diff --git a/go/vt/vtexplain/testdata/test-healthcheck-schema.sql b/go/vt/vtexplain/testdata/test-healthcheck-schema.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63546b89973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/vt/vtexplain/testdata/test-healthcheck-schema.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+  id int NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (id)
+);
diff --git a/go/vt/vtexplain/testdata/test-healthcheck-vschema.json b/go/vt/vtexplain/testdata/test-healthcheck-vschema.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..467a1571d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/vt/vtexplain/testdata/test-healthcheck-vschema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+	"ks1": {
+		"sharded": true,
+		"tables": {
+			"t1": {
+				"column_vindexes": [
+					{
+						"column": "id",
+						"name": "hash"
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		},
+		"vindexes": {
+			"hash": {
+				"type": "hash"
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go/vt/vtexplain/vtexplain_flaky_test.go b/go/vt/vtexplain/vtexplain_flaky_test.go
index 36b84ba9351..1e7fef0ef9f 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtexplain/vtexplain_flaky_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtexplain/vtexplain_flaky_test.go
@@ -51,6 +51,28 @@ func initTest(mode string, opts *Options, t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err, "vtexplain Init error\n%s", string(schema))
 }
 
+func TestVTExplainWithNewHealthCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	schema, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/test-healthcheck-schema.sql")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	vSchema, err := ioutil.ReadFile("testdata/test-healthcheck-vschema.json")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	opts := &Options{
+		ReplicationMode: "ROW",
+		NumShards:       2,
+		Normalize:       true,
+		StrictDDL:       true,
+		ExecutionMode:   ModeMulti,
+	}
+
+	err = Init(string(vSchema), string(schema), opts)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "vtexplain Init error\n%s", string(schema))
+
+	_, err = Run("SELECT * from t1")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
 func testExplain(testcase string, opts *Options, t *testing.T) {
 	modes := []string{
 		ModeMulti,