diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/httpRouter/createHealthcheck.test.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/httpRouter/createHealthcheck.test.ts
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import express from 'express';
+import request from 'supertest';
+import { createHealthcheck } from './createHealthcheck';
+
+describe('createHealthcheck', () => {
+  it('should return a router with a healthcheck endpoint', async () => {
+    const hc = createHealthcheck();
+    const app = express().use(hc.router);
+
+    let response = await request(app).get('/healthcheck').expect(200);
+    expect(response.body).toEqual({ status: 'ok' });
+
+    hc.addHandler(async () => ({ allgood: true }));
+    response = await request(app).get('/healthcheck').expect(200);
+    expect(response.body).toEqual({ allgood: true });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/httpRouter/createHealthcheck.ts b/packages/backend-app-api/src/services/implementations/httpRouter/createHealthcheck.ts
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { Request, Response } from 'express';
+import Router from 'express-promise-router';
+
+export function createHealthcheck() {
+  const router = Router();
+  let handler = () => Promise.resolve({ status: 'ok' });
+
+  router.get('/healthcheck', async (_request: Request, response: Response) => {
+    const status = await handler();
+    response.json(status);
+  });
+
+  return {
+    router,
+    addHandler: (newHandler: () => Promise<any>) => {
+      handler = newHandler;
+    },
+  };
+}