diff --git a/healthcheck/heat-api b/healthcheck/heat-api
index d4463339e..4dec2769c 100755
--- a/healthcheck/heat-api
+++ b/healthcheck/heat-api
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 . ${HEALTHCHECK_SCRIPTS:-/usr/share/openstack-tripleo-common/healthcheck}/common.sh
 
 check_url=$(get_url_from_vhost /etc/httpd/conf.d/10-heat_api_wsgi.conf)
-healthcheck_curl ${check_url}
+healthcheck_curl ${check_url} | grep ^401
diff --git a/healthcheck/heat-api-cfn b/healthcheck/heat-api-cfn
index 0e553a338..4737c92c6 100755
--- a/healthcheck/heat-api-cfn
+++ b/healthcheck/heat-api-cfn
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 . ${HEALTHCHECK_SCRIPTS:-/usr/share/openstack-tripleo-common/healthcheck}/common.sh
 
 check_url=$(get_url_from_vhost /etc/httpd/conf.d/10-heat_api_cfn_wsgi.conf)
-healthcheck_curl ${check_url}
+healthcheck_curl ${check_url} | grep ^401