diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/release_engines/rubygems/compact_index_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/release_engines/rubygems/compact_index_controller.rb
index b24690dbbc..6ccfab1933 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/release_engines/rubygems/compact_index_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/release_engines/rubygems/compact_index_controller.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ class Rubygems::CompactIndexController < Api::V1::BaseController
     before_action :set_packages, only: %i[versions names]
     before_action :set_package, only: %i[info]
 
+    def ping
+      skip_verify_authorized!
+
+      head :ok
+    end
+
     def versions
       authorize! packages,
         to: :index?
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index d97a5d8bf0..8b91fa0714 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
       get 'versions',      to: 'compact_index#versions', as: :rubygems_compact_versions
       get 'info/:package', to: 'compact_index#info',     as: :rubygems_compact_info
       get 'names',         to: 'compact_index#names',    as: :rubygems_compact_names
+      root via: :head,     to: 'compact_index#ping',     as: :rubygems_compact_ping
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/features/api/v1/engines/rubygems/compact_index.feature b/features/api/v1/engines/rubygems/compact_index.feature
index d769352658..8f0060b119 100644
--- a/features/api/v1/engines/rubygems/compact_index.feature
+++ b/features/api/v1/engines/rubygems/compact_index.feature
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ Feature: Rubygems simple package index
       | Test 2 | test2 |
     And the current account is "test1"
     And the current account has the following "product" rows:
-      | id                                   | name |
-      | 6198261a-48b5-4445-a045-9fed4afc7735 | Test 1 |
-      | cad3c65c-b6a5-4b3d-bce6-c2280953b8b8 | Test 2 |
+      | id                                   | name   | distribution_strategy |
+      | 6198261a-48b5-4445-a045-9fed4afc7735 | Test 1 | LICENSED              |
+      | cad3c65c-b6a5-4b3d-bce6-c2280953b8b8 | Test 2 | LICENSED              |
     And the current account has the following "package" rows:
       | id                                   | product_id                           | engine   | key  |
       | 46e034fe-2312-40f8-bbeb-7d9957fb6fcf | 6198261a-48b5-4445-a045-9fed4afc7735 | rubygems | foo  |
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ Feature: Rubygems simple package index
     When I send a GET request to "/accounts/test1/engines/rubygems/versions"
     Then the response status should be "400"
 
+  Scenario: Endpoint should respond to ping
+    When I send a HEAD request to "/accounts/test1/engines/rubygems"
+    Then the response status should be "200"
+
   Scenario: Endpoint should return all gems
     Given I am an admin of account "test1"
     And I use an authentication token
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/request_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/request_steps.rb
index 0a246260c6..d100e2cbdb 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/request_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/request_steps.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,24 @@
   travel_back
 end
 
+When /^I send a HEAD request to "([^\"]*)"$/ do |path|
+  path = parse_path_placeholders(path, account: @account, bearer: @bearer, crypt: @crypt)
+
+  case %r{/accounts/(?<account>[^?#/]+)}.match(path)
+  in account: id if Keygen.singleplayer?
+    account = FindByAliasService.call(Account, id:, aliases: :slug) rescue nil
+
+    stub_env 'KEYGEN_ACCOUNT_ID', account&.id
+  else
+  end
+
+  unless path.starts_with?('//')
+    head "//api.keygen.sh/#{@api_version}/#{path.sub(/^\//, '')}"
+  else
+    head path
+  end
+end
+
 When /^I send a GET request to "([^\"]*)"$/ do |path|
   path = parse_path_placeholders(path, account: @account, bearer: @bearer, crypt: @crypt)