diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/25-status.html b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/25-status.html
index 47a3192e4..4c1b9c313 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/25-status.html
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/common/25-status.html
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <label style="width: auto" for="node-input-scope" data-i18n="status.label.source"></label>
         <select id="node-input-scope-select">
             <option value="all" data-i18n="status.scope.all"></option>
+            <option value="group" data-i18n="status.scope.group"></option>
             <option value="target" data-i18n="status.scope.selected"></options>
         </select>
     </div>
@@ -157,6 +158,8 @@
             });
             if (this.scope === null) {
                 $("#node-input-scope-select").val("all");
+            } else if(this.scope === "group"){
+                $("#node-input-scope-select").val("group");
             } else {
                 $("#node-input-scope-select").val("target");
             }
@@ -166,6 +169,8 @@
             var scope = $("#node-input-scope-select").val();
             if (scope === 'all') {
                 this.scope = null;
+            } else if(scope === 'group') {
+                this.scope = "group";
             } else {
                 this.scope = $("#node-input-status-target-container-div").treeList('selected').map(function(i) { return i.node.id})
             }
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/de/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/de/messages.json
index 65f251e98..2ae7ba3b8 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/de/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/de/messages.json
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
         },
         "scope": {
             "all": "allen Nodes",
+            "group": "in gleicher Gruppe",
             "selected": "ausgewählten Nodes"
         }
     },
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
index 62d5f351f..8318693b0 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
         },
         "scope": {
             "all": "all nodes",
+            "group": "in same group",
             "selected": "selected nodes"
         }
     },
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow.js
index 6350755c5..56c98be0e 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Flow.js
@@ -665,10 +665,16 @@ class Flow {
             }
             handled = true;
         } else {
+            const flow = this;
             this.statusNodes.forEach(function(targetStatusNode) {
-                if (targetStatusNode.scope && targetStatusNode.scope.indexOf(reportingNode.id) === -1) {
+                if (Array.isArray(targetStatusNode.scope) && targetStatusNode.scope.indexOf(reportingNode.id) === -1) {
                     return;
                 }
+
+                if (targetStatusNode.scope === "group" && flow.isNodeInSameGroup(targetStatusNode, reportingNode) === false){
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 var message = {
                     status: clone(statusMessage)
                 }