diff --git a/api/rest/client/lbclient.go b/api/rest/client/lbclient.go
index 1de307e4..8b2be3da 100644
--- a/api/rest/client/lbclient.go
+++ b/api/rest/client/lbclient.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"sync/atomic"
 
+	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/api"
 	shell "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-api"
 	files "github.com/ipfs/go-libipfs/files"
-	"github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster/api"
 	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
 )
 
@@ -553,3 +553,12 @@ func (lc *loadBalancingClient) IPFS(ctx context.Context) *shell.Shell {
 
 	return s
 }
+
+func (lc *loadBalancingClient) Health(ctx context.Context) (error) {
+	call := func(c Client) error {
+		err := c.Health(ctx)
+		return err
+	}
+	err := lc.retry(0, call)
+	return err
+}
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