diff --git a/src/driver/bin/odoc_driver.ml b/src/driver/bin/odoc_driver.ml
index e747a123b9..53735a0c46 100644
--- a/src/driver/bin/odoc_driver.ml
+++ b/src/driver/bin/odoc_driver.ml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ let run_inner ~odoc_dir ~odocl_dir ~index_dir ~mld_dir ~compile_grep ~link_grep
           Compile.html_generate ~occurrence_file ~remaps ~generate_json
             ~simplified_search_output:false html_dir linked
         in
+        List.iter (fun pkg -> Status.file ~html_dir ~pkg ()) all;
         let _ = Odoc.support_files html_dir in
         Stats.stats.finished <- true;
         ())
diff --git a/src/driver/bin/odoc_driver_voodoo.ml b/src/driver/bin/odoc_driver_voodoo.ml
index ec22d7bd51..4bc9f8e481 100644
--- a/src/driver/bin/odoc_driver_voodoo.ml
+++ b/src/driver/bin/odoc_driver_voodoo.ml
@@ -38,14 +38,7 @@ let generate_status ~html_dir pkg =
       pkg.Packages.libraries;
     redirections
   in
-  let status = Status.json ~html_dir ~pkg ~redirections () in
-  let status = Yojson.Safe.pretty_to_string status in
-  let status_path = Fpath.(html_dir // Odoc_unit.pkg_dir pkg / "status.json") in
-  match Bos.OS.File.write status_path status with
-  | Ok () -> ()
-  | Error (`Msg msg) ->
-      Logs.err (fun m ->
-          m "Error when generating status.json for %s: %s" pkg.name msg)
+  Status.file ~html_dir ~pkg ~redirections ()
 
 let run package_name blessed actions odoc_dir odocl_dir
     { Common_args.verbose; html_dir; nb_workers; odoc_bin; odoc_md_bin; _ } =
diff --git a/src/driver/status.ml b/src/driver/status.ml
index 00680e39c9..f870d4d227 100644
--- a/src/driver/status.ml
+++ b/src/driver/status.ml
@@ -42,3 +42,13 @@ let json ~html_dir ~pkg ?(redirections = Hashtbl.create 0) () =
       ("failed", failed);
       ("redirections", redirections);
     ]
+
+let file ~html_dir ~pkg ?(redirections = Hashtbl.create 0) () =
+  let json = json ~html_dir ~pkg ~redirections () in
+  let json = Yojson.Safe.pretty_to_string json in
+  let status_path = Fpath.(html_dir // Odoc_unit.pkg_dir pkg / "status.json") in
+  match Bos.OS.File.write status_path json with
+  | Ok () -> ()
+  | Error (`Msg msg) ->
+      Logs.err (fun m ->
+          m "Error when generating status.json for %s: %s" pkg.name msg)