diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/BUILD b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/BUILD
index 745d22f0fb6..65ab9ca3210 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/BUILD
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ go_library(
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
index 993e6967f76..7c50f18fb7b 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-proxy/app/server.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	utilnet "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net"
 	utilruntime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/healthz"
 	utilfeature "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/feature"
 	clientgoclientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	v1core "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
@@ -630,6 +631,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServer) Run() error {
 	// Start up a metrics server if requested
 	if len(s.MetricsBindAddress) > 0 {
 		mux := http.NewServeMux()
+		healthz.InstallHandler(mux)
 		mux.HandleFunc("/proxyMode", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s", s.ProxyMode)
 		})