diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 5059613b7086..863628a4a5e9 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ func NewMainKubelet(kubeCfg *componentconfig.KubeletConfiguration, kubeDeps *Kub
 
 	klet.pleg = pleg.NewGenericPLEG(klet.containerRuntime, plegChannelCapacity, plegRelistPeriod, klet.podCache, clock.RealClock{})
 	klet.runtimeState = newRuntimeState(maxWaitForContainerRuntime)
+	klet.runtimeState.addHealthCheck("PLEG", klet.pleg.Healthy)
 	klet.updatePodCIDR(kubeCfg.PodCIDR)
 
 	// setup containerGC