diff --git a/cmd/dep/status.go b/cmd/dep/status.go
index 0c39040366..49ef9e9fec 100644
--- a/cmd/dep/status.go
+++ b/cmd/dep/status.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (out *tableOutput) BasicLine(bs *BasicStatus) {
 		constraint = bs.Constraint.String()
 	}
 	if bs.hasOverride {
-		constraint += "(override)"
+		constraint += " (override)"
 	}
 	fmt.Fprintf(out.w,
 		"%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%d\t\n",
diff --git a/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/final/Gopkg.lock b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/final/Gopkg.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f987a57915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/final/Gopkg.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# This file is autogenerated, do not edit; changes may be undone by the next 'dep ensure'.
+
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/sdboyer/deptest"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "3f4c3bea144e112a69bbe5d8d01c1b09a544253f"
+  version = "v0.8.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "5c607206be5decd28e6263ffffdcee067266015e"
+  version = "v2.0.0"
+
+[solve-meta]
+  analyzer-name = "dep"
+  analyzer-version = 1
+  inputs-digest = "1c4444f47ab5d5c484634d1a0c95d99beb879a37337bc0d7aecbd97cf79b6cb1"
+  solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
+  solver-version = 1
diff --git a/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/final/Gopkg.toml b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/final/Gopkg.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a612225457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/final/Gopkg.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[[override]]
+  name = "github.com/sdboyer/deptest"
+  version = "=0.8.1"
diff --git a/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/Gopkg.lock b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/Gopkg.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f987a57915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/Gopkg.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# This file is autogenerated, do not edit; changes may be undone by the next 'dep ensure'.
+
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/sdboyer/deptest"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "3f4c3bea144e112a69bbe5d8d01c1b09a544253f"
+  version = "v0.8.1"
+
+[[projects]]
+  name = "github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos"
+  packages = ["."]
+  revision = "5c607206be5decd28e6263ffffdcee067266015e"
+  version = "v2.0.0"
+
+[solve-meta]
+  analyzer-name = "dep"
+  analyzer-version = 1
+  inputs-digest = "1c4444f47ab5d5c484634d1a0c95d99beb879a37337bc0d7aecbd97cf79b6cb1"
+  solver-name = "gps-cdcl"
+  solver-version = 1
diff --git a/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/Gopkg.toml b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/Gopkg.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a612225457
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/Gopkg.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[[override]]
+  name = "github.com/sdboyer/deptest"
+  version = "=0.8.1"
diff --git a/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/main.go b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ebfee7840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/initial/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	_ "github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos"
+)
+
+func main() {
+}
diff --git a/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/stdout.txt b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e3df72b63d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+PROJECT                        CONSTRAINT    VERSION  REVISION  LATEST   PKGS USED
+github.com/sdboyer/deptest     * (override)  v0.8.1   3f4c3be   ff2948a  1
+github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos  *             v2.0.0   5c60720   5c60720  1
diff --git a/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/testcase.json b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/testcase.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1f1eadeeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/dep/testdata/harness_tests/status/override_constraint/testcase.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "commands": [
+    ["ensure"],
+    ["status"]
+  ],
+  "error-expected": "",
+  "vendor-final": [
+    "github.com/sdboyer/deptest",
+    "github.com/sdboyer/deptestdos"
+  ]
+}