diff --git a/src/constructs/loadbalancing/elb.test.ts b/src/constructs/loadbalancing/elb.test.ts
index 5862c5c3d8..cc58491258 100644
--- a/src/constructs/loadbalancing/elb.test.ts
+++ b/src/constructs/loadbalancing/elb.test.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,43 @@ describe("The GuApplicationTargetGroup class", () => {
     const json = SynthUtils.toCloudFormation(stack) as SynthedStack;
     expect(Object.keys(json.Resources)).not.toContain("ApplicationTargetGroup");
   });
+
+  test("uses default health check properties", () => {
+    const stack = simpleGuStackForTesting();
+    new GuApplicationTargetGroup(stack, "ApplicationTargetGroup", {
+      vpc,
+    });
+
+    expect(stack).toHaveResource("AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::TargetGroup", {
+      HealthCheckIntervalSeconds: 30,
+      HealthCheckPath: "/healthcheck",
+      HealthCheckPort: "9000",
+      HealthCheckProtocol: "HTTP",
+      HealthCheckTimeoutSeconds: 10,
+      HealthyThresholdCount: 2,
+      UnhealthyThresholdCount: 5,
+    });
+  });
+
+  test("merges any health check properties provided", () => {
+    const stack = simpleGuStackForTesting();
+    new GuApplicationTargetGroup(stack, "ApplicationTargetGroup", {
+      vpc,
+      healthCheck: {
+        path: "/test",
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(stack).toHaveResource("AWS::ElasticLoadBalancingV2::TargetGroup", {
+      HealthCheckIntervalSeconds: 30,
+      HealthCheckPath: "/test",
+      HealthCheckPort: "9000",
+      HealthCheckProtocol: "HTTP",
+      HealthCheckTimeoutSeconds: 10,
+      HealthyThresholdCount: 2,
+      UnhealthyThresholdCount: 5,
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe("The GuApplicationListener class", () => {
diff --git a/src/constructs/loadbalancing/elb.ts b/src/constructs/loadbalancing/elb.ts
index c65fcd4e99..2a8773214f 100644
--- a/src/constructs/loadbalancing/elb.ts
+++ b/src/constructs/loadbalancing/elb.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ import {
   ApplicationLoadBalancer,
   ApplicationProtocol,
   ApplicationTargetGroup,
+  Protocol,
 } from "@aws-cdk/aws-elasticloadbalancingv2";
+import { Duration } from "@aws-cdk/core";
 import type { GuStack } from "../core";
 
 interface GuApplicationLoadBalancerProps extends ApplicationLoadBalancerProps {
@@ -36,10 +38,25 @@ export interface GuApplicationTargetGroupProps extends ApplicationTargetGroupPro
 }
 
 export class GuApplicationTargetGroup extends ApplicationTargetGroup {
+  static DefaultHealthCheck = {
+    port: "9000",
+    path: "/healthcheck",
+    protocol: Protocol.HTTP,
+    healthyThresholdCount: 2,
+    unhealthyThresholdCount: 5,
+    interval: Duration.seconds(30),
+    timeout: Duration.seconds(10),
+  };
+
   constructor(scope: GuStack, id: string, props: GuApplicationTargetGroupProps) {
-    super(scope, id, props);
+    const mergedProps = {
+      ...props,
+      healthCheck: { ...GuApplicationTargetGroup.DefaultHealthCheck, ...props.healthCheck },
+    };
 
-    if (props.overrideId || (scope.migratedFromCloudFormation && props.overrideId !== false))
+    super(scope, id, mergedProps);
+
+    if (mergedProps.overrideId || (scope.migratedFromCloudFormation && mergedProps.overrideId !== false))
       (this.node.defaultChild as CfnTargetGroup).overrideLogicalId(id);
   }
 }