diff --git a/src/Lib.hs b/src/Lib.hs
index f44b258..8e470e5 100644
--- a/src/Lib.hs
+++ b/src/Lib.hs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import           Data.IORef                  (newIORef)
 import           Data.Swagger                (Info (..), Swagger (..))
 import           Data.Time                   (UTCTime, addUTCTime,
                                               getCurrentTime, nominalDay)
+import           Data.Version                (showVersion)
 
 import           Network.Wai.Handler.Warp    (defaultSettings, runSettings,
                                               setBeforeMainLoop, setPort)
@@ -43,6 +44,11 @@ import           Servant.Swagger
 import           DB
 import           Types
 
+import           Paths_smash                 (version)
+
+
+-- |For api versioning.
+type APIVersion = "v1"
 
 -- | Shortcut for common api result types.
 type ApiRes verb a = verb '[JSON] (ApiResult DBFail a)
@@ -50,31 +56,35 @@ type ApiRes verb a = verb '[JSON] (ApiResult DBFail a)
 -- The basic auth.
 type BasicAuthURL = BasicAuth "smash" User
 
+-- GET api/v1/status
+type HealthStatusAPI = "api" :> APIVersion :> "status" :> ApiRes Get HealthStatus
+
 -- GET api/v1/metadata/{hash}
-type OfflineMetadataAPI = "api" :> "v1" :> "metadata" :> Capture "id" PoolId :> Capture "hash" PoolMetadataHash :> Get '[JSON] (Headers '[Header "Cache" Text] (ApiResult DBFail PoolMetadataWrapped))
+type OfflineMetadataAPI = "api" :> APIVersion :> "metadata" :> Capture "id" PoolId :> Capture "hash" PoolMetadataHash :> Get '[JSON] (Headers '[Header "Cache" Text] (ApiResult DBFail PoolMetadataWrapped))
 
 -- GET api/v1/delisted
-type DelistedPoolsAPI = "api" :> "v1" :> "delisted" :> ApiRes Get [PoolId]
+type DelistedPoolsAPI = "api" :> APIVersion :> "delisted" :> ApiRes Get [PoolId]
 
 -- GET api/v1/errors
-type FetchPoolErrorAPI = "api" :> "v1" :> "errors" :> Capture "poolId" PoolId :> QueryParam "fromDate" TimeStringFormat :> ApiRes Get [PoolFetchError]
+type FetchPoolErrorAPI = "api" :> APIVersion :> "errors" :> Capture "poolId" PoolId :> QueryParam "fromDate" TimeStringFormat :> ApiRes Get [PoolFetchError]
 
 #ifdef DISABLE_BASIC_AUTH
 -- POST api/v1/delist
-type DelistPoolAPI = "api" :> "v1" :> "delist" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
+type DelistPoolAPI = "api" :> APIVersion :> "delist" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
 
-type EnlistPoolAPI = "api" :> "v1" :> "enlist" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
+type EnlistPoolAPI = "api" :> APIVersion :> "enlist" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
 #else
-type DelistPoolAPI = BasicAuthURL :> "api" :> "v1" :> "delist" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
+type DelistPoolAPI = BasicAuthURL :> "api" :> APIVersion :> "delist" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
 
-type EnlistPoolAPI = BasicAuthURL :> "api" :> "v1" :> "enlist" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
+type EnlistPoolAPI = BasicAuthURL :> "api" :> APIVersion :> "enlist" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
 #endif
 
-type RetiredPoolsAPI = "api" :> "v1" :> "retired" :> ApiRes Get [PoolId]
+type RetiredPoolsAPI = "api" :> APIVersion :> "retired" :> ApiRes Get [PoolId]
 
 
 -- The full API.
 type SmashAPI =  OfflineMetadataAPI
+            :<|> HealthStatusAPI
             :<|> DelistedPoolsAPI
             :<|> DelistPoolAPI
             :<|> EnlistPoolAPI
@@ -83,7 +93,7 @@ type SmashAPI =  OfflineMetadataAPI
 #ifdef TESTING_MODE
             :<|> RetirePoolAPI
 
-type RetirePoolAPI = "api" :> "v1" :> "retired" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
+type RetirePoolAPI = "api" :> APIVersion :> "retired" :> ReqBody '[JSON] PoolId :> ApiRes Patch PoolId
 #endif
 
 
@@ -238,6 +248,7 @@ server :: Configuration -> DataLayer -> Server API
 server configuration dataLayer
     =       return todoSwagger
     :<|>    getPoolOfflineMetadata dataLayer
+    :<|>    getHealthStatus
     :<|>    getDelistedPools dataLayer
     :<|>    delistPool dataLayer
     :<|>    enlistPool dataLayer
@@ -284,6 +295,13 @@ getPoolOfflineMetadata dataLayer poolId poolHash = fmap (addHeader "always") . c
                         then return . ApiResult . Right $ PoolMetadataWrapped poolMetadata
                         else throwIO err404
 
+-- |Simple health status, there are ideas for improvement.
+getHealthStatus :: Handler (ApiResult DBFail HealthStatus)
+getHealthStatus = return . ApiResult . Right $
+    HealthStatus
+        { hsStatus = "OK"
+        , hsVersion = toS $ showVersion version
+        }
 
 -- |Get all delisted pools
 getDelistedPools :: DataLayer -> Handler (ApiResult DBFail [PoolId])
diff --git a/src/Types.hs b/src/Types.hs
index 10b9fe0..2facc7a 100644
--- a/src/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Types.hs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module Types
     , createPoolOfflineMetadata
     , examplePoolOfflineMetadata
     -- * Configuration
+    , HealthStatus (..)
     , Configuration (..)
     , defaultConfiguration
     -- * API
@@ -332,6 +333,29 @@ instance FromHttpApiData TimeStringFormat where
 instance ToParamSchema TimeStringFormat where
     toParamSchema _ = mempty
 
+-- |The data for returning the health check for SMASH.
+data HealthStatus = HealthStatus
+    { hsStatus :: !Text
+    , hsVersion :: !Text
+    } deriving (Eq, Show, Generic)
+
+instance ToJSON HealthStatus where
+    toJSON (HealthStatus hsStatus' hsVersion') =
+        object
+            [ "status"      .= hsStatus'
+            , "version"     .= hsVersion'
+            ]
+
+instance FromJSON HealthStatus where
+    parseJSON = withObject "healthStatus" $ \o -> do
+        status          <- o .: "status"
+        version         <- o .: "version"
+
+        return $ HealthStatus
+            { hsStatus  = status
+            , hsVersion = version
+            }
+
 -- We need a "conversion" layer between custom DB types and the rest of the
 -- codebase se we can have a clean separation and replace them at any point.
 -- The natural place to have this conversion is in the types.