diff --git a/api/sys_health.go b/api/sys_health.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c0884a4153b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/sys_health.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package api
+
+func (c *Sys) Health() (*HealthResponse, error) {
+	r := c.c.NewRequest("GET", "/v1/sys/health")
+	resp, err := c.c.RawRequest(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	var result HealthResponse
+	err = resp.DecodeJSON(&result)
+	return &result, err
+}
+
+type HealthResponse struct {
+	Initialized   bool   `json:"initialized"`
+	Sealed        bool   `json:"sealed"`
+	Standby       bool   `json:"standby"`
+	ServerTimeUTC int64  `json:"server_time_utc"`
+	Version       string `json:"version"`
+	ClusterName   string `json:"cluster_name,omitempty"`
+	ClusterID     string `json:"cluster_id,omitempty"`
+}