diff --git a/internal/kojiapi/api/api.gen.go b/internal/kojiapi/api/api.gen.go
index c4e198cb1..917fe607d 100644
--- a/internal/kojiapi/api/api.gen.go
+++ b/internal/kojiapi/api/api.gen.go
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ type Repository struct {
 	Gpgkey  string `json:"gpgkey"`
 }
 
+// Status defines model for Status.
+type Status struct {
+	Status string `json:"status"`
+}
+
 // PostComposeJSONBody defines parameters for PostCompose.
 type PostComposeJSONBody ComposeRequest
 
@@ -71,6 +76,9 @@ type ServerInterface interface {
 	// The status of a compose
 	// (GET /compose/{id})
 	GetComposeId(ctx echo.Context, id string) error
+	// status
+	// (GET /status)
+	GetStatus(ctx echo.Context) error
 }
 
 // ServerInterfaceWrapper converts echo contexts to parameters.
@@ -103,6 +111,15 @@ func (w *ServerInterfaceWrapper) GetComposeId(ctx echo.Context) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// GetStatus converts echo context to params.
+func (w *ServerInterfaceWrapper) GetStatus(ctx echo.Context) error {
+	var err error
+
+	// Invoke the callback with all the unmarshalled arguments
+	err = w.Handler.GetStatus(ctx)
+	return err
+}
+
 // This is a simple interface which specifies echo.Route addition functions which
 // are present on both echo.Echo and echo.Group, since we want to allow using
 // either of them for path registration
@@ -127,5 +144,6 @@ func RegisterHandlers(router EchoRouter, si ServerInterface) {
 
 	router.POST("/compose", wrapper.PostCompose)
 	router.GET("/compose/:id", wrapper.GetComposeId)
+	router.GET("/status", wrapper.GetStatus)
 
 }
diff --git a/internal/kojiapi/api/openapi.yml b/internal/kojiapi/api/openapi.yml
index 2989c10c0..3ebc6710d 100644
--- a/internal/kojiapi/api/openapi.yml
+++ b/internal/kojiapi/api/openapi.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ info:
     name: Apache 2.0
     url: 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html'
 paths:
+  /status:
+    get:
+      summary: status
+      tags: [ ]
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: OK
+          headers: { }
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Status'
+      operationId: GetStatus
+      description: Simple status handler to check whether the service is up.
   '/compose/{id}':
     get:
       summary: The status of a compose
@@ -70,6 +84,14 @@ paths:
                 type: string
 components:
   schemas:
+    Status:
+      required:
+        - status
+      properties:
+        status:
+          type: string
+          enum:
+            - OK
     ComposeStatus:
       required:
         - status
diff --git a/internal/kojiapi/server.go b/internal/kojiapi/server.go
index dd5eb5bf3..d77fcf462 100644
--- a/internal/kojiapi/server.go
+++ b/internal/kojiapi/server.go
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ func (h *apiHandlers) GetComposeId(ctx echo.Context, idstr string) error {
 	return ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, response)
 }
 
+// GetStatus handles a /status GET request
+func (h *apiHandlers) GetStatus(ctx echo.Context) error {
+	return ctx.JSON(http.StatusOK, &api.Status{
+		Status: "OK",
+	})
+}
+
 // A simple echo.Binder(), which only accepts application/json, but is more
 // strict than echo's DefaultBinder. It does not handle binding query
 // parameters either.