diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index de6e6a6..65a769f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Django>=4.2,<4.3
 wagtail>=6.2
 psycopg>=3.1.8,<4.0
-social-auth-app-django==5.4.2
\ No newline at end of file
+social-auth-app-django==5.4.2
+django-health-check==3.18.3
diff --git a/tgno/settings/base.py b/tgno/settings/base.py
index cf8beca..55e6c86 100644
--- a/tgno/settings/base.py
+++ b/tgno/settings/base.py
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
     "wagtail",
     "modelcluster",
     "taggit",
+    "health_check",
+    "health_check.db",
+    "health_check.cache",
+    "health_check.storage",
+    "health_check.contrib.migrations",
     "social_django",
     "django.contrib.admin",
     "django.contrib.auth",
@@ -207,3 +212,5 @@
 
 if DISABLE_LOCAL_AUTH is False:
     AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS.append("django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend")
+
+HEALTH_CHECK = {"SUBSETS": {"liveness": ["DatabaseBackend"]}}
diff --git a/tgno/urls.py b/tgno/urls.py
index fda5d2c..f38c86b 100644
--- a/tgno/urls.py
+++ b/tgno/urls.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from .api import api_router as base_api_router
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    path(r"backend-health/", include("health_check.urls")),
     path("django-admin/", admin.site.urls),
     path("admin/", include(wagtailadmin_urls)),
     path("", include("social_django.urls")),