diff --git a/mcp/packages/server/src/PenpotMcpServer.ts b/mcp/packages/server/src/PenpotMcpServer.ts
index 6bd3ca33e55..ec1f5ee19b2 100644
--- a/mcp/packages/server/src/PenpotMcpServer.ts
+++ b/mcp/packages/server/src/PenpotMcpServer.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,17 @@ export class PenpotMcpServer {
     }
 
     private setupHttpEndpoints(): void {
+        /**
+         * Health check endpoint used by Docker/orchestration to determine liveness.
+         *
+         * Intentionally cheap: it does not exercise any downstream dependencies
+         * (Penpot API, plugin bridge, etc.), it simply confirms that the HTTP
+         * server is up and able to respond.
+         */
+        this.app.get("/healthz", (_req: any, res: any) => {
+            res.status(200).json({ status: "ok" });
+        });
+
         /**
          * Modern Streamable HTTP connection endpoint.
          *