diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/README.md b/extension/healthcheckextension/README.md
index 299028a36620..1880998a165f 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/README.md
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ The following settings are required:
 
 - `endpoint` (default = localhost:13133): Address to publish the health check status. For full list of `ServerConfig` refer [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/tree/main/config/confighttp). You can temporarily disable the `component.UseLocalHostAsDefaultHost` feature gate to change this to 0.0.0.0:13133. This feature gate will be removed in a future release.
 - `path` (default = "/"): Specifies the path to be configured for the health check server.
-- `response_body` (default = ""): Specifies a static body that overrides the default response returned by the health check service. 
+- `response_body` (default = ""): Specifies a static body that overrides the default response returned by the health check service.
+- `shutdown_delay_duration` (default = 0): Specifies a sleep interval for setting NotReady status. This is useful in k8s env to delay shutdown, allowing pod readiness to detect NotReady state and move traffic.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ extensions:
       cert_file: "/path/to/cert.crt"
       key_file: "/path/to/key.key"
     path: "/health/status"
+  shutdown_delay_duration: 2s
 ```
 
 The full list of settings exposed for this exporter is documented [here](./config.go)
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/config.go b/extension/healthcheckextension/config.go
index cd9526d7f21f..ce307635c289 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/config.go
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/config.go
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// CheckCollectorPipeline contains the list of settings of collector pipeline health check
 	CheckCollectorPipeline checkCollectorPipelineSettings `mapstructure:"check_collector_pipeline"`
+
+	// ShutdownDelayDuration represents the sleep interval for setting NotReady status
+	// This is useful in k8s env to delay shutdown, allowing pod readiness to detect NotReady state and move traffic
+	ShutdownDelayDuration time.Duration `mapstructure:"shutdown_delay_duration"`
 }
 
 var _ component.Config = (*Config)(nil)
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/config_test.go b/extension/healthcheckextension/config_test.go
index ba4fb69d0fb2..bdcb874bbe7b 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/config_test.go
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/config_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package healthcheckextension
 import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -59,6 +60,16 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			id:          component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, "invalidpath"),
 			expectedErr: errInvalidPath,
 		},
+		{
+			id: component.NewIDWithName(metadata.Type, "shutdowndelay5s"),
+			expected: &Config{
+				ServerConfig:           confighttp.NewDefaultServerConfig(),
+				Path:                   "/",
+				ResponseBody:           nil,
+				CheckCollectorPipeline: defaultCheckCollectorPipelineSettings(),
+				ShutdownDelayDuration:  5 * time.Second,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.id.String(), func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/factory.go b/extension/healthcheckextension/factory.go
index aca68b892e60..504f3264ce5d 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/factory.go
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/factory.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 		},
 		CheckCollectorPipeline: defaultCheckCollectorPipelineSettings(),
 		Path:                   "/",
+		ShutdownDelayDuration:  0,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/factory_test.go b/extension/healthcheckextension/factory_test.go
index 2397dda4d3d6..cd6ba2d7b64b 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/factory_test.go
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/factory_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func TestFactory_CreateDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		CheckCollectorPipeline: defaultCheckCollectorPipelineSettings(),
 		Path:                   "/",
+		ShutdownDelayDuration:  0,
 	}, cfg)
 
 	assert.NoError(t, componenttest.CheckConfigStruct(cfg))
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/healthcheckextension.go b/extension/healthcheckextension/healthcheckextension.go
index b2eb00769d53..b247f0b49fbe 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/healthcheckextension.go
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/healthcheckextension.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension"
@@ -91,6 +92,11 @@ func (hc *healthCheckExtension) Ready() error {
 
 func (hc *healthCheckExtension) NotReady() error {
 	hc.state.Set(healthcheck.Unavailable)
+
+	if hc.config.ShutdownDelayDuration > 0 {
+		time.Sleep(hc.config.ShutdownDelayDuration)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/extension/healthcheckextension/testdata/config.yaml b/extension/healthcheckextension/testdata/config.yaml
index b9ff04c3e8df..955052ac1843 100644
--- a/extension/healthcheckextension/testdata/config.yaml
+++ b/extension/healthcheckextension/testdata/config.yaml
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ health_check/invalidpath:
     enabled: false
     interval: "5m"
     exporter_failure_threshold: 5
+health_check/shutdowndelay5s:
+  shutdown_delay_duration: 5s