diff --git a/deploy/application.yaml b/deploy/application.yaml
index 4c5aa032..44015137 100644
--- a/deploy/application.yaml
+++ b/deploy/application.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ spec:
               protocol: TCP
             - containerPort: 7946
               protocol: UDP
+            - name: liveness-port
+              containerPort: 8082
+              hostPort: 8082
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           env:
             - name: TALARIA_CONF_URI
@@ -50,6 +53,24 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - mountPath: /data
               name: data
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              scheme: HTTP
+              path: /healthz
+              httpHeaders:
+                - name: x-talaria-readiness
+                  value: healthz
+              port: liveness-port
+            initialDelaySeconds: 3
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              scheme: HTTP
+              path: /healthz
+              httpHeaders:
+                - name: x-envoy-livenessprobe
+                  value: healthz
+              port: liveness-port
+            initialDelaySeconds: 10
           resources:
             requests:
               memory: "1000Mi"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 621ebc16..5bea47ec 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1
 	github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20200209183636-89e6cbcd0b6d // indirect
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4
 	github.com/grab/async v0.0.5
 	github.com/hako/durafmt v0.0.0-20191009132224-3f39dc1ed9f4
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-immutable-radix v1.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bd0babf3..06cd5671 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5m
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20181017120253-0766667cb4d1/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20200209183636-89e6cbcd0b6d h1:vr95xIx8Eg3vCzZPxY3rCwTfkjqNDt/FgVqTOk0WByk=
 github.com/gopherjs/gopherjs v0.0.0-20200209183636-89e6cbcd0b6d/go.mod h1:wJfORRmW1u3UXTncJ5qlYoELFm8eSnnEO6hX4iZ3EWY=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4 h1:VuZ8uybHlWmqV03+zRzdwKL4tUnIp1MAQtp1mIFE1bc=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
 github.com/grab/async v0.0.5 h1:QESBFAKiq5ocTtIcRh8gdha5Xgvu0yStGUefZsOWLPc=
 github.com/grab/async v0.0.5/go.mod h1:8zY9m1tryEmU2px8GLmWrHt7QXSQOhyurytRQ3LrzjQ=
 github.com/hako/durafmt v0.0.0-20191009132224-3f39dc1ed9f4 h1:60gBOooTSmNtrqNaRvrDbi8VAne0REaek2agjnITKSw=
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index b00d9672..529c9ae0 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ type Config struct {
 	Tables   Tables     `json:"tables" yaml:"tables" env:"TABLES"`
 	Statsd   *StatsD    `json:"statsd,omitempty" yaml:"statsd" env:"STATSD"`
 	Computed []Computed `json:"computed" yaml:"computed" env:"COMPUTED"`
+	K8s      *K8s       `json:"k8s,omitempty" yaml:"k8s" env:"K8S"`
+}
+
+type K8s struct {
+	ProbePort int32 `json:"probePort" yaml:"probePort" env:"PROBEPORT"` // The port which is used for liveness and readiness probes (default: 8080)
 }
 
 // Tables is a list of table configs
diff --git a/internal/config/sample_config.yaml b/internal/config/sample_config.yaml
index d9825793..edbe72c3 100644
--- a/internal/config/sample_config.yaml
+++ b/internal/config/sample_config.yaml
@@ -26,4 +26,6 @@ tables:
     name: nodes
 statsd:
   host: "statsd-host"
-  port: 8126
\ No newline at end of file
+  port: 8126
+k8s: # Optional value to set in k8s env. when server need liveness & readiness probes
+  probePort: 8082
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 70fee024..9673eb30 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,11 +5,15 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+
 	"github.com/kelindar/lua"
 	"github.com/kelindar/talaria/internal/config"
 	"github.com/kelindar/talaria/internal/config/env"
@@ -96,6 +100,11 @@ func main() {
 	monitor.Info("server: joining cluster on %s...", conf.Domain)
 	gossip.JoinHostname(conf.Domain)
 
+	// run HTTP server for readiness and liveness probes if k8s config is set
+	if conf.K8s != nil {
+		startHTTPServerAsync(conf.K8s.ProbePort)
+	}
+
 	// Start listen
 	monitor.Info("server: starting...")
 	monitor.Count1(logTag, "start")
@@ -114,3 +123,20 @@ func onSignal(callback func(sig os.Signal)) {
 		}
 	}()
 }
+
+func startHTTPServerAsync(portNum int32) {
+	go func() {
+		handler := mux.NewRouter()
+		handler.HandleFunc("/healthz", func(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+			_, _ = resp.Write([]byte(`talaria-health-check`))
+		}).Methods(http.MethodGet, http.MethodHead)
+
+		server := &http.Server{
+			Addr:    fmt.Sprintf(":%d", portNum),
+			Handler: handler,
+		}
+		if err := server.ListenAndServe(); err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}()
+}