diff --git a/api.js b/api.js
index e5ca651b..0a9199f7 100644
--- a/api.js
+++ b/api.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const dkimRoutes = require('./lib/api/dkim');
 const certsRoutes = require('./lib/api/certs');
 const webhooksRoutes = require('./lib/api/webhooks');
 const settingsRoutes = require('./lib/api/settings');
+const healthRoutes = require('./lib/api/health');
 const { SettingsHandler } = require('./lib/settings-handler');
 
 let userHandler;
@@ -561,6 +562,7 @@ module.exports = done => {
     certsRoutes(db, server);
     webhooksRoutes(db, server);
     settingsRoutes(db, server, settingsHandler);
+    healthRoutes(db, server, loggelf);
 
     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
         server.get(
diff --git a/lib/api/health.js b/lib/api/health.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b04b8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/health.js
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const Joi = require('joi');
+const tools = require('../tools');
+const { successRes } = require('../schemas/response/general-schemas');
+
+module.exports = (db, server, loggelf) => {
+    server.get(
+        {
+            path: '/health',
+            summary: 'Check the health of the API',
+            description: 'Check the status of the WildDuck API service, that is if db is connected and readable/writable, same for redis.',
+            tags: ['Health'],
+            validationObjs: {
+                requestBody: {},
+                queryParams: {},
+                pathParams: {},
+                response: {
+                    200: {
+                        description: 'Success',
+                        model: Joi.object({ success: successRes })
+                    },
+                    500: {
+                        description: 'Failed',
+                        model: Joi.object({ success: successRes, message: Joi.string().required().description('Error message specifying what went wrong') })
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        tools.responseWrapper(async (req, res) => {
+            res.charSet('utf-8');
+
+            const currentTimestamp = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
+
+            // 1) test that mongoDb is up
+            try {
+                const pingResult = await db.database.command({ ping: 1 });
+
+                if (!pingResult.ok) {
+                    res.status(500);
+                    return res.json({
+                        success: false,
+                        message: 'DB is down'
+                    });
+                }
+            } catch (err) {
+                loggelf({
+                    short_message: '[HEALTH] MongoDb is down. MongoDb is not connected. PING not ok'
+                });
+
+                res.status(500);
+                return res.json({
+                    success: false,
+                    message: 'DB is down'
+                });
+            }
+
+            // 2) test that mongoDb is writeable
+
+            try {
+                const insertData = await db.database.collection('health').insertOne({ [`${currentTimestamp}`]: 'testWrite' });
+                await db.database.collection('health').deleteOne({ _id: insertData.insertedId });
+            } catch (err) {
+                loggelf({
+                    short_message:
+                        '[HEALTH] could not write to MongoDb. MongoDB is not writeable, cannot write document to collection `health` and delete the document at that path.'
+                });
+
+                res.status(500);
+                return res.json({
+                    success: false,
+                    message: 'Could not write to DB'
+                });
+            }
+
+            // 3) test redis PING
+            try {
+                // Redis might try to reconnect causing a situation where given ping() command might never return a value, add a fixed timeout
+                await promiseRaceTimeoutWrapper(db.redis.ping(), 10000);
+            } catch (err) {
+                loggelf({
+                    short_message: '[HEALTH] Redis is down. PING to Redis failed.'
+                });
+
+                res.status(500);
+                return res.json({
+                    success: false,
+                    message: 'Redis is down'
+                });
+            }
+
+            // 4) test if redis is writeable
+            try {
+                await promiseRaceTimeoutWrapper(db.redis.hset('health', `${currentTimestamp}`, `${currentTimestamp}`), 10000);
+
+                const data = await promiseRaceTimeoutWrapper(db.redis.hget(`health`, `${currentTimestamp}`), 10000);
+
+                if (data !== `${currentTimestamp}`) {
+                    throw Error('Received data is not the same!');
+                }
+
+                await promiseRaceTimeoutWrapper(db.redis.hdel('health', `${currentTimestamp}`), 10000);
+            } catch (err) {
+                loggelf({
+                    short_message:
+                        '[HEALTH] Redis is not writeable/readable. Could not set hashkey `health` in redis, failed to get the key and/or delete the key.'
+                });
+
+                res.status(500);
+                return res.json({
+                    success: false,
+                    message: 'Redis is not writeable/readable'
+                });
+            }
+
+            res.status(200);
+            return res.json({ success: true });
+        })
+    );
+};
+
+async function promiseRaceTimeoutWrapper(promise, timeout) {
+    return Promise.race([
+        promise,
+        new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+            setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Async call timed out!')), timeout);
+        })
+    ]);
+}