diff --git a/lib/middleware/status.js b/lib/middleware/status.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..860d909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/middleware/status.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Return basic application status information:
+ * Date the application was started and uptime in JSON format.
+ * For example:
+ * ```js
+ * {
+ *  "started": "2014-06-05T00:26:49.750Z",
+ *  "uptime": 9.394
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+module.exports = function status() {
+    const started = new Date();
+
+    return (req, res) => {
+        res.send({
+            started: started,
+            uptime: (Date.now() - Number(started)) / 1000,
+        });
+    };
+}
diff --git a/lib/services.js b/lib/services.js
index eb85c54..a721f59 100644
--- a/lib/services.js
+++ b/lib/services.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ const _ = require('lodash'),
     serverUtils = require('./server-utils'),
     {SocketIOLoader, Loader} = require('./api'),
     dotEnv = require('dotenv'),
-    path = require('path');
+    path = require('path'),
+    status = require('./middleware/status');
 
 // Load environment variables using a local .env file (see: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv)
 dotEnv.config({path: path.join(process.cwd(), '.env')});
@@ -157,6 +158,9 @@ class Services {
             this.initialize();
         }
 
+        // Attach basic health check middleware
+        this._app.get(mountPoint, status())
+
         // Run all the package API 'config' functions
         this._apiLoader.setConfig({
             apiLoader: this._apiLoader,
diff --git a/test/lib/unit/lib/services_spec.js b/test/lib/unit/lib/services_spec.js
index cae8b85..60cc7ac 100644
--- a/test/lib/unit/lib/services_spec.js
+++ b/test/lib/unit/lib/services_spec.js
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ const supertest = require('supertest'),
 
 describe('Services', () => {
 
-    const packagesPath = './test/fixtures/main-package',
-        apiPackage1Prefix = '/socket-api-package-1-namespace';
+    const packagesPath = './test/fixtures/main-package'
+    const apiPackage1Prefix = '/socket-api-package-1-namespace'
 
     let services,
         port,
@@ -123,4 +123,21 @@ describe('Services', () => {
         }).toThrowError(/Session store "INVALID STORE" is not supported/i);
     });
 
+    it('sets a health check endpoint on the restApiRoot', (done) => {
+        const services = new Services(options);
+        server = services.start();
+
+        const request = supertest(server);
+
+        request
+            .get('/')
+            .expect(200)
+            .then((res) => {
+                expect(res.text).toContain('started');
+                expect(res.text).toContain('uptime');
+                done();
+            })
+            .catch(done.fail);
+    })
+
 });