diff --git a/zgw_consumers/admin.py b/zgw_consumers/admin.py
index f94f0c3..ff6b673 100644
--- a/zgw_consumers/admin.py
+++ b/zgw_consumers/admin.py
@@ -1,21 +1,71 @@
+import logging
+
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.db import models
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 
 from privates.admin import PrivateMediaMixin
+from requests.exceptions import ConnectionError, RequestException
 from solo.admin import SingletonModelAdmin
 
 from .admin_fields import get_nlx_field
+from .client import build_client
 from .models.services import NLXConfig, Service
 from .settings import get_setting
 from .widgets import NoDownloadPrivateFileWidget
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 @admin.register(Service)
 class ServiceAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ("label", "api_type", "api_root", "nlx", "auth_type")
+    list_display = (
+        "label",
+        "api_type",
+        "api_root",
+        "nlx",
+        "auth_type",
+    )
     list_filter = ("api_type", "auth_type")
     search_fields = ("label", "api_root", "nlx", "uuid")
+    fields = [
+        "label",
+        "uuid",
+        "api_type",
+        "api_root",
+        "oas",
+        "oas_file",
+        "client_id",
+        "secret",
+        "auth_type",
+        "header_key",
+        "header_value",
+        "nlx",
+        "user_id",
+        "user_representation",
+        "client_certificate",
+        "server_certificate",
+        "timeout",
+        "api_health_check_endpoint",
+        "get_health_check_connection_indication",
+    ]
+    readonly_fields = [
+        "get_health_check_connection_indication",
+    ]
+
+    @admin.display(description="Health Check", boolean=True)
+    def get_health_check_connection_indication(self, obj):
+        try:
+            client = build_client(obj)
+            if (
+                client.get(obj.api_health_check_endpoint or obj.api_root).status_code
+                == 200
+            ):
+                return True
+        except (ConnectionError, RequestException) as e:
+            logger.exception(obj, exc_info=e)
+
+        return False
 
     def get_fields(self, request: HttpRequest, obj: models.Model | None = None):
         fields = super().get_fields(request, obj=obj)
diff --git a/zgw_consumers/migrations/0020_service_timeout.py b/zgw_consumers/migrations/0020_service_timeout.py
index 34e23ab..5d24526 100644
--- a/zgw_consumers/migrations/0020_service_timeout.py
+++ b/zgw_consumers/migrations/0020_service_timeout.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
     dependencies = [
         ("zgw_consumers", "0019_alter_service_uuid"),
     ]
diff --git a/zgw_consumers/migrations/0021_service_api_health_check_endpoint.py b/zgw_consumers/migrations/0021_service_api_health_check_endpoint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2ad27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zgw_consumers/migrations/0021_service_api_health_check_endpoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2 on 2024-05-10 08:58
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("zgw_consumers", "0020_service_timeout"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="service",
+            name="api_health_check_endpoint",
+            field=models.CharField(
+                help_text="An optional API endpoint which will be used to check if the API is configured correctly and is currently up or down. This field is only used for in the admin's 'health check' field.",
+                max_length=255,
+                null=True,
+                verbose_name="health check endpoint",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/zgw_consumers/models/services.py b/zgw_consumers/models/services.py
index 7b7e2dd..5b418c1 100644
--- a/zgw_consumers/models/services.py
+++ b/zgw_consumers/models/services.py
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ class Service(RestAPIService):
     uuid = models.UUIDField(_("UUID"), default=uuid.uuid4)
     api_type = models.CharField(_("type"), max_length=20, choices=APITypes.choices)
     api_root = models.CharField(_("api root url"), max_length=255, unique=True)
+    api_health_check_endpoint = models.CharField(
+        _("health check endpoint"),
+        help_text=_(
+            "An optional API endpoint which will be used to check if the API is configured correctly and "
+            "is currently up or down. This field is only used for in the admin's 'health check' field."
+        ),
+        max_length=255,
+        null=True,
+    )
 
     # credentials for the API
     client_id = models.CharField(max_length=255, blank=True)