diff --git a/amqp/amqpclient.go b/amqp/amqpclient.go
index 9ab55f6..b70e7da 100644
--- a/amqp/amqpclient.go
+++ b/amqp/amqpclient.go
@@ -163,3 +163,12 @@ func PingAMQP() error {
 	err := SendActionAMQP(a, "")
 	return err
 }
+
+func CheckConnection() error {
+
+	if client.connection.IsClosed() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("connection to broker is closed")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/routes/healthz/healthz_endpoint.go b/routes/healthz/healthz_endpoint.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d316c85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/healthz/healthz_endpoint.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package healthz
+
+import (
+	"git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/web-backend-go/amqp"
+	"git.rwth-aachen.de/acs/public/villas/web-backend-go/database"
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func RegisterHealthzEndpoint(r *gin.RouterGroup) {
+
+	r.GET("", getHealth)
+}
+
+// getHealth godoc
+// @Summary Get health status of backend
+// @ID getHealth
+// @Produce  json
+// @Tags healthz
+// @Success 200 "Backend is healthy, database and AMQP broker connections are alive"
+// @Failure 500 "Backend is NOT healthy"
+// @Router /healthz [get]
+func getHealth(c *gin.Context) {
+
+	// check if DB connection is active
+	db := database.GetDB()
+	err := db.DB().Ping()
+	if err != nil {
+		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"message": err})
+	}
+
+	// check if connection to AMQP broker is alive if backend was started with AMQP client
+	if len(database.AMQP_URL) != 0 {
+		err = amqp.CheckConnection()
+		if err != nil {
+			c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"message": err})
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{})
+}