diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
index 6035eac1d3a3d..76940a9511ea0 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/RemoteWebDriver.java
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Interactive;
 import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Sequence;
 import org.openqa.selenium.internal.Require;
+import org.openqa.selenium.json.Json;
+import org.openqa.selenium.json.JsonException;
 import org.openqa.selenium.logging.LocalLogs;
 import org.openqa.selenium.logging.LogType;
 import org.openqa.selenium.logging.LoggingHandler;
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.ClientConfig;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.ConnectionFailedException;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpClient;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpResponse;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.internal.WebElementToJsonConverter;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.tracing.TracedHttpClient;
 import org.openqa.selenium.remote.tracing.Tracer;
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@
 import static org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType.LOGGING_PREFS;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType.PLATFORM_NAME;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.remote.CapabilityType.SUPPORTS_JAVASCRIPT;
+import static org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.Contents.string;
 
 @Augmentable
 public class RemoteWebDriver implements WebDriver,
@@ -305,6 +311,20 @@ public Capabilities getCapabilities() {
     return capabilities;
   }
 
+  public static Status status(URL remoteAddress) {
+    HttpResponse response = new HttpResponse();
+    try (HttpClient client = HttpClient.Factory.createDefault().createClient(remoteAddress)) {
+      HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest(HttpMethod.GET, "/status");
+      response = client.execute(request);
+      Map<String, Object> responseMap = new Json().toType(string(response), Map.class);
+      Map<String, Object> value = (Map<String, Object>) responseMap.get("value");
+
+      return new Status((boolean) value.get("ready"), (String) value.get("message"));
+    } catch (JsonException e) {
+      throw new WebDriverException("Unable to parse remote response: " + string(response), e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void get(String url) {
     execute(DriverCommand.GET(url));
diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/Status.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/Status.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5448e350b2272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/remote/Status.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Licensed to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The SFC licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.openqa.selenium.remote;
+
+public class Status {
+  private final boolean ready;
+  private final String message;
+
+  public Status(boolean ready, String message) {
+    this.ready = ready;
+    this.message = message;
+  }
+
+  public boolean isReady() {
+    return ready;
+  }
+
+  public String getMessage() {
+    return message;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/grid/router/RemoteWebDriverStatusTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/grid/router/RemoteWebDriverStatusTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ca83a81a4e46e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/grid/router/RemoteWebDriverStatusTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Licensed to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The SFC licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.openqa.selenium.grid.router;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.AssertionsForClassTypes.assertThat;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openqa.selenium.grid.config.TomlConfig;
+import org.openqa.selenium.grid.router.DeploymentTypes.Deployment;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.Status;
+import org.openqa.selenium.testing.drivers.Browser;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+
+class RemoteWebDriverStatusTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void shouldBeAbleToGetRemoteEndStatus() {
+    Browser browser = Browser.FIREFOX;
+
+    Deployment deployment = DeploymentTypes.STANDALONE.start(
+      browser.getCapabilities(),
+      new TomlConfig(new StringReader(
+        "[node]\n" +
+        "driver-implementation = " + browser.displayName())));
+
+    Status status = RemoteWebDriver.status(deployment.getServer().getUrl());
+    assertThat(status.isReady()).isTrue();
+    assertThat(status.getMessage()).isEqualTo("Selenium Grid ready.");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/WebDriverStatusTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/WebDriverStatusTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9bce7d18b6201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/remote/WebDriverStatusTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Licensed to the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The SFC licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+package org.openqa.selenium.remote;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.openqa.selenium.firefox.FirefoxDriver;
+import org.openqa.selenium.remote.service.DriverService;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+@Tag("UnitTests")
+public class WebDriverStatusTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldGetStatusForWebDriverInstance() throws IOException {
+    URI uri = URI.create("http://localhost:9898");
+    URL url = uri.toURL();
+
+    DriverService service = new FakeDriverService() {
+      @Override
+      public URL getUrl() {
+        return url;
+      }
+    };
+
+    assertThrows(UncheckedIOException.class,
+                 () -> FirefoxDriver.status(service.getUrl()));
+  }
+
+  private static class FakeDriverService extends DriverService {
+
+    private boolean started;
+
+    FakeDriverService() throws IOException {
+      super(new File("."), 0, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, null, null);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void start() {
+      started = true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isRunning() {
+      return started;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void waitUntilAvailable() {
+      // return immediately
+    }
+  }
+}