diff --git a/devstack/samples/sample-vnfd-http-monitor.yaml b/devstack/samples/sample-vnfd-http-monitor.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a1388aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devstack/samples/sample-vnfd-http-monitor.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+template_name: sample-vnfd-http-monitor
+description: demo-example
+
+service_properties:
+  Id: sample-vnfd
+  vendor: tacker
+  version: 1
+
+vdus:
+  vdu1:
+    id: vdu1
+    vm_image: ubuntu
+    instance_type: m1.small
+
+    network_interfaces:
+      management:
+        network: net_mgmt
+        management: true
+      pkt_in:
+        network: net0
+      pkt_out:
+        network: net1
+
+    placement_policy:
+      availability_zone: nova
+
+    auto-scaling: noop
+    monitoring_policy:
+      http_ping:
+        monitoring_params:
+          retry: 5
+          timeout: 10
+          port: 8000
+        actions:
+          failure: respawn
+
+    config:
+      param0: key0
+      param1: key1
diff --git a/etc/tacker/tacker.conf b/etc/tacker/tacker.conf
index 4c250e8d9..279e28ce6 100644
--- a/etc/tacker/tacker.conf
+++ b/etc/tacker/tacker.conf
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ mgmt_driver = openwrt
 
 # Specify drivers for monitoring
 monitor_driver = ping
+monitor_driver = http_ping
 
 [servicevm_nova]
 # parameters for novaclient to talk to nova
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3af6938b4..43d8b2219 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ tacker.servicevm.mgmt.drivers =
     openwrt = tacker.vm.mgmt_drivers.openwrt.openwrt:DeviceMgmtOpenWRT
 tacker.servicevm.monitor.drivers =
     ping = tacker.vm.monitor_drivers.ping.ping:VNFMonitorPing
+    http_ping = tacker.vm.monitor_drivers.http_ping.http_ping:VNFMonitorHTTPPing
 
 
 [build_sphinx]
diff --git a/tacker/vm/monitor_drivers/http_ping/__init__.py b/tacker/vm/monitor_drivers/http_ping/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tacker/vm/monitor_drivers/http_ping/http_ping.py b/tacker/vm/monitor_drivers/http_ping/http_ping.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff678383a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tacker/vm/monitor_drivers/http_ping/http_ping.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+#
+
+import urllib2
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+
+from tacker.common import log
+from tacker.i18n import _LW
+from tacker.openstack.common import log as logging
+from tacker.vm.monitor_drivers import abstract_driver
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+OPTS = [
+    cfg.IntOpt('retry', default=5,
+               help=_('number of times to retry')),
+    cfg.IntOpt('timeout', default=1,
+               help=_('number of seconds to wait for a response')),
+    cfg.IntOpt('port', default=80,
+               help=_('HTTP port number to send request'))
+]
+cfg.CONF.register_opts(OPTS, 'monitor_http_ping')
+
+
+class VNFMonitorHTTPPing(abstract_driver.VNFMonitorAbstractDriver):
+    def get_type(self):
+        return 'http_ping'
+
+    def get_name(self):
+        return 'HTTP ping'
+
+    def get_description(self):
+        return 'Tacker HTTP Ping Driver for VNF'
+
+    def monitor_url(self, plugin, context, device):
+        LOG.debug(_('monitor_url %s'), device)
+        return device.get('monitor_url', '')
+
+    def _is_pingable(self, mgmt_ip='', retry=5, timeout=5, port=80, **kwargs):
+        """Checks whether the server is reachable by using urllib2.
+
+        Waits for connectivity for `timeout` seconds,
+        and if connection refused, it will retry `retry`
+        times.
+        :param mgmt_ip: IP to check
+        :param retry: times to reconnect if connection refused
+        :param timeout: seconds to wait for connection
+        :param port: port number to check connectivity
+        :return: bool - True or False depending on pingability.
+        """
+        url = 'http://' + mgmt_ip + ':' + str(port)
+        for retry_index in range(int(retry)):
+            try:
+                urllib2.urlopen(url, timeout=timeout)
+                return True
+            except urllib2.URLError:
+                LOG.warning(_LW('Unable to reach to the url %s'), url)
+        return 'failure'
+
+    @log.log
+    def monitor_call(self, device, kwargs):
+        if not kwargs['mgmt_ip']:
+            return
+
+        return self._is_pingable(**kwargs)