diff --git a/sciencebeam_parser/service/api/app.py b/sciencebeam_parser/service/api/app.py
index 8627d9d8..151a806c 100644
--- a/sciencebeam_parser/service/api/app.py
+++ b/sciencebeam_parser/service/api/app.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from sciencebeam_parser.service.api.routers.grobid import create_grobid_router
 from sciencebeam_parser.service.api.routers.low_level import create_low_level_router
 from sciencebeam_parser.service.api.routers.models import create_models_router
+from sciencebeam_parser.service.api.routers.status import create_status_router
 
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ def create_api_app(
     app = FastAPI()
     app.state.sciencebeam_parser = sciencebeam_parser
 
+    app.include_router(create_status_router())
     app.include_router(create_convert_router())
     app.include_router(create_grobid_router(
         fulltext_processor_config=sciencebeam_parser.fulltext_processor_config
diff --git a/sciencebeam_parser/service/api/routers/status.py b/sciencebeam_parser/service/api/routers/status.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5cef2303
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sciencebeam_parser/service/api/routers/status.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import logging
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter
+from fastapi.responses import PlainTextResponse
+
+
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def create_status_router() -> APIRouter:
+    router = APIRouter(tags=['status'])
+
+    @router.get('/isalive', response_class=PlainTextResponse)
+    def process_isalive_api() -> str:
+        return 'true'
+
+    return router
diff --git a/tests/service/api/app_test.py b/tests/service/api/app_test.py
index 02b70745..ba40eb40 100644
--- a/tests/service/api/app_test.py
+++ b/tests/service/api/app_test.py
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ def test_should_not_fail(self, test_client: TestClient):
             response = test_client.get('/')
             assert _get_ok_json(response)
 
+    class TestIsAlive:
+        def test_should_return_true(self, test_client: TestClient):
+            response = test_client.get('/isalive')
+            assert response.status_code == 200
+            assert response.text == 'true'
+
     class TestPdfAlto:
         def test_should_reject_post_without_data(
             self,