diff --git a/Dockerfile.build b/Dockerfile.build
index 210e9174..25c66f7b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.build
+++ b/Dockerfile.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM golang:1.6-alpine
-RUN apk add -U git make
-RUN go get github.com/tools/godep
+RUN apk add -U git make curl
+RUN go get github.com/Masterminds/glide
 ENV DOCKER_VERSION 1.10.3
 ENV APP interlock
 ENV REPO ehazlett/$APP
diff --git a/ext/lb/nginx/config.go b/ext/lb/nginx/config.go
index 2b6085bc..f29281a3 100644
--- a/ext/lb/nginx/config.go
+++ b/ext/lb/nginx/config.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ type Host struct {
 	Upstream           *Upstream
 	WebsocketEndpoints []string
 	IPHash             bool
+	Check              string
+    CheckInterval      int
 }
 type Config struct {
 	Hosts    []*Host
diff --git a/ext/lb/nginx/generate.go b/ext/lb/nginx/generate.go
index ca21be0c..dd178e51 100644
--- a/ext/lb/nginx/generate.go
+++ b/ext/lb/nginx/generate.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 func (p *NginxLoadBalancer) GenerateProxyConfig(containers []dockerclient.Container) (interface{}, error) {
 	var hosts []*Host
 	upstreamServers := map[string][]string{}
+    hostChecks := map[string]string{}
+    hostCheckIntervals := map[string]int{}
 	serverNames := map[string][]string{}
 	hostContextRoots := map[string]*ContextRoot{}
 	hostContextRootRewrites := map[string]bool{}
@@ -59,12 +61,35 @@ func (p *NginxLoadBalancer) GenerateProxyConfig(containers []dockerclient.Contai
 		}
 		hostContextRootRewrites[domain] = utils.ContextRootRewrite(cInfo.Config)
 
+
 		// check if the first server name is there; if not, add
 		// this happens if there are multiple backend containers
 		if _, ok := serverNames[domain]; !ok {
 			serverNames[domain] = []string{domain}
 		}
 
+        healthCheck := utils.HealthCheck(cInfo.Config)
+        healthCheckInterval, err := utils.HealthCheckInterval(cInfo.Config)
+        if err != nil {
+            log().Errorf("error parsing health check interval: %s", err)
+            continue
+        }
+
+        if healthCheck != "" {
+            if val, ok := hostChecks[domain]; ok {
+                // check existing host check for different values
+                if val != healthCheck {
+                    log().Warnf("conflicting check specified for %s", domain)
+                }
+            } else {
+                hostChecks[domain] = healthCheck
+                hostCheckIntervals[domain] = healthCheckInterval
+                log().Debugf("using custom check for %s: %s", domain, healthCheck)
+            }
+
+            log().Debugf("check interval for %s: %d", domain, healthCheckInterval)
+        }
+
 		hostSSL[domain] = utils.SSLEnabled(cInfo.Config)
 		hostSSLOnly[domain] = utils.SSLOnly(cInfo.Config)
 		hostIPHash[domain] = utils.IPHash(cInfo.Config)
@@ -159,6 +184,8 @@ func (p *NginxLoadBalancer) GenerateProxyConfig(containers []dockerclient.Contai
 			Port:               p.cfg.Port,
 			ContextRoot:        hostContextRoots[k],
 			ContextRootRewrite: hostContextRootRewrites[k],
+            Check:              hostChecks[k],
+            CheckInterval:      hostCheckIntervals[k],
 			SSLPort:            p.cfg.SSLPort,
 			SSL:                hostSSL[k],
 			SSLCert:            hostSSLCert[k],
@@ -183,6 +210,7 @@ func (p *NginxLoadBalancer) GenerateProxyConfig(containers []dockerclient.Contai
 			Name:    k,
 			Servers: servers,
 		}
+
 		h.Upstream = up
 
 		hosts = append(hosts, h)
diff --git a/ext/lb/utils/health_check.go b/ext/lb/utils/health_check.go
index 10cd64d9..d09e5b05 100644
--- a/ext/lb/utils/health_check.go
+++ b/ext/lb/utils/health_check.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	DefaultHealthCheckInterval = 5000
+	DefaultHealthCheckInterval = 10000
 )
 
 func HealthCheck(config *dockerclient.ContainerConfig) string {