diff --git a/pkg/server/api/api.go b/pkg/server/api/api.go
index 9d80dd374..9f348545e 100644
--- a/pkg/server/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/server/api/api.go
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ const (
 	// MultusDelegateAPIEndpoint is an endpoint for multus delegate request (for hotplug)
 	MultusDelegateAPIEndpoint = "/delegate"
 	defaultMultusRunDir       = "/run/multus/"
+
+	// MultusHealthAPIEndpoint is an endpoint API clients can query to know if they can communicate w/ multus server
+	MultusHealthAPIEndpoint = "/healthz"
 )
 
 // DoCNI sends a CNI request to the CNI server via JSON + HTTP over a root-owned unix socket,
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 6c5f27ac2..e8e62d67c 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ func newCNIServer(rundir string, kubeClient *k8s.ClientInfo, exec invoke.Exec, s
 			}
 		}))).Methods("POST")
 
+	router.HandleFunc(api.MultusHealthAPIEndpoint, promhttp.InstrumentHandlerCounter(s.metrics.requestCounter.MustCurryWith(prometheus.Labels{"handler": api.MultusHealthAPIEndpoint}),
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		}))).Methods("GET")
+
 	return s, nil
 }