diff --git a/healthcheck/common.sh b/healthcheck/common.sh
index a702e8f2b..a6f1bf23e 100755
--- a/healthcheck/common.sh
+++ b/healthcheck/common.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-set -euxo pipefail
+set -euo pipefail
+: ${HEALTHCHECK_DEBUG:=0}
+if [ $HEALTHCHECK_DEBUG -ne 0 ]; then
+    set -x
+    exec 3>&1
+else
+    exec 3>/dev/null
+fi
 : ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_MAX_TIME:=10}
 : ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_USER_AGENT:=curl-healthcheck}
 : ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_WRITE_OUT:='\n%{http_code} %{remote_ip}:%{remote_port} %{time_total} seconds\n'}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/healthcheck-debug-0fbcfebd9042720c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/healthcheck-debug-0fbcfebd9042720c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05bce564a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/healthcheck-debug-0fbcfebd9042720c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Introduce new HEALTHCHECK_DEBUG variable in order to toggle verbosity,
+    defaults to 0 (no verbosity). Setting it to 1 will activate -x flag,
+    among other things.