diff --git a/app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb
index 5a08339e3..52b81f169 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/api_controller.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ module Api
     def health
       User.new && Team.new && Project.new
       User.first if params[:db]
+      if Rails.application.secrets.system_notifications_uri.present? &&
+         Rails.application.secrets.system_notifications_channel.present? &&
+         !Notifications::SyncSystemNotificationsService.available?
+        return render plain: 'SYSTEM NOTIFICATIONS SERVICE CHECK FAILED', status: :error
+      end
       render plain: 'RUNNING'
     end
 
diff --git a/app/services/notifications/sync_system_notifications_service.rb b/app/services/notifications/sync_system_notifications_service.rb
index af3a925a9..789ec6a29 100644
--- a/app/services/notifications/sync_system_notifications_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/notifications/sync_system_notifications_service.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ module Notifications
       @errors.none?
     end
 
+    def self.available?
+      channel = Rails.application.secrets.system_notifications_channel
+      query = { query: { last_sync_timestamp: Time.now.to_i, channels_slug: channel },
+                headers: { 'accept': 'application/vnd.system-notifications.1+json' } }
+      response = get('/api/system_notifications', query)
+      response.code < Rack::Utils::SYMBOL_TO_STATUS_CODE[:bad_request]
+    end
+
     private
 
     def call_api