diff --git a/doc/source/reporters.rst b/doc/source/reporters.rst
index e3ab947..dd053fa 100644
--- a/doc/source/reporters.rst
+++ b/doc/source/reporters.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
   set as the commit status on github.
   ``status: 'success'``
 
+  **status-url**
+  String value for a link url to set in the github status. Defaults to the zuul
+  server status_url, or the empty string if that is unset.
+
   **comment**
   Boolean value (``true`` or ``false``) that determines if the reporter should
   add a comment to the pipeline status to the github pull request. Defaults
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/layouts/reporting-github.yaml b/tests/fixtures/layouts/reporting-github.yaml
index c939f39..8dd35b0 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/layouts/reporting-github.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/layouts/reporting-github.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
       github:
         comment: false
         status: 'success'
+        status-url: http://logs.example.com/{pipeline.name}/{change.project}/{change.number}/{change.patchset}/
     failure:
       github:
         comment: false
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/zuul-github-driver.conf b/tests/fixtures/zuul-github-driver.conf
index ab34619..dfa813d 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/zuul-github-driver.conf
+++ b/tests/fixtures/zuul-github-driver.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [zuul]
 job_name_in_report=true
-status_url=http://zuul.example.com/status
+status_url=http://zuul.example.com/status/#{change.number},{change.patchset}
 
 [merger]
 git_dir=/tmp/zuul-test/git
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_github_driver.py b/tests/unit/test_github_driver.py
index 227d659..6cc010e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_github_driver.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_github_driver.py
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@
         self.assertEqual('tenant-one/reporting', report_status['context'])
         self.assertEqual('success', report_status['state'])
         self.assertEqual(2, len(A.comments))
+        report_url = ('http://logs.example.com/reporting/%s/%s/%s/' %
+                      (A.project, A.number, A.head_sha))
+        self.assertEqual(report_url, report_status['url'])
 
     @simple_layout('layouts/merging-github.yaml', driver='github')
     def test_report_pull_merge(self):
diff --git a/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py b/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
index 68c6af0..fc3b64d 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/github/githubreporter.py
@@ -70,12 +70,14 @@
         sha = item.change.patchset
         context = '%s/%s' % (pipeline.layout.tenant.name, pipeline.name)
         state = self._commit_status
-        url = ''
-        if self.connection.sched.config.has_option('zuul', 'status_url'):
-            base = self.connection.sched.config.get('zuul', 'status_url')
-            url = '%s/#%s,%s' % (base,
-                                 item.change.number,
-                                 item.change.patchset)
+
+        url_pattern = self.config.get('status-url')
+        if not url_pattern:
+            sched_config = self.connection.sched.config
+            if sched_config.has_option('zuul', 'status_url'):
+                url_pattern = sched_config.get('zuul', 'status_url')
+        url = item.formatUrlPattern(url_pattern) if url_pattern else ''
+
         description = ''
         if pipeline.description:
             description = pipeline.description
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@
 def getSchema():
     github_reporter = v.Schema({
         'status': v.Any('pending', 'success', 'failure'),
+        'status-url': str,
         'comment': bool,
         'merge': bool,
         'label': scalar_or_list(str),