diff --git a/app/vminsert/main.go b/app/vminsert/main.go
index c1244cf8fc..28bdbbc169 100644
--- a/app/vminsert/main.go
+++ b/app/vminsert/main.go
@@ -202,7 +202,13 @@ func requestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 			httpserver.Errorf(w, r, "%s", err)
 			return true
 		}
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNoContent)
+		statusCode := http.StatusNoContent
+		if strings.HasPrefix(p.Suffix, "prometheus/api/v1/import/prometheus/metrics/job/") {
+			// Return 200 status code for pushgateway requests.
+			// See https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3636
+			statusCode = http.StatusOK
+		}
+		w.WriteHeader(statusCode)
 		return true
 	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(p.Suffix, "datadog/") {
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index facb33e5bc..f6dd2afd5b 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The following tip changes can be tested by building VictoriaMetrics components f
 * BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): [dockerswarm_sd_configs](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/sd_configs.html#dockerswarm_sd_configs): apply `filters` only to objects of the specified `role`. Previously filters were applied to all the objects, which could cause errors when different types of objects were used with filters that were not compatible with them. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3579).
 * BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): suppress all the scrape errors when `-promscrape.suppressScrapeErrors` is enabled. Previously some scrape errors were logged even if `-promscrape.suppressScrapeErrors` flag was set.
 * BUGFIX: [vmagent](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/vmagent.html): consistently put the scrape url with scrape target labels to all error logs for failed scrapes. Previously some failed scrapes were logged without this information.
+* BUGFIX: [Pushgateway import](https://docs.victoriametrics.com/#how-to-import-data-in-prometheus-exposition-format): properly return `200 OK` HTTP response code. See [this issue](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/issues/3636).
 
 ## [v1.86.1](https://github.com/VictoriaMetrics/VictoriaMetrics/releases/tag/v1.86.1)