diff --git a/app/controllers/health_check_controller.rb b/app/controllers/health_check_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7fa247be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/health_check_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class HealthCheckController < ApplicationController
+  def index
+    render :plain => "OK"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 1a5ec07c5..946d60dcb 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Rails.application.configure do
   # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb.
 
   config.force_ssl = true
+  config.ssl_options = { redirect: { exclude: -> request { request.path =~ /healthcheck/ } } }
 
   # Code is not reloaded between requests.
   config.cache_classes = true
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 1697cb1b1..a62838c23 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
+  get "/healthcheck" => "health_check#index"
+
   root 'application#app'
 end