diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index 872208ce..1a2ce300 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ This module impliments the Requests API.
 
 import config
 from .models import Request, Response, AuthManager, AuthObject, auth_manager
+from .status_codes import codes
 
 
 __all__ = ('request', 'get', 'head', 'post', 'patch', 'put', 'delete')
diff --git a/requests/core.py b/requests/core.py
index 5215fca2..7b5f4b20 100644
--- a/requests/core.py
+++ b/requests/core.py
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ __copyright__ = 'Copyright 2011 Kenneth Reitz'
 from models import HTTPError, auth_manager
 from api import *
 from exceptions import *
+from status_codes import codes
 from config import settings
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