diff --git a/bento/crates/api/src/health.rs b/bento/crates/api/src/health.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28c6cd78d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bento/crates/api/src/health.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+use crate::{AppError, AppState};
+use axum::extract::State;
+use axum::Json;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use sqlx::types::chrono;
+use sqlx::PgPool;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use tokio::time::timeout;
+use workflow_common::s3::S3Client;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct HealthResponse {
+    pub status: HealthStatus,
+    pub timestamp: String,
+    pub services: HashMap<String, ServiceHealth>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum HealthStatus {
+    Healthy,
+    Degraded,
+    Unhealthy,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ServiceHealth {
+    pub status: ServiceStatus,
+    pub response_time_ms: Option<u64>,
+    pub error: Option<String>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
+pub enum ServiceStatus {
+    Up,
+    Down,
+    Degraded,
+}
+
+pub const HEALTH_PATH: &str = "/health";
+
+pub async fn health_check(
+    State(state): State<Arc<AppState>>,
+) -> Result<Json<HealthResponse>, AppError> {
+    let mut services = HashMap::new();
+
+    // Check Postgres
+    services.insert("postgres".to_string(), check_postgres(&state.db_pool).await);
+
+    // Check S3/MinIO
+    services.insert("s3".to_string(), check_s3(&state.s3_client).await);
+
+    let overall_status = determine_overall_health(&services);
+
+    let response = HealthResponse {
+        status: overall_status,
+        timestamp: chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339(),
+        services,
+    };
+
+    Ok(Json(response))
+}
+
+async fn check_postgres(pool: &PgPool) -> ServiceHealth {
+    let start = Instant::now();
+
+    match timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), async {
+        sqlx::query("SELECT 1 as health_check").fetch_one(pool).await
+    })
+    .await
+    {
+        Ok(Ok(_)) => ServiceHealth {
+            status: ServiceStatus::Up,
+            response_time_ms: Some(start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+            error: None,
+        },
+        Ok(Err(e)) => ServiceHealth {
+            status: ServiceStatus::Down,
+            response_time_ms: Some(start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+            error: Some(format!("Postgres error: {}", e)),
+        },
+        Err(_) => ServiceHealth {
+            status: ServiceStatus::Down,
+            response_time_ms: Some(start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+            error: Some("Postgres connection timeout".to_string()),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+async fn check_s3(s3_client: &S3Client) -> ServiceHealth {
+    let start = Instant::now();
+
+    match timeout(Duration::from_secs(5), s3_client.bucket_exists()).await {
+        Ok(Ok(true)) => ServiceHealth {
+            status: ServiceStatus::Up,
+            response_time_ms: Some(start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+            error: None,
+        },
+        Ok(Ok(false)) => ServiceHealth {
+            status: ServiceStatus::Degraded,
+            response_time_ms: Some(start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+            error: Some("Bucket does not exist".to_string()),
+        },
+        Ok(Err(e)) => ServiceHealth {
+            status: ServiceStatus::Down,
+            response_time_ms: Some(start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+            error: Some(format!("S3/MinIO error: {}", e)),
+        },
+        Err(_) => ServiceHealth {
+            status: ServiceStatus::Down,
+            response_time_ms: Some(start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64),
+            error: Some("S3/MinIO connection timeout".to_string()),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+fn determine_overall_health(services: &HashMap<String, ServiceHealth>) -> HealthStatus {
+    if services.is_empty() {
+        return HealthStatus::Healthy;
+    }
+
+    let down_count = services.values().filter(|s| matches!(s.status, ServiceStatus::Down)).count();
+
+    let degraded_count =
+        services.values().filter(|s| matches!(s.status, ServiceStatus::Degraded)).count();
+
+    if down_count > 0 {
+        if down_count == services.len() {
+            HealthStatus::Unhealthy
+        } else {
+            HealthStatus::Degraded
+        }
+    } else if degraded_count > 0 {
+        HealthStatus::Degraded
+    } else {
+        HealthStatus::Healthy
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bento/crates/api/src/lib.rs b/bento/crates/api/src/lib.rs
index 9151f25f0..5120ea00e 100644
--- a/bento/crates/api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bento/crates/api/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use bonsai_sdk::responses::{
     SnarkReq, SnarkStatusRes, UploadRes,
 };
 use clap::Parser;
+use health::{health_check, HEALTH_PATH};
 use risc0_zkvm::compute_image_id;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sqlx::{postgres::PgPoolOptions, PgPool};
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ use workflow_common::{
     CompressType, ExecutorReq, SnarkReq as WorkflowSnarkReq, TaskType,
 };
 
+mod health;
 mod helpers;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, Serialize)]
@@ -681,6 +683,7 @@ pub fn app(state: Arc<AppState>) -> Router {
         .route(SNARK_START_PATH, post(prove_groth16))
         .route(SNARK_STATUS_PATH, get(groth16_status))
         .route(GET_GROTH16_PATH, get(groth16_download))
+        .route(HEALTH_PATH, get(health_check))
         .with_state(state)
 }
 
diff --git a/bento/crates/workflow-common/src/s3.rs b/bento/crates/workflow-common/src/s3.rs
index db34dbd5f..d3332a3db 100644
--- a/bento/crates/workflow-common/src/s3.rs
+++ b/bento/crates/workflow-common/src/s3.rs
@@ -179,4 +179,14 @@ impl S3Client {
             Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
         }
     }
+
+    pub async fn bucket_exists(&self) -> Result<bool> {
+        match self.client.head_bucket().bucket(&self.bucket).send().await {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+            Err(err) => match err.into_service_error() {
+                aws_sdk_s3::operation::head_bucket::HeadBucketError::NotFound(_) => Ok(false),
+                err => Err(err.into()),
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }