diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a71ae25c..37b93940 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Allow using both `sources:` and `status:` in the same task
+  ([#411](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/411), ([#427](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/427)), [#477](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/477)).
 - Small optimization and bug fix: don't compute variables if not needed for
   `dotenv:` ([#517](https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/517)).
 
diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index 95aabafd..0924ac10 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ func (e *Executor) Status(ctx context.Context, calls ...taskfile.Call) error {
 }
 
 func (e *Executor) isTaskUpToDate(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task) (bool, error) {
-	areChecksGiven := false
+	if len(t.Status) == 0 && len(t.Sources) == 0 {
+		return false, nil
+	}
 
 	if len(t.Status) > 0 {
-		areChecksGiven = true
 		isUpToDate, err := e.isTaskUpToDateStatus(ctx, t)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ func (e *Executor) isTaskUpToDate(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task) (bool,
 	}
 
 	if len(t.Sources) > 0 {
-		areChecksGiven = true
 		checker, err := e.getStatusChecker(t)
 		if err != nil {
 			return false, err
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (e *Executor) isTaskUpToDate(ctx context.Context, t *taskfile.Task) (bool,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return areChecksGiven, nil
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 func (e *Executor) statusOnError(t *taskfile.Task) error {