diff --git a/jina/serve/runtimes/asyncio.py b/jina/serve/runtimes/asyncio.py
index 78d6be8fb1fe6..1c0eddb88e290 100644
--- a/jina/serve/runtimes/asyncio.py
+++ b/jina/serve/runtimes/asyncio.py
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ class AsyncNewLoopRuntime(BaseRuntime, MonitoringMixin, ABC):
     """
 
     def __init__(
-            self,
-            args: 'argparse.Namespace',
-            cancel_event: Optional[
-                Union['asyncio.Event', 'multiprocessing.Event', 'threading.Event']
-            ] = None,
-            **kwargs,
+        self,
+        args: 'argparse.Namespace',
+        cancel_event: Optional[
+            Union['asyncio.Event', 'multiprocessing.Event', 'threading.Event']
+        ] = None,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         super().__init__(args, **kwargs)
         self._loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ def __init__(
                 )
         else:
             with ImportExtensions(
-                    required=True,
-                    logger=self.logger,
-                    help_text='''If you see a 'DLL load failed' error, please reinstall `pywin32`.
+                required=True,
+                logger=self.logger,
+                help_text='''If you see a 'DLL load failed' error, please reinstall `pywin32`.
                 If you're using conda, please use the command `conda install -c anaconda pywin32`''',
             ):
                 import win32api
@@ -84,7 +84,12 @@ def teardown(self):
         self._loop.close()
         super().teardown()
         self._stop_time = time.time()
-        send_telemetry_event(event='stop', obj=self, duration=self._stop_time - self._start_time, entity_id=self._entity_id)
+        send_telemetry_event(
+            event='stop',
+            obj=self,
+            duration=self._stop_time - self._start_time,
+            entity_id=self._entity_id,
+        )
 
     async def _wait_for_cancel(self):
         """Do NOT override this method when inheriting from :class:`GatewayPod`"""
@@ -163,12 +168,13 @@ def is_ready(ctrl_address: str, **kwargs) -> bool:
         except RpcError:
             return False
 
-    @staticmethod
+    @classmethod
     def wait_for_ready_or_shutdown(
-            timeout: Optional[float],
-            ready_or_shutdown_event: Union['multiprocessing.Event', 'threading.Event'],
-            ctrl_address: str,
-            **kwargs,
+        cls,
+        timeout: Optional[float],
+        ready_or_shutdown_event: Union['multiprocessing.Event', 'threading.Event'],
+        ctrl_address: str,
+        **kwargs,
     ):
         """
         Check if the runtime has successfully started
@@ -182,9 +188,7 @@ def wait_for_ready_or_shutdown(
         timeout_ns = 1000000000 * timeout if timeout else None
         now = time.time_ns()
         while timeout_ns is None or time.time_ns() - now < timeout_ns:
-            if ready_or_shutdown_event.is_set() or AsyncNewLoopRuntime.is_ready(
-                    ctrl_address
-            ):
+            if ready_or_shutdown_event.is_set() or cls.is_ready(ctrl_address, **kwargs):
                 return True
             time.sleep(0.1)
         return False
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ def _log_data_request(self, request: DataRequest):
     @property
     def _entity_id(self):
         import uuid
+
         if hasattr(self, '_entity_id_'):
             return self._entity_id_
         self._entity_id_ = uuid.uuid1().hex
diff --git a/jina/serve/runtimes/gateway/__init__.py b/jina/serve/runtimes/gateway/__init__.py
index 591f7628089e2..af8a761ee714c 100644
--- a/jina/serve/runtimes/gateway/__init__.py
+++ b/jina/serve/runtimes/gateway/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import argparse
+import urllib
 from abc import ABC
+from http import HTTPStatus
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional, Union
 
 from jina.serve.runtimes.asyncio import AsyncNewLoopRuntime
@@ -28,3 +30,52 @@ def __init__(
         if self.timeout_send:
             self.timeout_send /= 1e3  # convert ms to seconds
         super().__init__(args, cancel_event, **kwargs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def is_ready(ctrl_address: str, protocol: Optional[str] = 'grpc', **kwargs) -> bool:
+        """
+        Check if status is ready.
+
+        :param ctrl_address: the address where the control request needs to be sent
+        :param protocol: protocol of the gateway runtime
+        :param kwargs: extra keyword arguments
+
+        :return: True if status is ready else False.
+        """
+
+        if protocol is None or protocol == 'grpc':
+            res = super().is_ready(ctrl_address)
+        else:
+            try:
+                conn = urllib.request.urlopen(url=f'http://{ctrl_address}')
+                res = conn.code == HTTPStatus.OK
+            except:
+                res = False
+        return res
+
+    @classmethod
+    def wait_for_ready_or_shutdown(
+        cls,
+        timeout: Optional[float],
+        ready_or_shutdown_event: Union['multiprocessing.Event', 'threading.Event'],
+        ctrl_address: str,
+        protocol: Optional[str] = 'grpc',
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """
+        Check if the runtime has successfully started
+
+        :param timeout: The time to wait before readiness or failure is determined
+        :param ctrl_address: the address where the control message needs to be sent
+        :param ready_or_shutdown_event: the multiprocessing event to detect if the process failed or is ready
+        :param protocol: protocol of the gateway runtime
+        :param kwargs: extra keyword arguments
+
+        :return: True if is ready or it needs to be shutdown
+        """
+        return super().wait_for_ready_or_shutdown(
+            timeout=timeout,
+            ready_or_shutdown_event=ready_or_shutdown_event,
+            ctrl_address=ctrl_address,
+            protocol=protocol,
+        )