diff --git a/cmd/status.go b/cmd/status.go
index 11b774854..3e15d52b9 100644
--- a/cmd/status.go
+++ b/cmd/status.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 	statusCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		GroupID: groupLocalDev,
 		Use:     "status",
-		Short:   "Show status of local Supabase containers",
+		Short:   "Show status of your Supabase project",
 		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			es, err := env.EnvironToEnvSet(override)
 			if err != nil {
@@ -38,5 +38,9 @@ var (
 func init() {
 	flags := statusCmd.Flags()
 	flags.StringSliceVar(&override, "override-name", []string{}, "Override specific variable names.")
+	flags.String("db-url", "", "Shows the database status specified by the connection string (must be percent-encoded).")
+	flags.Bool("linked", false, "Shows status of the linked project.")
+	flags.Bool("local", true, "Shows status of the local database.")
+	statusCmd.MarkFlagsMutuallyExclusive("db-url", "linked", "local")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(statusCmd)
 }
diff --git a/internal/status/status.go b/internal/status/status.go
index 62532d7ea..d72910162 100644
--- a/internal/status/status.go
+++ b/internal/status/status.go
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter/tw"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
+	"github.com/supabase/cli/internal/projects/apiKeys"
 	"github.com/supabase/cli/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/supabase/cli/internal/utils/flags"
+	"github.com/supabase/cli/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/supabase/cli/pkg/fetcher"
 )
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ type CustomName struct {
 
 func (c *CustomName) toValues(exclude ...string) map[string]string {
 	values := map[string]string{
-		c.DbURL: fmt.Sprintf("postgresql://%s@%s:%d/postgres", url.UserPassword("postgres", utils.Config.Db.Password), utils.Config.Hostname, utils.Config.Db.Port),
+		c.DbURL: utils.ToPostgresURL(flags.DbConfig),
 	}
 
 	apiEnabled := utils.Config.Api.Enabled && !slices.Contains(exclude, utils.RestId) && !slices.Contains(exclude, utils.ShortContainerImageName(utils.Config.Api.Image))
@@ -98,7 +100,18 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, names CustomName, format string, fsys afero.Fs) er
 	if err := flags.LoadConfig(fsys); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := assertContainerHealthy(ctx, utils.DbId); err != nil {
+	if !utils.IsLocalDatabase(flags.DbConfig) {
+		apiUrl := url.URL{Scheme: "https", Host: utils.GetSupabaseHost(flags.ProjectRef)}
+		utils.Config.Api.ExternalUrl = apiUrl.String()
+		if err := updateApiKey(ctx); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if format == utils.OutputPretty {
+			PrettyPrint(os.Stdout)
+			return nil
+		}
+		return printStatus(names, format, os.Stdout)
+	} else if err := assertContainerHealthy(ctx, utils.DbId); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	stopped, err := checkServiceHealth(ctx)
@@ -116,6 +129,37 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, names CustomName, format string, fsys afero.Fs) er
 	return printStatus(names, format, os.Stdout, stopped...)
 }
 
+func updateApiKey(ctx context.Context) error {
+	keys, err := apiKeys.RunGetApiKeys(ctx, flags.ProjectRef)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		kt, err := k.Type.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		kv, err := k.ApiKey.Get()
+		if err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		switch kt {
+		case api.ApiKeyResponseTypePublishable:
+			utils.Config.Auth.PublishableKey.Value = kv
+		case api.ApiKeyResponseTypeSecret:
+			utils.Config.Auth.SecretKey.Value = kv
+		case api.ApiKeyResponseTypeLegacy:
+			switch k.Name {
+			case "anon":
+				utils.Config.Auth.AnonKey.Value = kv
+			case "service_role":
+				utils.Config.Auth.ServiceRoleKey.Value = kv
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func checkServiceHealth(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 	resp, err := utils.Docker.ContainerList(ctx, container.ListOptions{
 		Filters: utils.CliProjectFilter(utils.Config.ProjectId),
diff --git a/internal/status/status_test.go b/internal/status/status_test.go
index c7bfc1bc4..0498ecb89 100644
--- a/internal/status/status_test.go
+++ b/internal/status/status_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/supabase/cli/internal/testing/apitest"
 	"github.com/supabase/cli/internal/utils"
+	"github.com/supabase/cli/internal/utils/flags"
+	"github.com/supabase/cli/pkg/api"
 )
 
 func TestStatusCommand(t *testing.T) {
@@ -176,3 +178,64 @@ func TestPrintStatus(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "DB_URL = \"postgresql://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:0/postgres\"\n", stdout.String())
 	})
 }
+
+func TestRemoteStatusCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("shows remote health status", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Setup in-memory fs
+		fsys := afero.NewMemMapFs()
+		projectRef := apitest.RandomProjectRef()
+		require.NoError(t, afero.WriteFile(fsys, utils.ProjectRefPath, []byte(projectRef), 0644))
+		// Setup access token
+		token := apitest.RandomAccessToken(t)
+		t.Setenv("SUPABASE_ACCESS_TOKEN", string(token))
+		// Setup mock API
+		defer gock.OffAll()
+		gock.New(utils.DefaultApiHost).
+			Get("/v1/projects/" + projectRef + "/health").
+			ParamPresent("services").
+			Reply(http.StatusOK).
+			JSON([]api.V1ServiceHealthResponse{
+				{
+					Name:    api.V1ServiceHealthResponseNameAuth,
+					Healthy: true,
+					Status:  api.ACTIVEHEALTHY,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:    api.V1ServiceHealthResponseNameRealtime,
+					Healthy: true,
+					Status:  api.ACTIVEHEALTHY,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:    api.V1ServiceHealthResponseNameRest,
+					Healthy: true,
+					Status:  api.ACTIVEHEALTHY,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:    api.V1ServiceHealthResponseNameStorage,
+					Healthy: true,
+					Status:  api.ACTIVEHEALTHY,
+				},
+				{
+					Name:    api.V1ServiceHealthResponseNameDb,
+					Healthy: true,
+					Status:  api.ACTIVEHEALTHY,
+				},
+			})
+		// Run test
+		assert.NoError(t, Run(context.Background(), CustomName{}, utils.OutputPretty, fsys))
+		// Check error
+		assert.Empty(t, apitest.ListUnmatchedRequests())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("throws error on missing project ref", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Setup in-memory fs
+		fsys := afero.NewMemMapFs()
+		defer gock.OffAll()
+		// Reset global state
+		flags.ProjectRef = ""
+		// Run test
+		err := Run(context.Background(), CustomName{}, utils.OutputPretty, fsys)
+		// Check error
+		assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "project ref")
+	})
+}