diff --git a/screen-redraw.c b/screen-redraw.c
index 2943e73b..e7f4f077 100644
--- a/screen-redraw.c
+++ b/screen-redraw.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ screen_redraw_make_pane_status(struct client *c, struct window *w,
 
 	fmt = options_get_string(w->options, "pane-border-format");
 
-	ft = format_create(c, NULL, FORMAT_PANE|wp->id, 0);
+	ft = format_create(c, NULL, FORMAT_PANE|wp->id, FORMAT_STATUS);
 	format_defaults(ft, c, NULL, NULL, wp);
 
 	expanded = format_expand_time(ft, fmt);