diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/healthcheck.go b/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/healthcheck.go
index 6c74500b9e43..6eb2ab0e3ce6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/healthcheck.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/healthcheck.go
@@ -14,8 +14,30 @@ func RunHealthCheck(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if err != nil {
 		if status == libpod.HealthCheckContainerNotFound {
 			utils.ContainerNotFound(w, name, err)
+			return
 		}
+		if status == libpod.HealthCheckNotDefined {
+			utils.Error(w, "no healthcheck defined", http.StatusConflict, err)
+			return
+		}
+		if status == libpod.HealthCheckContainerStopped {
+			utils.Error(w, "container not running", http.StatusConflict, err)
+			return
+		}
+		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+	ctr, err := runtime.LookupContainer(name)
+	if err != nil {
 		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
+		return
 	}
-	utils.WriteResponse(w, http.StatusOK, status)
+
+	hcLog, err := ctr.GetHealthCheckLog()
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	utils.WriteResponse(w, http.StatusOK, hcLog)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/server/register_healthcheck.go b/pkg/api/server/register_healthcheck.go
index 5466e2905fe8..9c25e229f038 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server/register_healthcheck.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server/register_healthcheck.go
@@ -8,6 +8,29 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (s *APIServer) registerHealthCheckHandlers(r *mux.Router) error {
+	// swagger:operation GET /libpod/containers/{name:.*}/runhealthcheck libpod libpodRunHealthCheck
+	// ---
+	// tags:
+	//  - containers
+	// summary: Run a container's healthcheck
+	// description: Execute the defined healthcheck and return information about the results
+	// parameters:
+	//  - in: path
+	//    name: name:.*
+	//    type: string
+	//    required: true
+	//    description: the name or ID of the container
+	// produces:
+	// - application/json
+	// responses:
+	//   200:
+	//     $ref: "#/responses/HealthcheckRun"
+	//   404:
+	//     $ref: "#/responses/NoSuchContainer"
+	//   409:
+	//     description: container has no healthcheck or is not running
+	//   500:
+	//     $ref: '#/responses/InternalError'
 	r.Handle(VersionedPath("/libpod/containers/{name}/runhealthcheck"), s.APIHandler(libpod.RunHealthCheck)).Methods(http.MethodGet)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/server/swagger.go b/pkg/api/server/swagger.go
index fc409d8165b4..f091e75da4cd 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server/swagger.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server/swagger.go
@@ -139,3 +139,10 @@ type ok struct {
 		ok string
 	}
 }
+
+// Volume list
+// swagger:response HealthcheckRun
+type swagHealthCheckRunResponse struct {
+	// in:body
+	Body libpod.HealthCheckResults
+}
diff --git a/pkg/bindings/containers/healthcheck.go b/pkg/bindings/containers/healthcheck.go
index dc607c1b32ec..9eeeb9682c00 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/containers/healthcheck.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/containers/healthcheck.go
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ package containers
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/bindings"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/bindings"
 )
 
 // RunHealthCheck executes the container's healthcheck and returns the health status of the
 // container.
-func RunHealthCheck(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string) (*libpod.HealthCheckStatus, error) {
+func RunHealthCheck(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string) (*libpod.HealthCheckResults, error) {
 	conn, err := bindings.GetClient(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	var (
-		status libpod.HealthCheckStatus
+		status libpod.HealthCheckResults
 	)
 	response, err := conn.DoRequest(nil, http.MethodGet, "/containers/%s/runhealthcheck", nil, nameOrID)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/bindings/test/containers_test.go b/pkg/bindings/test/containers_test.go
index f6ef4abecf74..d4815c3d708f 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/test/containers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/test/containers_test.go
@@ -240,4 +240,49 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman containers ", func() {
 		Expect(data.State.Status).To(Equal("exited"))
 	})
 
+	It("run  healthcheck", func() {
+		bt.runPodman([]string{"run", "-d", "--name", "hc", "--health-interval", "disable", "--health-retries", "2", "--health-cmd", "ls / || exit 1", alpine.name, "top"})
+
+		// bogus name should result in 404
+		_, err := containers.RunHealthCheck(connText, "foobar")
+		Expect(err).ToNot(BeNil())
+		code, _ := bindings.CheckResponseCode(err)
+		Expect(code).To(BeNumerically("==", http.StatusNotFound))
+
+		// a container that has no healthcheck should be a 409
+		var name = "top"
+		bt.RunTopContainer(&name, &falseFlag, nil)
+		_, err = containers.RunHealthCheck(connText, name)
+		Expect(err).ToNot(BeNil())
+		code, _ = bindings.CheckResponseCode(err)
+		Expect(code).To(BeNumerically("==", http.StatusConflict))
+
+		// TODO for the life of me, i cannot get this to work. maybe another set
+		// of eyes will
+		// successful healthcheck
+		//status := "healthy"
+		//for i:=0; i < 10; i++ {
+		//	result, err := containers.RunHealthCheck(connText, "hc")
+		//	Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		//	if result.Status != "healthy" {
+		//		fmt.Println("Healthcheck container still starting, retrying in 1 second")
+		//		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		//		continue
+		//	}
+		//	status = result.Status
+		//	break
+		//}
+		//Expect(status).To(Equal("healthy"))
+
+		// TODO enable this when wait is working
+		// healthcheck on a stopped container should be a 409
+		//err = containers.Stop(connText, "hc", nil)
+		//Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		//_, err = containers.Wait(connText, "hc")
+		//Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+		//_, err = containers.RunHealthCheck(connText, "hc")
+		//code, _ = bindings.CheckResponseCode(err)
+		//Expect(code).To(BeNumerically("==", http.StatusConflict))
+	})
+
 })