diff --git a/docs/management_api.md b/docs/management_api.md
index 4bdfddcd0..0b496cbaa 100644
--- a/docs/management_api.md
+++ b/docs/management_api.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Prometheus provides a set of management APIs to facilitate automation and integr
 
 ```
 GET /-/healthy
+HEAD /-/healthy
 ```
 
 This endpoint always returns 200 and should be used to check Prometheus health.
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ This endpoint always returns 200 and should be used to check Prometheus health.
 
 ```
 GET /-/ready
+HEAD /-/ready
 ```
 
 This endpoint returns 200 when Prometheus is ready to serve traffic (i.e. respond to queries).
diff --git a/web/web.go b/web/web.go
index 43cfc96e7..27d7c9635 100644
--- a/web/web.go
+++ b/web/web.go
@@ -471,10 +471,16 @@ func New(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, o.AppName+" is Healthy.\n")
 	})
+	router.Head("/-/healthy", func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	})
 	router.Get("/-/ready", readyf(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, o.AppName+" is Ready.\n")
 	}))
+	router.Head("/-/ready", readyf(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	}))
 
 	return h
 }
diff --git a/web/web_test.go b/web/web_test.go
index 65935079c..7da06a306 100644
--- a/web/web_test.go
+++ b/web/web_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ func TestReadyAndHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
 	cleanupTestResponse(t, resp)
 
+	resp, err = http.Head(baseURL + "/-/healthy")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+	cleanupTestResponse(t, resp)
+
 	for _, u := range []string{
 		baseURL + "/-/ready",
 	} {
@@ -133,6 +138,11 @@ func TestReadyAndHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Equal(t, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, resp.StatusCode)
 		cleanupTestResponse(t, resp)
+
+		resp, err = http.Head(u)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusServiceUnavailable, resp.StatusCode)
+		cleanupTestResponse(t, resp)
 	}
 
 	resp, err = http.Post(baseURL+"/api/v1/admin/tsdb/snapshot", "", strings.NewReader(""))
@@ -156,6 +166,11 @@ func TestReadyAndHealthy(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
 		cleanupTestResponse(t, resp)
+
+		resp, err = http.Head(u)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, resp.StatusCode)
+		cleanupTestResponse(t, resp)
 	}
 
 	resp, err = http.Post(baseURL+"/api/v1/admin/tsdb/snapshot", "", strings.NewReader(""))