diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d528c95eb..6635d1e1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
 
 FEATURES:
 - [config] added the `--p2p.private_peer_ids` flag and `PrivatePeerIDs` config variable (see config for description)
+- [rpc] added `/health` endpoint, which returns empty result for now
 
 ## 0.16.0 (February 20th, 2017)
 
diff --git a/rpc/client/httpclient.go b/rpc/client/httpclient.go
index bc6cf759e..83d77f317 100644
--- a/rpc/client/httpclient.go
+++ b/rpc/client/httpclient.go
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ func (c *HTTP) DumpConsensusState() (*ctypes.ResultDumpConsensusState, error) {
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+func (c *HTTP) Health() (*ctypes.ResultHealth, error) {
+	result := new(ctypes.ResultHealth)
+	_, err := c.rpc.Call("health", map[string]interface{}{}, result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Health")
+	}
+	return result, nil
+}
+
 func (c *HTTP) BlockchainInfo(minHeight, maxHeight int64) (*ctypes.ResultBlockchainInfo, error) {
 	result := new(ctypes.ResultBlockchainInfo)
 	_, err := c.rpc.Call("blockchain",
diff --git a/rpc/client/interface.go b/rpc/client/interface.go
index 6715b64b5..7a065291e 100644
--- a/rpc/client/interface.go
+++ b/rpc/client/interface.go
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ type Client interface {
 type NetworkClient interface {
 	NetInfo() (*ctypes.ResultNetInfo, error)
 	DumpConsensusState() (*ctypes.ResultDumpConsensusState, error)
+	Health() (*ctypes.ResultHealth, error)
 }
 
 // EventsClient is reactive, you can subscribe to any message, given the proper
diff --git a/rpc/client/localclient.go b/rpc/client/localclient.go
index be989ee1c..7e2f8fedc 100644
--- a/rpc/client/localclient.go
+++ b/rpc/client/localclient.go
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ func (Local) DumpConsensusState() (*ctypes.ResultDumpConsensusState, error) {
 	return core.DumpConsensusState()
 }
 
+func (Local) Health() (*ctypes.ResultHealth, error) {
+	return core.Health()
+}
+
 func (Local) DialSeeds(seeds []string) (*ctypes.ResultDialSeeds, error) {
 	return core.UnsafeDialSeeds(seeds)
 }
diff --git a/rpc/client/rpc_test.go b/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
index c582e6640..f23ba6160 100644
--- a/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
+++ b/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ func TestDumpConsensusState(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestHealth(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, c := range GetClients() {
+		nc, ok := c.(client.NetworkClient)
+		require.True(t, ok, "%d", i)
+		_, err := nc.Health()
+		require.Nil(t, err, "%d: %+v", i, err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGenesisAndValidators(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, c := range GetClients() {
 
diff --git a/rpc/core/health.go b/rpc/core/health.go
index dd71b4a91..ab2ceb16b 100644
--- a/rpc/core/health.go
+++ b/rpc/core/health.go
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import (
 	ctypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core/types"
 )
 
-// Get node health. Checks whether new blocks are created.
+// Get node health. Returns empty result (200 OK) on success, no response - in
+// case of an error.
 //
 // ```shell
 // curl 'localhost:46657/health'