diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
index c6d966ada0b..a6c643ba1de 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/google/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v1.2.0-beta.2
           name: heapster
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 8080
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 180
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
           resources:
             # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
             limits:
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
index b7a7cbdc41e..ea62e18ac48 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/googleinfluxdb/heapster-controller-combined.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v1.2.0-beta.2
           name: heapster
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 8080
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 180
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
           resources:
             # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
             limits:
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
index 8862df55156..fce29c5ba7e 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/influxdb/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v1.2.0-beta.2
           name: heapster
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 8080
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 180
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
           resources:
             # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
             limits:
diff --git a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
index a3bfe18b77e..12f3eca11d4 100644
--- a/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
+++ b/cluster/addons/cluster-monitoring/standalone/heapster-controller.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - image: gcr.io/google_containers/heapster:v1.2.0-beta.2
           name: heapster
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /healthz
+              port: 8080
+              scheme: HTTP
+            initialDelaySeconds: 180
+            timeoutSeconds: 5
           resources:
             # keep request = limit to keep this container in guaranteed class
             limits: