diff --git a/src/irmaclient.rs b/src/irmaclient.rs
index 760cc7e..26c3a0f 100644
--- a/src/irmaclient.rs
+++ b/src/irmaclient.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,20 @@ impl IrmaClient {
             status => Err(Error::SessionNotFinished(status)),
         }
     }
+
+    /// Check whether the irma server is healthy and ready to serve sessions.
+    ///
+    /// Issues `GET {base}/health` (added in irmago v0.15.0) and returns
+    /// `Ok(())` on a 2xx response, or [`Error::NetworkError`] otherwise.
+    /// Useful as a liveness/readiness check before starting a session.
+    pub async fn health(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.client
+            .get(self.url.join("health")?)
+            .send()
+            .await?
+            .error_for_status()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 /// Builder for IRMA clients
diff --git a/tests/test_health.rs b/tests/test_health.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be75613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_health.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use std::process::Stdio;
+
+use irmars::IrmaClient;
+use serial_test::serial;
+use tokio::{
+    io::{AsyncBufReadExt, BufReader},
+    process::Command,
+};
+
+#[test]
+#[serial]
+fn test_health() {
+    if option_env!("RUN_INTEGRATION_TESTS").is_some() {
+        tokio_test::block_on(async {
+            let mut irmaserver = Command::new("irma")
+                .arg("server")
+                .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+                .spawn()
+                .expect("Could not start irma server");
+
+            let irmaserver_stderr = irmaserver
+                .stderr
+                .take()
+                .expect("No stderr available from irma server");
+            let mut irmaserver_lines = BufReader::new(irmaserver_stderr).lines();
+            loop {
+                let line = irmaserver_lines
+                    .next_line()
+                    .await
+                    .expect("Error reading from irma server stderr")
+                    .expect("No line recieved");
+                if line.contains("Server listening") {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            println!("Server started");
+
+            // Create an irma client
+            let client = IrmaClient::new("http://localhost:8088/").unwrap();
+
+            // A running server should report itself as healthy.
+            client.health().await.expect("Health check failed");
+
+            irmaserver.kill().await.expect("Error killing irma server");
+        });
+    }
+}