diff --git a/openapi.yaml b/openapi.yaml
index 775522f..1e89e41 100644
--- a/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ info:
   version: 0.1.0
 openapi: 3.0.2
 paths:
+  /health:
+    get:
+      description: Used to test if this service is alive
+      operationId: health_health_get
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema: {}
+          description: Successful Response
+      summary: health
   /values:
     get:
       description: Retrieves all values from the WellKnownsConfig class
diff --git a/src/wkvs/adapters/inbound/fastapi_/routes.py b/src/wkvs/adapters/inbound/fastapi_/routes.py
index 9bce5dd..7b512db 100644
--- a/src/wkvs/adapters/inbound/fastapi_/routes.py
+++ b/src/wkvs/adapters/inbound/fastapi_/routes.py
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@
 router = APIRouter()
 
 
+@router.get(
+    "/health",
+    summary="health",
+    status_code=status.HTTP_200_OK,
+)
+async def health():
+    """Used to test if this service is alive"""
+    return {"status": "OK"}
+
+
 @router.get(
     "/values/{value_name}",
     summary="retrieve a configured value",
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index ecd186e..ed906ae 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
 from tests.fixtures.joint import JointFixture, joint_fixture  # noqa: F401
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_health_check(joint_fixture: JointFixture):  # noqa: F811
+    """Test that the health check endpoint works."""
+    response = await joint_fixture.rest_client.get("/health")
+
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response.json() == {"status": "OK"}
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_happy_retrieval(joint_fixture: JointFixture):  # noqa: F811
     """Test that configured values can be retrieved"""