diff --git a/ompi/mpi/java/c/mpi_Status.c b/ompi/mpi/java/c/mpi_Status.c
index 117e61bb65..3b54bdc477 100644
--- a/ompi/mpi/java/c/mpi_Status.c
+++ b/ompi/mpi/java/c/mpi_Status.c
@@ -109,6 +109,28 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_mpi_Status_getElements(
     return count;
 }
 
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_mpi_Status_setElements(
+        JNIEnv *env, jobject jthis, jint source, jint tag,
+        jint error, jint cancelled, jlong ucount, jlong jType, int count)
+{
+    MPI_Status stat;
+    getStatus(&stat, source, tag, error, cancelled, ucount);
+    MPI_Datatype datatype = (MPI_Datatype)jType;
+    int rc = MPI_Status_set_elements(&stat, datatype, count);
+    ompi_java_exceptionCheck(env, rc);
+    return stat._ucount;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_mpi_Status_setCancelled(
+        JNIEnv *env, jobject jthis, jint source, jint tag,
+        jint error, jint cancelled, jlong ucount, int flag)
+{
+    MPI_Status stat;
+    getStatus(&stat, source, tag, error, cancelled, ucount);
+    int rc = MPI_Status_set_cancelled(&stat, flag);
+    ompi_java_exceptionCheck(env, rc);
+}
+
 jobject ompi_java_status_new(JNIEnv *env, MPI_Status *status)
 {
     jlongArray jData = (*env)->NewLongArray(env, 6);
diff --git a/ompi/mpi/java/java/Status.java b/ompi/mpi/java/java/Status.java
index 98ae76b524..e763acde92 100644
--- a/ompi/mpi/java/java/Status.java
+++ b/ompi/mpi/java/java/Status.java
@@ -137,6 +137,59 @@ public final class Status
 			int source, int tag, int error,
 			int cancelled, long ucount, long datatype) throws MPIException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the number of basic elements for this status object.
+	 * <p>Java binding of the MPI operation {@code MPI_STATUS_SET_ELEMENTS}.
+	 * @param datatype 	datatype used by receive operation
+	 * @param count		number of elements to associate with the status
+	 * @throws MPIException Signals that an MPI exception of some sort has occurred.
+	 */
+	public void setElements(Datatype datatype, int count) throws MPIException
+	{
+		MPI.check();
+		int  i = 0;
+		int  source    = (int)data[i++];
+		int  tag       = (int)data[i++];
+		int  error     = (int)data[i++];
+		int  cancelled = (int)data[i++];
+		long ucount    = data[i++];
+		data[4] = setElements(source, tag, error, cancelled, ucount, datatype.handle, count);
+	}
+
+	private native int setElements(
+			int source, int tag, int error,
+			int cancelled, long ucount, long datatype, int count) throws MPIException;
+	
+	/**
+	 * Sets the cancelled flag.
+	 * <p>Java binding of the MPI operation {@code MPI_STATUS_SET_CANCELLED}.
+	 * @param flag	if true indicates request was cancelled
+	 * @throws MPIException Signals that an MPI exception of some sort has occurred.
+	 */
+	public void setCancelled(boolean flag) throws MPIException
+	{
+		MPI.check();
+		int  i = 0;
+		int  source    = (int)data[i++];
+		int  tag       = (int)data[i++];
+		int  error     = (int)data[i++];
+		int  cancelled = (int)data[i++];
+		long ucount    = data[i++];
+		
+		if(flag) {
+			setCancelled(source, tag, error, cancelled, ucount, 1);
+			data[3] = 1;
+		} else {
+			setCancelled(source, tag, error, cancelled, ucount, 0);
+			data[3] = 0;
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+	private native void setCancelled(
+			int source, int tag, int error,
+			int cancelled, long ucount, int flag) throws MPIException;
+	
 	/**
 	 * Returns the "source" of message.
 	 * <p>Java binding of the MPI value {@code MPI_SOURCE}.