diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6b105e37bf..e9e15f6d4c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ significant modifications will be credited to OpenTelemetry Authors.
 ([#648](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/648))
 * Add Jaeger-SPM-Config
 ([#655](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/655))
+* Add healthcheck to featureflagservice
+([#661](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/661)
 * Add resource detectors to checkout service
 ([#662](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/pull/662))
 * Add resource detectors to cart service
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d898ae28fa..0e79d211eb 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ services:
       - OTEL_SERVICE_NAME=featureflagservice
       - DATABASE_URL=ecto://ffs:ffs@ffs_postgres:5432/ffs
       - FEATURE_FLAG_SERVICE_PATH_ROOT="/feature"
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-H", "baggage: synthetic_request=true", "-f", "http://localhost:${FEATURE_FLAG_SERVICE_PORT}"]
     depends_on:
       ffs_postgres:
         condition: service_healthy
diff --git a/src/featureflagservice/Dockerfile b/src/featureflagservice/Dockerfile
index dbe237825c..0f428ede04 100644
--- a/src/featureflagservice/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/featureflagservice/Dockerfile
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ RUN mix release
 # the compiled release and other runtime necessities
 FROM ${RUNNER_IMAGE}
 
-RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y libstdc++6 openssl libncurses5 locales \
+RUN apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y libstdc++6 openssl libncurses5 locales curl \
   && apt-get clean && rm -f /var/lib/apt/lists/*_*
 
 # Set the locale