diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/flows/Subflow.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/flows/Subflow.js
index 47c382688..6221ff318 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/flows/Subflow.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/nodes/flows/Subflow.js
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ class Subflow extends Flow {
                     self.node.status({text:text});
                 } else if (msg.status !== undefined) {
                     // if msg.status exists
+                    if (msg.status.hasOwnProperty("text") && msg.status.text.indexOf("common.") === 0) {
+                        msg.status.text = "node-red:"+msg.status.text;
+                    }
                     self.node.status(msg.status)
                 }
             })
@@ -310,7 +313,6 @@ class Subflow extends Flow {
                 }
             }
         }
-
         super.start(diff);
     }
 
@@ -435,7 +437,6 @@ class Subflow extends Flow {
         }
         return handled;
     }
-
 }