diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/HttpRouterService.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/HttpRouterService.ts
index 92f7e950f9..2cb5c74649 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/HttpRouterService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/HttpRouterService.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ export interface HttpRouterServiceAuthPolicy {
   allow: 'unauthenticated' | 'user-cookie';
 }
 
+/** @public */
+export interface HttpRouterHealthCheckConfig {
+  handler: () => Promise<any>;
+}
+
 /**
  * Allows plugins to register HTTP routes.
  *
@@ -40,6 +45,8 @@ export interface HttpRouterService {
    */
   use(handler: Handler): void;
 
+  healthCheckConfig(healthCheckOptions: HttpRouterHealthCheckConfig): void;
+
   /**
    * Adds an auth policy to the router. This is used to allow unauthenticated or
    * cookie based access to parts of a plugin's API.
diff --git a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
index 6f30c5f980..57cfd404c1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-plugin-api/src/services/definitions/index.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export type { DiscoveryService } from './DiscoveryService';
 export type {
   HttpRouterService,
   HttpRouterServiceAuthPolicy,
+  HttpRouterHealthCheckConfig,
 } from './HttpRouterService';
 export type { HttpAuthService } from './HttpAuthService';
 export type {
diff --git a/packages/backend-test-utils/src/next/services/mockServices.ts b/packages/backend-test-utils/src/next/services/mockServices.ts
index 24571b634c..379e9473ca 100644
--- a/packages/backend-test-utils/src/next/services/mockServices.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-test-utils/src/next/services/mockServices.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ export namespace mockServices {
     export const factory = httpRouterServiceFactory;
     export const mock = simpleMock(coreServices.httpRouter, () => ({
       use: jest.fn(),
+      healthCheckConfig: jest.fn(),
       addAuthPolicy: jest.fn(),
     }));
   }