The defendants appeal a judgment entered by a United States magistrate. We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

The magistrate heard this ease pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 636(b)(2), which allows a district judge to “designate a magistrate to serve as a special master in any civil case, upon consent of the parties, without regard to the provisions of rule 53(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the United States district courts.” This statute does not authorize the entry of final judgment by a magistrate; rather, Section 636(b)(1) provides both for close supervision of the magistrate and for review of his findings and recommendations by the dis- *1331 trict court. Rule 53(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governs this review. 1

Our jurisdiction extends only so far as Congress has provided by statute. Under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1291, we have “jurisdiction of appeals from all final decisions of the district courts of the United States.” Because no final decision of a district court has been rendered in this case and because no other statute authorizes direct appeal of the magistrate’s decision under these circumstances, we have no jurisdiction to hear this appeal. See United States v. Cline, 566 F.2d 1220 (1978), citing United States v. Haley, 541 F.2d 678 (8th Cir. 1974). Therefore, we dismiss the appeal without prejudice to a future appeal following the district court’s review of the magistrate’s report and entry of final judgment by the district court. The appeal is

DISMISSED.