diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/mod.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/mod.rs
index 1c1465582..7cf886017 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use tracing::debug;
 use crate::analytics::Analytics;
 use crate::extractors::authentication::policies::*;
 use crate::extractors::authentication::GuardedData;
+use crate::search_queue::SearchQueue;
 use crate::Opt;
 
 const PAGINATION_DEFAULT_LIMIT: usize = 20;
@@ -385,10 +386,12 @@ pub async fn get_health(
     req: HttpRequest,
     index_scheduler: Data<IndexScheduler>,
     auth_controller: Data<AuthController>,
+    search_queue: Data<SearchQueue>,
     analytics: web::Data<dyn Analytics>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, ResponseError> {
     analytics.health_seen(&req);
 
+    search_queue.health().unwrap();
     index_scheduler.health().unwrap();
     auth_controller.health().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/search_queue.rs b/meilisearch/src/search_queue.rs
index c0d7c7706..6d5044d20 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/search_queue.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/search_queue.rs
@@ -117,4 +117,14 @@ impl SearchQueue {
         self.sender.send(sender).await.map_err(|_| MeilisearchHttpError::SearchLimiterIsDown)?;
         receiver.await.map_err(|_| MeilisearchHttpError::TooManySearchRequests(self.capacity))
     }
+
+    /// Returns `Ok(())` if everything seems normal.
+    /// Returns `Err(MeilisearchHttpError::SearchLimiterIsDown)` if the search limiter seems down.
+    pub fn health(&self) -> Result<(), MeilisearchHttpError> {
+        if self.sender.is_closed() {
+            Err(MeilisearchHttpError::SearchLimiterIsDown)
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
 }