diff --git a/lib/mixpanel-ruby/consumer.rb b/lib/mixpanel-ruby/consumer.rb
index 3078f66..68baee4 100644
--- a/lib/mixpanel-ruby/consumer.rb
+++ b/lib/mixpanel-ruby/consumer.rb
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ def send!(type, message)
       if result['status'] != 1
         raise ServerError.new("Could not write to Mixpanel, server responded with #{response_code} returning: '#{response_body}'")
       end
+
+      [response_code, response_body]
     end
 
     # This method was deprecated in release 2.0.0, please use send! instead
diff --git a/spec/mixpanel-ruby/consumer_spec.rb b/spec/mixpanel-ruby/consumer_spec.rb
index 941f256..cb9aa32 100644
--- a/spec/mixpanel-ruby/consumer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mixpanel-ruby/consumer_spec.rb
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
       expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, 'https://api.mixpanel.com/track').
         with(:body => {'data' => 'IlRFU1QgRVZFTlQgTUVTU0FHRSI=', 'verbose' => '1' })
     end
+
+    it 'should return the response status and body' do
+      stub_request(:any, 'https://api.mixpanel.com/track').to_return({:body => '{"status": 1, "error": null}'})
+      expect(subject.send!(:event, {'data' => 'TEST EVENT MESSAGE'}.to_json))
+        .to eq(['200', '{"status": 1, "error": null}'])
+    end
   end
 
   context 'raw consumer' do