diff --git a/healthcheck/common.sh b/healthcheck/common.sh
index 33657eaf3..2ca9c6aac 100755
--- a/healthcheck/common.sh
+++ b/healthcheck/common.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ else
 fi
 : ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_MAX_TIME:=10}
 : ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_USER_AGENT:=curl-healthcheck}
+: ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_PY_USER_AGENT:=pyrequests-healthcheck}
 : ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_WRITE_OUT:='\n%{http_code} %{remote_ip}:%{remote_port} %{time_total} seconds\n'}
 : ${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_OUTPUT:='/dev/null'}
 
@@ -30,11 +31,19 @@ healthcheck_curl () {
         return 1
     fi
     export NSS_SDB_USE_CACHE=no
-    curl -g -k -q -s -S --fail -o "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_OUTPUT}" \
+    if [ -n "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_PY+x}" ] || [ -n "${no_proxy+x}" ] || [ -n "${NO_PROXY+x}" ]; then
+        ${HEALTHCHECK_SCRIPTS:-/usr/share/openstack-tripleo-common/healthcheck}/http-healthcheck.py \
+        --max-time "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_MAX_TIME}" \
+        --user-agent "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_PY_USER_AGENT}" \
+        --write-out "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_WRITE_OUT}" \
+        "$@" || return 1
+    else
+        curl -g -k -q -s -S --fail -o "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_OUTPUT}" \
         --max-time "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_MAX_TIME}" \
         --user-agent "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_USER_AGENT}" \
         --write-out "${HEALTHCHECK_CURL_WRITE_OUT}" \
         "$@" || return 1
+    fi
 }
 
 healthcheck_port () {
diff --git a/healthcheck/http-healthcheck.py b/healthcheck/http-healthcheck.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..00076de88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/healthcheck/http-healthcheck.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python2
+import argparse
+import os
+import requests
+
+default_output = ("\n%(http_code)s %(remote_ip)s:%(remote_port)s "
+                  "%(time_total)s seconds\n")
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Check remote HTTP')
+parser.add_argument('uri', metavar='URI', type=str, nargs=1,
+                    help='Remote URI to check')
+parser.add_argument('--max-time', type=int, default=10,
+                    help=('Maximum time in seconds that you allow the'
+                          ' whole operation to take.')
+                    )
+parser.add_argument('--user-agent', type=str, default='pyrequests-healthcheck',
+                    help=('Specify the User-Agent string to send to the'
+                          ' HTTP server.')
+                    )
+parser.add_argument('--write-out', type=str, default=default_output,
+                    help=('Display information on stdout after a completed'
+                          ' transfer.')
+                    )
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+uri = args.uri[0]
+output = args.write_out.replace('%{', '%(').replace('}', ')s') \
+    .replace('\\n', os.linesep)
+
+headers = {'User-Agent': args.user_agent}
+with requests.get(uri, headers=headers, timeout=args.max_time,
+                  allow_redirects=True, stream=True, verify=False) as req:
+    r_ip, r_port = req.raw._original_response.fp.raw._sock.getpeername()
+    resp = {'http_code': req.status_code,
+            'remote_ip': r_ip,
+            'remote_port': r_port,
+            'time_total': req.elapsed.total_seconds()
+            }
+    try:
+        print(output % resp)
+    except KeyError:
+        print(default_output % resp)
+    except ValueError:
+        print(default_output % resp)