diff --git a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/OverlayImpl.cpp b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/OverlayImpl.cpp
index 883b0a456f5..37525fd43c3 100644
--- a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/OverlayImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/OverlayImpl.cpp
@@ -1073,11 +1073,98 @@ OverlayImpl::processValidatorList(
     return true;
 }
 
+bool
+OverlayImpl::processHealth(http_request_type const& req, Handoff& handoff)
+{
+    if (req.target() != "/health")
+        return false;
+    boost::beast::http::response<json_body> msg;
+    msg.version(req.version());
+    msg.insert("Server", BuildInfo::getFullVersionString());
+    msg.insert("Content-Type", "application/json");
+    msg.insert("Connection", "close");
+
+    auto info = getServerInfo();
+
+    int last_validated_ledger_age = std::numeric_limits<int>::max();
+    if (info.isMember("validated_ledger"))
+        last_validated_ledger_age = info["validated_ledger"]["age"].asInt();
+    bool amendment_blocked = false;
+    if (info.isMember("amendment_blocked"))
+        amendment_blocked = true;
+    int number_peers = info["peers"].asInt();
+    std::string server_state = info["server_state"].asString();
+    auto load_factor = info["load_factor"].asDouble();
+
+    enum { healthy, warning, critical };
+    int health = healthy;
+    auto set_health = [&health](int state) {
+        if (health < state)
+            health = state;
+    };
+
+    if (last_validated_ledger_age >= 7)
+    {
+        msg.body()[jss::info]["validated_ledger"] = last_validated_ledger_age;
+        if (last_validated_ledger_age < 20)
+            set_health(warning);
+        else
+            set_health(critical);
+    }
+
+    if (amendment_blocked)
+    {
+        msg.body()[jss::info]["amendment_blocked"] = true;
+        set_health(critical);
+    }
+
+    if (number_peers <= 7)
+    {
+        msg.body()[jss::info]["peers"] = number_peers;
+        if (number_peers != 0)
+            set_health(warning);
+        else
+            set_health(critical);
+    }
+
+    if (!(server_state == "full" || server_state == "validating" ||
+          server_state == "proposing"))
+    {
+        msg.body()[jss::info]["server_state"] = server_state;
+        if (server_state == "syncing" || server_state == "tracking" ||
+            server_state == "connected")
+        {
+            set_health(warning);
+        }
+        else
+            set_health(critical);
+    }
+
+    if (load_factor > 100)
+    {
+        msg.body()[jss::info]["load_factor"] = load_factor;
+        if (load_factor < 1000)
+            set_health(warning);
+        else
+            set_health(critical);
+    }
+
+    if (health != critical)
+        msg.result(boost::beast::http::status::ok);
+    else
+        msg.result(boost::beast::http::status::service_unavailable);
+
+    msg.prepare_payload();
+    handoff.response = std::make_shared<SimpleWriter>(msg);
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool
 OverlayImpl::processRequest(http_request_type const& req, Handoff& handoff)
 {
     // Take advantage of || short-circuiting
-    return processCrawl(req, handoff) || processValidatorList(req, handoff);
+    return processCrawl(req, handoff) || processValidatorList(req, handoff) ||
+        processHealth(req, handoff);
 }
 
 Overlay::PeerSequence
diff --git a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/OverlayImpl.h b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/OverlayImpl.h
index 02b87679ed5..9d687c6843d 100644
--- a/src/ripple/overlay/impl/OverlayImpl.h
+++ b/src/ripple/overlay/impl/OverlayImpl.h
@@ -396,6 +396,14 @@ class OverlayImpl : public Overlay
     bool
     processValidatorList(http_request_type const& req, Handoff& handoff);
 
+    /** Handles health requests. Health returns information about the
+        health of the node.
+
+        @return true if the request was handled.
+    */
+    bool
+    processHealth(http_request_type const& req, Handoff& handoff);
+
     /** Handles non-peer protocol requests.
 
         @return true if the request was handled.