diff --git a/packages/core/router/router-execution-context.ts b/packages/core/router/router-execution-context.ts
index d1e98383402..9f783f06e7d 100644
--- a/packages/core/router/router-execution-context.ts
+++ b/packages/core/router/router-execution-context.ts
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ export class RouterExecutionContext {
     }
     const isSseHandler = !!this.reflectSse(callback);
     if (isSseHandler) {
-      return <
+      return async <
         TResult extends Observable<unknown> = any,
         TResponse extends HeaderStream = any,
         TRequest extends IncomingMessage = any,
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ export class RouterExecutionContext {
         res: TResponse,
         req: TRequest,
       ) => {
-        this.responseController.sse(
+        await this.responseController.sse(
           result,
           (res as any).raw || res,
           (req as any).raw || req,
diff --git a/packages/core/router/router-response-controller.ts b/packages/core/router/router-response-controller.ts
index e66544a1ded..d30ec33aae9 100644
--- a/packages/core/router/router-response-controller.ts
+++ b/packages/core/router/router-response-controller.ts
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ export class RouterResponseController {
     this.applicationRef.status(response, statusCode);
   }
 
-  public sse<
+  public async sse<
     TInput extends Observable<unknown> = any,
     TResponse extends WritableHeaderStream = any,
     TRequest extends IncomingMessage = any,
   >(
-    result: TInput,
+    result: TInput | Promise<TInput>,
     response: TResponse,
     request: TRequest,
     options?: { additionalHeaders: AdditionalHeaders },
@@ -114,12 +114,22 @@ export class RouterResponseController {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.assertObservable(result);
+    const observableResult = await Promise.resolve(result);
+
+    this.assertObservable(observableResult);
 
     const stream = new SseStream(request);
-    stream.pipe(response, options);
 
-    const subscription = result
+    // Extract custom status code from response if it was set
+    const customStatusCode = (response as any).statusCode;
+    const pipeOptions =
+      customStatusCode && customStatusCode !== 200
+        ? { ...options, statusCode: customStatusCode }
+        : options;
+
+    stream.pipe(response, pipeOptions);
+
+    const subscription = observableResult
       .pipe(
         map((message): MessageEvent => {
           if (isObject(message)) {
diff --git a/packages/core/router/sse-stream.ts b/packages/core/router/sse-stream.ts
index a354c8a890c..26b5a252202 100644
--- a/packages/core/router/sse-stream.ts
+++ b/packages/core/router/sse-stream.ts
@@ -66,11 +66,13 @@ export class SseStream extends Transform {
     destination: T,
     options?: {
       additionalHeaders?: AdditionalHeaders;
+      statusCode?: number;
       end?: boolean;
     },
   ): T {
     if (destination.writeHead) {
-      destination.writeHead(200, {
+      const statusCode = options?.statusCode ?? 200;
+      destination.writeHead(statusCode, {
         ...options?.additionalHeaders,
         // See https://github.com/dunglas/mercure/blob/master/hub/subscribe.go#L124-L130
         'Content-Type': 'text/event-stream',
diff --git a/packages/core/test/router/router-response-controller.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/router/router-response-controller.spec.ts
index 20c4ed8ba7c..997e335aaee 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/router/router-response-controller.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/router/router-response-controller.spec.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ describe('RouterResponseController', () => {
     it('should accept only observables', async () => {
       const result = Promise.resolve('test');
       try {
-        routerResponseController.sse(
+        await routerResponseController.sse(
           result as unknown as any,
           {} as unknown as ServerResponse,
           {} as unknown as IncomingMessage,
@@ -275,6 +275,76 @@ describe('RouterResponseController', () => {
       }
     });
 
+    it('should accept Promise<Observable>', async () => {
+      class Sink extends Writable {
+        private readonly chunks: string[] = [];
+
+        _write(
+          chunk: any,
+          encoding: string,
+          callback: (error?: Error | null) => void,
+        ): void {
+          this.chunks.push(chunk);
+          callback();
+        }
+
+        get content() {
+          return this.chunks.join('');
+        }
+      }
+
+      const written = (stream: Writable) =>
+        new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
+          stream.on('error', reject).on('finish', resolve),
+        );
+
+      const result = Promise.resolve(of('test'));
+      const response = new Sink();
+      const request = new PassThrough();
+      await routerResponseController.sse(
+        result,
+        response as unknown as ServerResponse,
+        request as unknown as IncomingMessage,
+      );
+      request.destroy();
+      await written(response);
+      expect(response.content).to.eql(
+        `
+id: 1
+data: test
+
+`,
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should use custom status code from response', async () => {
+      class SinkWithStatusCode extends Writable {
+        statusCode = 404;
+        writeHead = sinon.spy();
+        flushHeaders = sinon.spy();
+
+        _write(
+          chunk: any,
+          encoding: string,
+          callback: (error?: Error | null) => void,
+        ): void {
+          callback();
+        }
+      }
+
+      const result = of('test');
+      const response = new SinkWithStatusCode();
+      const request = new PassThrough();
+      await routerResponseController.sse(
+        result,
+        response as unknown as ServerResponse,
+        request as unknown as IncomingMessage,
+      );
+
+      expect(response.writeHead.firstCall.args[0]).to.equal(404);
+      request.destroy();
+    });
+
     it('should write string', async () => {
       class Sink extends Writable {
         private readonly chunks: string[] = [];
diff --git a/packages/core/test/router/sse-stream.spec.ts b/packages/core/test/router/sse-stream.spec.ts
index 4a41e4ecc73..52666806efd 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/router/sse-stream.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/router/sse-stream.spec.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,34 @@ data: hello
     });
   });
 
+  it('sets custom status code when provided', callback => {
+    const sse = new SseStream();
+    const sink = new Sink(
+      (status: number, headers: string | OutgoingHttpHeaders) => {
+        expect(status).to.equal(404);
+        callback();
+        return sink;
+      },
+    );
+
+    sse.pipe(sink, {
+      statusCode: 404,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('defaults to 200 status code when not provided', callback => {
+    const sse = new SseStream();
+    const sink = new Sink(
+      (status: number, headers: string | OutgoingHttpHeaders) => {
+        expect(status).to.equal(200);
+        callback();
+        return sink;
+      },
+    );
+
+    sse.pipe(sink);
+  });
+
   it('allows an eventsource to connect', callback => {
     let sse: SseStream;
     const server = createServer((req, res) => {