diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/KUBERNETES.md b/packages/@uppy/companion/KUBERNETES.md
index 5b148a4780..156153e5dc 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/KUBERNETES.md
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/KUBERNETES.md
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ spec:
                 name: companion-env
           ports:
             - containerPort: 3020
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /health
+              port: 3020
+            initialDelaySeconds: 3
+            periodSeconds: 5
           volumeMounts:
             - name: companion-data
               mountPath: /mnt/companion-data
diff --git a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/companion.js b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/companion.js
index 9a4be5c37b..3ca4721728 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/companion/src/companion.js
+++ b/packages/@uppy/companion/src/companion.js
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ module.exports.app = (optionsArg = {}) => {
   }
 
   app.use(cookieParser()) // server tokens are added to cookies
+  app.get('/health', (req, res) => res.send('OK'))
 
   app.use(interceptGrantErrorResponse)