diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
index 2a4fec3..405d936 100644
--- a/config.example.json
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@
     "skip_vhost": "^$",
     "include_vhost": ".*",
     "rabbit_capabilities": "no_sort,bert",
+    "aliveness_vhost": "/",
     "enabled_exporters": [
             "exchange",
             "node",
             "overview",
-            "queue"
+            "queue",
+            "aliveness"
     ],
     "timeout": 30,
     "max_queues": 0
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 03ac6be..7115adc 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var (
 		SkipVHost:          regexp.MustCompile("^$"),
 		IncludeVHost:       regexp.MustCompile(".*"),
 		RabbitCapabilities: parseCapabilities("no_sort,bert"),
+		AlivenessVhost:     "/",
 		EnabledExporters:   []string{"exchange", "node", "overview", "queue"},
 		Timeout:            30,
 		MaxQueues:          0,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ type rabbitExporterConfig struct {
 	IncludeVHostString       string              `json:"include_vhost"`
 	RabbitCapabilitiesString string              `json:"rabbit_capabilities"`
 	RabbitCapabilities       rabbitCapabilitySet `json:"-"`
+	AlivenessVhost           string              `json:"aliveness_vhost"`
 	EnabledExporters         []string            `json:"enabled_exporters"`
 	Timeout                  int                 `json:"timeout"`
 	MaxQueues                int                 `json:"max_queues"`
@@ -195,6 +197,10 @@ func initConfig() {
 		config.EnabledExporters = strings.Split(enabledExporters, ",")
 	}
 
+	if alivenessVhost := os.Getenv("ALIVENESS_VHOST"); alivenessVhost != "" {
+		config.AlivenessVhost = alivenessVhost
+	}
+
 	if timeout := os.Getenv("RABBIT_TIMEOUT"); timeout != "" {
 		t, err := strconv.Atoi(timeout)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/exporter_aliveness.go b/exporter_aliveness.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3300e02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter_aliveness.go
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	RegisterExporter("aliveness", newExporterAliveness)
+}
+
+var (
+	alivenessLabels = []string{"vhost"}
+
+	alivenessGaugeVec = map[string]*prometheus.GaugeVec{
+		"vhost.aliveness": newGaugeVec("aliveness_test", "vhost aliveness test", alivenessLabels),
+	}
+
+	rabbitmqAlivenessMetric = prometheus.NewGaugeVec(
+		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+			Name: "rabbitmq_aliveness_info",
+			Help: "A metric with value 1 status:ok else 0 labeled by aliveness test status, error, reason",
+		},
+		[]string{"status", "error", "reason"},
+	)
+)
+
+type exporterAliveness struct {
+	alivenessMetrics map[string]*prometheus.GaugeVec
+	alivenessInfo    AlivenessInfo
+}
+
+type AlivenessInfo struct {
+	Status string
+	Error  string
+	Reason string
+}
+
+func newExporterAliveness() Exporter {
+	alivenessGaugeVecActual := alivenessGaugeVec
+
+	if len(config.ExcludeMetrics) > 0 {
+		for _, metric := range config.ExcludeMetrics {
+			if alivenessGaugeVecActual[metric] != nil {
+				delete(alivenessGaugeVecActual, metric)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &exporterAliveness{
+		alivenessMetrics: alivenessGaugeVecActual,
+		alivenessInfo:    AlivenessInfo{},
+	}
+}
+
+func (e *exporterAliveness) Collect(ctx context.Context, ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
+	body, contentType, err := apiRequest(config, "aliveness-test")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	reply, err := MakeReply(contentType, body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	rabbitMqAlivenessData := reply.MakeMap()
+
+	e.alivenessInfo.Status, _ = reply.GetString("status")
+	e.alivenessInfo.Error, _ = reply.GetString("error")
+	e.alivenessInfo.Reason, _ = reply.GetString("reason")
+
+	rabbitmqAlivenessMetric.Reset()
+	var flag float64 = 0
+	if e.alivenessInfo.Status == "ok" {
+		flag = 1
+	}
+	rabbitmqAlivenessMetric.WithLabelValues(e.alivenessInfo.Status, e.alivenessInfo.Error, e.alivenessInfo.Reason).Set(flag)
+
+	log.WithField("alivenesswData", rabbitMqAlivenessData).Debug("Aliveness data")
+	for key, gauge := range e.alivenessMetrics {
+		if value, ok := rabbitMqAlivenessData[key]; ok {
+			log.WithFields(log.Fields{"key": key, "value": value}).Debug("Set aliveness metric for key")
+			gauge.WithLabelValues(e.alivenessInfo.Status).Set(value)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ch != nil {
+		rabbitmqAlivenessMetric.Collect(ch)
+		for _, gauge := range e.alivenessMetrics {
+			gauge.Collect(ch)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (e exporterAliveness) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
+	rabbitmqVersionMetric.Describe(ch)
+	for _, gauge := range e.alivenessMetrics {
+		gauge.Describe(ch)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/rabbitClient.go b/rabbitClient.go
index 5796c23..7014df4 100644
--- a/rabbitClient.go
+++ b/rabbitClient.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ func apiRequest(config rabbitExporterConfig, endpoint string) ([]byte, string, e
 		args = "?sort="
 	}
 
+	if endpoint == "aliveness-test" {
+		escapeAlivenessVhost := url.QueryEscape(config.AlivenessVhost)
+		args = "/" + escapeAlivenessVhost
+	}
+
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", config.RabbitURL+"/api/"+endpoint+args, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithFields(log.Fields{"error": err, "host": config.RabbitURL}).Error("Error while constructing rabbitHost request")