diff --git a/fineract-provider/properties/basicauth/application.properties b/fineract-provider/properties/basicauth/application.properties
index 64e5421f6..4a0e1dd9c 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/properties/basicauth/application.properties
+++ b/fineract-provider/properties/basicauth/application.properties
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 spring.profiles.default=basicauth
 management.health.jms.enabled=false
 
+# FINERACT 1296
+management.endpoint.health.probes.enabled=true
+management.health.livenessState.enabled=true
+management.health.readinessState.enabled=true
+
 # FINERACT-883
 management.info.git.mode=FULL
 
diff --git a/kubernetes/fineract-server-deployment.yml b/kubernetes/fineract-server-deployment.yml
index b28b0be84..0e47d274f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/fineract-server-deployment.yml
+++ b/kubernetes/fineract-server-deployment.yml
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: fineract-server
         image: apache/fineract:latest
+        livenessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /fineract-provider/actuator/health/liveness
+            port: 8443
+          initialDelaySeconds: 90
+          periodSeconds: 1
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: /fineract-provider/actuator/health/readiness
+            port: 8443
+          initialDelaySeconds: 90
+          periodSeconds: 1
         env:
         - name: DRIVERCLASS_NAME
           value: org.drizzle.jdbc.DrizzleDriver