diff --git a/debian/Dockerfile b/debian/Dockerfile
index b66f66e..5788344 100644
--- a/debian/Dockerfile
+++ b/debian/Dockerfile
@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@ ENTRYPOINT ["docker-entrypoint.sh"]
 
 USER memcache
 EXPOSE 11211
+HEALTHCHECK --interval=2s --timeout=1s --retries=5 CMD pidof memcached || exit 1
 CMD ["memcached"]