diff --git a/postgres/parser/parser/sql.y b/postgres/parser/parser/sql.y
index f14626032b..843a39672d 100644
--- a/postgres/parser/parser/sql.y
+++ b/postgres/parser/parser/sql.y
@@ -14549,6 +14549,7 @@ complex_db_object_name_no_keywords:
 simple_ident:
   IDENT
 | PUBLIC // PUBLIC is a keyword, but its use as the default schema makes it nice to include here
+| STATUS // STATUS is a keyword, but needed for dolt.status system table (issue #1057)
 
 // DB object name component -- this cannot not include any reserved
 // keyword because of ambiguity after FROM, but we've been too lax
diff --git a/testing/go/dolt_tables_test.go b/testing/go/dolt_tables_test.go
index 37d36da8e5..6376323483 100755
--- a/testing/go/dolt_tables_test.go
+++ b/testing/go/dolt_tables_test.go
@@ -1910,7 +1910,6 @@ func TestUserSpaceDoltTables(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 				{
-					Skip:  true, // TODO: ERROR: at or near "status": syntax error
 					Query: `DESCRIBE dolt.status`,
 					Expected: []sql.Row{
 						{"table_name", "text", "NO", "PRI", nil, ""},