                "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
+                "attributes": {"type": "websocket.accept"},
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "/ asgi.websocket.receive",
+                "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
+                "attributes": {
+                    "type": "websocket.receive",
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE: 200,
+                },
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "/ asgi.websocket.send",
+                "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
+                "attributes": {
+                    "type": "websocket.send",
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE: 200,
+                },
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "/ asgi.websocket.receive",
+                "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.INTERNAL,
+                "attributes": {"type": "websocket.disconnect"},
+            },
+            {
+                "name": "/ asgi",
+                "kind": trace_api.SpanKind.SERVER,
+                "attributes": {
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_SCHEME: self.scope["scheme"],
+                    SpanAttributes.NET_HOST_PORT: self.scope["server"][1],
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_HOST: self.scope["server"][0],
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_FLAVOR: self.scope["http_version"],
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_TARGET: self.scope["path"],
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_URL: f'{self.scope["scheme"]}://{self.scope["server"][0]}{self.scope["path"]}',
+                    SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_IP: self.scope["client"][0],
+                    SpanAttributes.NET_PEER_PORT: self.scope["client"][1],
+                    SpanAttributes.HTTP_STATUS_CODE: 200,
+                },
+            },
         ]
-        actual = [span.name for span in span_list]
-        self.assertListEqual(actual, expected)
+        for span, expected in zip(span_list, expected):
+            self.assertEqual(span.name, expected["name"])
+            self.assertEqual(span.kind, expected["kind"])
+            self.assertDictEqual(dict(span.attributes), expected["attributes"])
 
     def test_lifespan(self):
         self.scope["type"] = "lifespan"