diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index b3a084e..e36274d 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
     config.action_mailer.default_options = { from: 'fake@berkeley.edu' }
     config.lit_gtag_id = ENV.fetch('LIT_GTAG_ID', nil)
 
+    config.x.servers ||= {}
+
+    config.x.servers[:geoserver] = ENV.fetch('GEODATA_GEOSERVER_PUBLIC_HEALTHCHECK_URL', nil)
+    config.x.servers[:geoserver_secure] = ENV.fetch('GEODATA_GEOSERVER_SECURE_HEALTHCHECK_URL', nil)
+    config.x.servers[:spatial_server] = ENV.fetch('GEODATA_SPATIAL_HEALTHCHECK_URL', nil)
+
     # The Base URL for the generated sitemap
     config.x.sitemap.base_url = ENV.fetch('GEODATA_BASE_URL', 'http://localhost:3000')
     # Silenced by default to minimize log noise
diff --git a/config/initializers/okcomputer.rb b/config/initializers/okcomputer.rb
index 2a41f10..b4a35b3 100644
--- a/config/initializers/okcomputer.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/okcomputer.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # initializers/okcomputer.rb
 # Health checks configuration
 
+require_relative '../../lib/http_head_check'
+
 OkComputer.logger = Rails.logger
 OkComputer.check_in_parallel = true
 
@@ -11,3 +13,15 @@
 # Requires the ping handler on the solr core (<core>/admin/ping).
 core_baseurl = Blacklight.default_index.connection.uri.to_s.chomp('/')
 OkComputer::Registry.register 'solr', OkComputer::SolrCheck.new(core_baseurl)
+
+# Perform a Head request to check geoserver endpoint
+geoserver_url = Rails.configuration.x.servers[:geoserver]
+OkComputer::Registry.register 'geoserver', GeoDataHealthCheck::HttpHeadCheck.new(geoserver_url)
+
+# Perform a Head request to check secure_geoserver endpoint
+geoserver_secure_url = Rails.configuration.x.servers[:geoserver_secure]
+OkComputer::Registry.register 'geoserver_secure', GeoDataHealthCheck::HttpHeadCheck.new(geoserver_secure_url)
+
+# Perform a Head request to check spatial server endpoint
+spatial_server_url = Rails.configuration.x.servers[:spatial_server]
+OkComputer::Registry.register 'spatial_server', GeoDataHealthCheck::HttpHeadCheck.new(spatial_server_url)
diff --git a/lib/http_head_check.rb b/lib/http_head_check.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f94efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/http_head_check.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+module GeoDataHealthCheck
+  class HttpHeadCheck < OkComputer::Check
+    ConnectionFailed = Class.new(StandardError)
+    attr_accessor :url, :request_timeout
+
+    # rubocop:disable Lint/MissingSuper
+    def initialize(url, request_timeout = 5)
+      self.url = url
+      self.request_timeout = request_timeout
+    end
+    # rubocop:enable Lint/MissingSuper
+
+    def check
+      response = perform_request
+
+      if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPOK) || response.is_a?(Net::HTTPRedirection)
+        mark_message 'Http head check successful.'
+      else
+        mark_message "Error: '#{url}' http head check responded, but returned unexpeced HTTP status: #{response.code} #{response.class}. Expected 200 Net::HTTPOK."
+        mark_failure
+      end
+    rescue StandardError => e
+      mark_message "Error: '#{e.message}'"
+      mark_failure
+    end
+
+    def perform_request
+      head_request
+    rescue Net::OpenTimeout, Net::ReadTimeout => e
+      raise ConnectionFailed, "#{url} did not respond within #{request_timeout} seconds: #{e.message}"
+    rescue ArgumentError => e
+      raise ConnectionFailed, "Invalid URL format for '#{url}': #{e.class}: #{e.message}"
+    rescue StandardError => e
+      raise ConnectionFailed, e.message
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def head_request
+      uri = URI(url)
+      Net::HTTP.start(
+        uri.host,
+        uri.port,
+        use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https',
+        verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER,
+        open_timeout: request_timeout,
+        read_timeout: request_timeout
+      ) do |http|
+        http.head(uri.request_uri)
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/http_head_check_spec.rb b/spec/lib/http_head_check_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..595a863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/lib/http_head_check_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+require_relative '../../lib/http_head_check'
+
+RSpec.describe GeoDataHealthCheck::HttpHeadCheck do
+  let(:url) { 'https://example.com/endpoint' }
+  subject(:check) { described_class.new(url) }
+
+  describe 'initialization' do
+    it 'sets the URL' do
+      expect(check.url).to eq url
+    end
+
+    it 'sets default timeout to 5 seconds' do
+      expect(check.request_timeout).to eq 5
+    end
+
+    it 'allows custom timeout' do
+      check = described_class.new(url, 10)
+      expect(check.request_timeout).to eq 10
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#check' do
+    context 'when request returns 200 OK' do
+      it 'marks check as successful' do
+        response = Net::HTTPOK.new('1.1', 200, 'OK')
+        allow(check).to receive(:perform_request).and_return(response)
+
+        check.check
+
+        expect(check.message).to include('Http head check successful.')
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when request returns 500 error' do
+      it 'marks check as failed' do
+        response = Net::HTTPInternalServerError.new('1.1', 500, 'Error')
+        allow(check).to receive(:perform_request).and_return(response)
+
+        check.check
+
+        expect(check.message).to include('Error')
+      end
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  describe '#perform_request' do
+    it 'Net::OpenTimeout with ConnectionFailed and formated message' do
+      check_with_timeout = described_class.new(url, 7)
+      allow(check_with_timeout).to receive(:head_request).and_raise(Net::OpenTimeout.new('open timeout'))
+
+      expect { check_with_timeout.perform_request }.to raise_error(
+        GeoDataHealthCheck::HttpHeadCheck::ConnectionFailed,
+        a_string_including('did not respond within 7 seconds: open timeout')
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'Net::ReadTimeout with ConnectionFailed and formated message' do
+      check_with_timeout = described_class.new(url, 9)
+      allow(check_with_timeout).to receive(:head_request).and_raise(Net::ReadTimeout.new('read timeout'))
+
+      expect { check_with_timeout.perform_request }.to raise_error(
+        GeoDataHealthCheck::HttpHeadCheck::ConnectionFailed,
+        a_string_including('did not respond within 9 seconds: Net::ReadTimeout')
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'StandardError and passes through the message' do
+      err_msg = 'generic failure'
+      allow(check).to receive(:head_request).and_raise(StandardError, err_msg)
+
+      expect { check.perform_request }.to raise_error(
+        GeoDataHealthCheck::HttpHeadCheck::ConnectionFailed,
+        err_msg
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'wraps ArgumentError with ConnectionFailed and includes URL and error class' do
+      bad_check = described_class.new(url)
+      allow(bad_check).to receive(:head_request).and_raise(ArgumentError, 'invalid URI')
+
+      expect { bad_check.perform_request }.to raise_error(
+        GeoDataHealthCheck::HttpHeadCheck::ConnectionFailed,
+        a_string_including("Invalid URL format for '#{url}'", 'ArgumentError', 'invalid URI')
+      )
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/requests/okcomputer_spec.rb b/spec/requests/okcomputer_spec.rb
index a04d1c8..7801eca 100644
--- a/spec/requests/okcomputer_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/okcomputer_spec.rb
@@ -8,12 +8,15 @@
 
   it 'returns all checks at /health' do
     get '/health'
-    expect(response).to have_http_status :ok
+    expect(response).to have_http_status :internal_server_error
     expect(response.parsed_body.keys).to match_array %w[
       default
       database
       database-migrations
       solr
+      geoserver
+      geoserver_secure
+      spatial_server
     ]
   end
 end