diff --git a/backend/clubs/urls.py b/backend/clubs/urls.py
index 4a1006cad..48f2f0572 100644
--- a/backend/clubs/urls.py
+++ b/backend/clubs/urls.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     FavoriteCalendarAPIView,
     FavoriteEventsAPIView,
     FavoriteViewSet,
+    HealthView,
     MajorViewSet,
     MassInviteAPIView,
     MeetingZoomAPIView,
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@
         WhartonApplicationStatusAPIView.as_view(),
         name="wharton-applications-status",
     ),
+    path(r"health/", HealthView.as_view(), name="health"),
 ]
 
 urlpatterns += router.urls
diff --git a/backend/clubs/views.py b/backend/clubs/views.py
index d8a127c62..d645a24ad 100644
--- a/backend/clubs/views.py
+++ b/backend/clubs/views.py
@@ -7565,6 +7565,27 @@ def post(self, request):
             return Response({"output": output.getvalue()})
 
 
+class HealthView(APIView):
+    def get(self, request):
+        """
+        Health check endpoint to confirm the backend is running.
+        ---
+        summary: Health Check
+        responses:
+            "200":
+                content:
+                    application/json:
+                        schema:
+                            type: object
+                            properties:
+                                message:
+                                    type: string
+                                    enum: ["OK"]
+        ---
+        """
+        return Response({"message": "OK"}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+
 def get_initial_context_from_types(types):
     """
     Generate a sample context given the specified types.
diff --git a/backend/tests/clubs/test_views.py b/backend/tests/clubs/test_views.py
index f005efd00..150bbc8fa 100644
--- a/backend/tests/clubs/test_views.py
+++ b/backend/tests/clubs/test_views.py
@@ -2923,3 +2923,11 @@ def test_club_approval_response_templates(self):
             content_type="application/json",
         )
         self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 403)
+
+
+class HealthTestCase(TestCase):
+    def test_health(self):
+        url = reverse("health")
+        resp = self.client.get(url)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(resp.data, {"message": "OK"})