diff --git a/pkg/apis/submariner.io/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/submariner.io/v1/types.go
index d137adda..100411ab 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/submariner.io/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/submariner.io/v1/types.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package v1
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
@@ -43,8 +44,10 @@ type Endpoint struct {
 }
 
 type EndpointSpec struct {
-	ClusterID     string            `json:"cluster_id"`
-	CableName     string            `json:"cable_name"`
+	ClusterID string `json:"cluster_id"`
+	CableName string `json:"cable_name"`
+	// +optional
+	HealthCheckIP string            `json:"healthCheckIP,omitempty"`
 	Hostname      string            `json:"hostname"`
 	Subnets       []string          `json:"subnets"`
 	PrivateIP     string            `json:"private_ip"`
@@ -81,6 +84,16 @@ type GatewayStatus struct {
 	Connections   []Connection `json:"connections"`
 }
 
+// LatencySpec describes the round trip time information in nanoseconds for a packet
+// between the gateway pods of two clusters.
+type LatencySpec struct {
+	LastRTT    time.Duration `json:"lastRTT"`
+	MinRTT     time.Duration `json:"minRTT"`
+	AverageRTT time.Duration `json:"averageRTT"`
+	MaxRTT     time.Duration `json:"maxRTT"`
+	StdDevRTT  time.Duration `json:"stddevRTT"`
+}
+
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 type GatewayList struct {
@@ -100,6 +113,8 @@ type Connection struct {
 	Status        ConnectionStatus `json:"status"`
 	StatusMessage string           `json:"statusMessage"`
 	Endpoint      EndpointSpec     `json:"endpoint"`
+	// +optional
+	Latency *LatencySpec `json:"latency,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ConnectionStatus string
diff --git a/pkg/apis/submariner.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/submariner.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index cb10c365..3ea476bb 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/submariner.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/submariner.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ func (in *ClusterSpec) DeepCopy() *ClusterSpec {
 func (in *Connection) DeepCopyInto(out *Connection) {
 	*out = *in
 	in.Endpoint.DeepCopyInto(&out.Endpoint)
+	if in.Latency != nil {
+		in, out := &in.Latency, &out.Latency
+		*out = new(LatencySpec)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -308,3 +313,19 @@ func (in *GatewayStatus) DeepCopy() *GatewayStatus {
 	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
 	return out
 }
+
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *LatencySpec) DeepCopyInto(out *LatencySpec) {
+	*out = *in
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new LatencySpec.
+func (in *LatencySpec) DeepCopy() *LatencySpec {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(LatencySpec)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}