diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/controller/ServiceInfoController.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/controller/ServiceInfoController.groovy
index 71cc1de41..367120a7b 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/controller/ServiceInfoController.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/controller/ServiceInfoController.groovy
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class ServiceInfoController {
         HttpResponse.ok(new ServiceInfoResponse(info))
     }
 
+    @Get('/ping')
+    HttpResponse<ServiceInfoResponse> ping() {
+        HttpResponse.ok()
+    }
+
     @Get("/")
     HttpResponse landing() {
         return landingUrl
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/filter/RateLimiterFilter.groovy b/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/filter/RateLimiterFilter.groovy
index 55c790324..59a3a1d96 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/filter/RateLimiterFilter.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/io/seqera/wave/filter/RateLimiterFilter.groovy
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ class RateLimiterFilter implements HttpServerFilter {
     }
 
     private Publisher<MutableHttpResponse<?>> limit0(HttpRequest<?> request, ServerFilterChain chain) {
+        if( request.path.startsWith('/ping') ) {
+            // ignore rate limit for ping endpoint
+            return chain.proceed(request)
+        }
+
         final key = getKey(request);
         final limiter = getLimiter(key);