--- a/reviewboard/reviewboard/static/rb/js/views/reviewBoxView.js
+++ b/reviewboard/reviewboard/static/rb/js/views/reviewBoxView.js
@@ -218,16 +218,20 @@ RB.ReviewBoxView = RB.CollapsableBoxView
     _onIssueStatusChanged: function(issueStatus) {
         if (issueStatus === RB.BaseComment.STATE_OPEN) {
             this._openIssueCount++;
         } else {
             this._openIssueCount--;
         }
 
         this._updateLabels();
+
+        // MozReview: trigger a jquery js event so we can update
+        // the commits table when an issue status changes.
+        $(document).trigger('mr:issue_status_changed', this);
     },
 
     /*
      * Updates the Ship It and Fix It labels based on the open issue counts.
      *
      * If there are open issues, there will be a "Fix it!" label.
      *
      * If there's a Ship It, there will be a "Ship it!" label.