diff --git a/response.go b/response.go
index d9d7503..4d16bdb 100644
--- a/response.go
+++ b/response.go
@@ -20,17 +20,10 @@ const defaultMediaType = "text/gemini; charset=utf-8"
 //
 // It is the caller's responsibility to close the response.
 type Response struct {
-	// Status contains the response status code.
-	Status Status
-
-	// Meta contains more information related to the response status.
-	// For successful responses, Meta should contain the media type of the response.
-	// For failure responses, Meta should contain a short description of the failure.
-	// Meta should not be longer than 1024 bytes.
-	Meta string
-
-	body io.ReadCloser
-	conn net.Conn
+	status Status
+	meta   string
+	body   io.ReadCloser
+	conn   net.Conn
 }
 
 // ReadResponse reads a Gemini response from the provided io.ReadCloser.
@@ -47,7 +40,7 @@ func ReadResponse(r io.ReadCloser) (*Response, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidResponse
 	}
-	resp.Status = Status(status)
+	resp.status = Status(status)
 
 	// Read one space
 	if b, err := br.ReadByte(); err != nil {
@@ -67,11 +60,11 @@ func ReadResponse(r io.ReadCloser) (*Response, error) {
 	if len(meta) > 1024 {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidResponse
 	}
-	if resp.Status.Class() == StatusSuccess && meta == "" {
+	if resp.status.Class() == StatusSuccess && meta == "" {
 		// Use default media type
 		meta = defaultMediaType
 	}
-	resp.Meta = meta
+	resp.meta = meta
 
 	// Read terminating newline
 	if b, err := br.ReadByte(); err != nil {
@@ -80,7 +73,7 @@ func ReadResponse(r io.ReadCloser) (*Response, error) {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidResponse
 	}
 
-	if resp.Status.Class() == StatusSuccess {
+	if resp.status.Class() == StatusSuccess {
 		resp.body = newBufReadCloser(br, r)
 	} else {
 		resp.body = nopReadCloser{}
@@ -89,6 +82,18 @@ func ReadResponse(r io.ReadCloser) (*Response, error) {
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+// Status returns the response status code.
+func (r *Response) Status() Status {
+	return r.status
+}
+
+// Meta returns the response meta.
+// For successful responses, the meta should contain the media type of the response.
+// For failure responses, the meta should contain a short description of the failure.
+func (r *Response) Meta() string {
+	return r.meta
+}
+
 // Read reads data from the response body.
 // The response body is streamed on demand as Read is called.
 func (r *Response) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
diff --git a/response_test.go b/response_test.go
index c27efc0..5e3e4d2 100644
--- a/response_test.go
+++ b/response_test.go
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ func TestReadWriteResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			// No response
 			continue
 		}
-		if resp.Status != test.Status {
-			t.Errorf("expected status = %d, got %d", test.Status, resp.Status)
+		if resp.status != test.Status {
+			t.Errorf("expected status = %d, got %d", test.Status, resp.status)
 		}
-		if resp.Meta != test.Meta {
-			t.Errorf("expected meta = %s, got %s", test.Meta, resp.Meta)
+		if resp.meta != test.Meta {
+			t.Errorf("expected meta = %s, got %s", test.Meta, resp.meta)
 		}
 		b, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.body)
 		body := string(b)