diff --git a/tests/images/healthcheck/is-healthy.go b/tests/images/healthcheck/is-healthy.go
index a002ddce5..2b4069c85 100644
--- a/tests/images/healthcheck/is-healthy.go
+++ b/tests/images/healthcheck/is-healthy.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	data, err := os.ReadFile("health.txt")
+	data, err := os.ReadFile("/health.txt")
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error while reading health status: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/tests/images/healthcheck/main.go b/tests/images/healthcheck/main.go
index 842729db3..9d62b1b7d 100644
--- a/tests/images/healthcheck/main.go
+++ b/tests/images/healthcheck/main.go
@@ -14,18 +14,38 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 	os.WriteFile("health.txt", []byte("starting"), 0644)
-	if len(os.Args) != 2 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s must have 1 argument, not %d arguments\n", os.Args[0], len(os.Args))
+	if len(os.Args) > 3 || len(os.Args) < 2 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s must have 1 or 2 arguments, not %d arguments\n", os.Args[0], len(os.Args))
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	delay, err := time.ParseDuration(os.Args[1])
+	runtimeDelay, err := time.ParseDuration(os.Args[1])
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Cannot parse delay duration: %s\n", err)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Cannot parse runtime duration: %s\n", err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	if delay.Microseconds() <= 0 {
+	if runtimeDelay.Microseconds() <= 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Delay must be positive!\n")
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	time.Sleep(delay)
+	var healthyDelay time.Duration
+	if len(os.Args) == 3 {
+		healthyDelay, err = time.ParseDuration(os.Args[2])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Cannot parse healthy delay: %s\n", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		if healthyDelay.Microseconds() <= 0 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Healthy delay must not be negative!\n")
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+	if healthyDelay.Microseconds() > 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Waiting %s until setting to healthy...\n", healthyDelay)
+		time.Sleep(healthyDelay)
+		os.WriteFile("/health.txt", []byte("healthy"), 0644)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Set state to healthy.\n")
+	}
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Waiting %s until quitting...\n", runtimeDelay)
+	time.Sleep(runtimeDelay)
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Goodbye.\n")
 }
diff --git a/tests/images/healthcheck/make-healthy.go b/tests/images/healthcheck/make-healthy.go
index b046f21ee..fdece9e1a 100644
--- a/tests/images/healthcheck/make-healthy.go
+++ b/tests/images/healthcheck/make-healthy.go
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ func main() {
 	} else {
 		state = []byte("unhealthy")
 	}
-	os.WriteFile("health.txt", state, 0644)
+	os.WriteFile("/health.txt", state, 0644)
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/setup_docker/vars/main.yml b/tests/integration/targets/setup_docker/vars/main.yml
index 494dcc2fe..61d74293e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/setup_docker/vars/main.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/setup_docker/vars/main.yml
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ docker_test_image_registry_nginx: quay.io/ansible/docker-test-containers:nginx-a
 docker_test_image_registry: registry:2.6.1
 docker_test_image_simple_1: ghcr.io/ansible-collections/simple-1:tag
 docker_test_image_simple_2: ghcr.io/ansible-collections/simple-2:tag
+docker_test_image_healthcheck: ghcr.io/ansible-collections/healthcheck:check