diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bbb3718fecb..48de8683c0b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ services:
       FIDES__CONFIG_PATH: ${FIDES__CONFIG_PATH:-/fides/.fides/fides.toml}
       FIDES__LOGGING__COLORIZE: "True"
       FIDES__USER__ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT: "True"
+      # The default HTTP health check port is 9000, override it here to ensure that
+      # the override works as expected.
+      FIDES__CELERY__HEALTHCHECK_PORT: "9001"
+    expose:
+        - 9001
     volumes:
       - type: bind
         source: ./
@@ -143,52 +148,16 @@ services:
       - /fides/src/fides.egg-info
 
   worker-privacy-preferences:
-    image: ethyca/fides:local
+    extends:
+      service: worker-other
     command: fides worker --queues=fides.privacy_preferences,fides.privacy_request_exports,fides.privacy_request_ingestion
-    depends_on:
-      redis:
-        condition: service_started
-    restart: always
-    healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "celery", "-A", "fides.api.tasks", "inspect", "ping"]
-      start_period: 60s
-      interval: 20s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 10
-    environment:
-      FIDES__CONFIG_PATH: ${FIDES__CONFIG_PATH:-/fides/.fides/fides.toml}
-      FIDES__LOGGING__COLORIZE: "True"
-      FIDES__USER__ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT: "True"
-    volumes:
-      - type: bind
-        source: ./
-        target: /fides
-        read_only: False
-      - /fides/src/fides.egg-info
 
   worker-dsr:
-    image: ethyca/fides:local
-    command: fides worker --queues=fides.dsr
-    depends_on:
-      redis:
-        condition: service_started
-    restart: always
+    extends:
+      service: worker-other
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "celery", "-A", "fides.api.tasks", "inspect", "ping"]
-      start_period: 60s
-      interval: 20s
-      timeout: 5s
-      retries: 10
-    environment:
-      FIDES__CONFIG_PATH: ${FIDES__CONFIG_PATH:-/fides/.fides/fides.toml}
-      FIDES__LOGGING__COLORIZE: "True"
-      FIDES__USER__ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT: "True"
-    volumes:
-      - type: bind
-        source: ./
-        target: /fides
-        read_only: False
-      - /fides/src/fides.egg-info
+      test: [ "CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:9001/"]
+    command: fides worker --queues=fides.dsr
 
   redis:
     image: "redis:8.0-alpine"
diff --git a/src/fides/api/tasks/__init__.py b/src/fides/api/tasks/__init__.py
index 63b992673da..08b0fcf4cd9 100644
--- a/src/fides/api/tasks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fides/api/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 )
 
 from fides.api.db.session import get_db_engine, get_db_session
+from fides.api.tasks import celery_healthcheck
 from fides.api.util.logger import setup as setup_logging
 from fides.config import CONFIG, FidesConfig
 
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ def _create_celery(config: FidesConfig = CONFIG) -> Celery:
     )
 
     app = Celery(__name__)
+    celery_healthcheck.register(app)  # type: ignore
 
     celery_config: Dict[str, Any] = {
         # Defaults for the celery config
@@ -112,6 +114,8 @@ def _create_celery(config: FidesConfig = CONFIG) -> Celery:
         # Ops requires this to route emails to separate queues
         "task_create_missing_queues": True,
         "task_default_queue": "fides",
+        "healthcheck_port": config.celery.healthcheck_port,
+        "healthcheck_ping_timeout": config.celery.healthcheck_ping_timeout,
     }
 
     celery_config.update(config.celery)
diff --git a/src/fides/api/tasks/celery_healthcheck/__init__.py b/src/fides/api/tasks/celery_healthcheck/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2c85f80985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fides/api/tasks/celery_healthcheck/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# fmt: off
+# type: ignore
+# pylint: skip-file
+# isort:off
+
+
+from .server import HealthCheckServer
+
+
+def register(celery_app):
+    celery_app.steps["worker"].add(HealthCheckServer)
diff --git a/src/fides/api/tasks/celery_healthcheck/server.py b/src/fides/api/tasks/celery_healthcheck/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c21241201f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fides/api/tasks/celery_healthcheck/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import json
+import threading
+from http.server import HTTPServer, SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+from celery import bootsteps
+from celery.worker import WorkController
+from loguru import logger
+
+HEALTHCHECK_DEFAULT_PORT = 9000
+HEALTHCHECK_DEFAULT_PING_TIMEOUT = 2.0
+HEALTHCHECK_DEFAULT_HTTP_SERVER_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT = 2.0
+
+
+class HealthcheckHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+    """HTTP request handler with additional properties and functions"""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self, parent: WorkController, healthcheck_ping_timeout: float, *args: Any
+    ):
+        self.parent = parent
+        self.healthcheck_ping_timeout = healthcheck_ping_timeout
+        super().__init__(*args)
+
+    def do_GET(self) -> None:
+        """Handle GET requests"""
+        try:
+            try:
+                parent = self.parent
+                insp = parent.app.control.inspect(
+                    destination=[parent.hostname], timeout=self.healthcheck_ping_timeout
+                )
+                result = insp.ping()
+
+                data = json.dumps({"status": "ok", "data": result})
+                logger.debug(f"Healthcheck ping result: {data}")
+
+                self.send_response(200)
+                self.send_header("Content-type", "application/json")
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.wfile.write(bytes(data, "utf-8"))
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warning(f"Healthcheck ping exception: {e}")
+                response = {"status": "error", "data": str(e)}
+                self.send_response(503)
+                self.send_header("Content-type", "application/json")
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.wfile.write(bytes(json.dumps(response), "utf-8"))
+        except Exception as ex:
+            logger.exception("HealthcheckHandler exception", exc_info=ex)
+            self.send_response(500)
+
+
+class HealthCheckServer(bootsteps.StartStopStep):
+    # ignore kwargs type
+    def __init__(self, parent: WorkController, **kwargs):  # type: ignore [arg-type, no-untyped-def]
+        self.thread: Optional[threading.Thread] = None
+        self.http_server: Optional[HTTPServer] = None
+
+        self.parent = parent
+
+        # config
+        self.healthcheck_port = int(
+            getattr(parent.app.conf, "healthcheck_port", HEALTHCHECK_DEFAULT_PORT)
+        )
+        self.healthcheck_ping_timeout = float(
+            getattr(
+                parent.app.conf,
+                "healthcheck_ping_timeout",
+                HEALTHCHECK_DEFAULT_PING_TIMEOUT,
+            )
+        )
+        self.shutdown_timeout = float(
+            getattr(
+                parent.app.conf,
+                "shutdown_timeout",
+                HEALTHCHECK_DEFAULT_HTTP_SERVER_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT,
+            )
+        )
+
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+    # The mypy hints for an HTTP handler are strange, so ignoring them here
+    def http_handler(self, *args) -> None:  # type: ignore [arg-type, no-untyped-def]
+        HealthcheckHandler(self.parent, self.healthcheck_ping_timeout, *args)
+
+    def start(self, parent: WorkController) -> None:
+        # Ignore mypy hints here as the constructed object immediately handles the request
+        # (if you look in the source code for SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, specifically the finalize request method)
+        self.http_server = HTTPServer(
+            ("0.0.0.0", self.healthcheck_port), self.http_handler  # type: ignore [arg-type]
+        )
+
+        self.thread = threading.Thread(
+            target=self.http_server.serve_forever, daemon=True
+        )
+        self.thread.start()
+
+    def stop(self, parent: WorkController) -> None:
+        if self.http_server is None:
+            logger.warning(
+                "Requested stop of HTTP healthcheck server, but no server was started"
+            )
+        else:
+            logger.info(
+                f"Stopping health check server with a timeout of {self.shutdown_timeout} seconds"
+            )
+            self.http_server.shutdown()
+
+        # Really this should not happen if the HTTP server is None, but just in case, we should check.
+        if self.thread is None:
+            logger.warning("No thread in HTTP healthcheck server to shutdown...")
+        else:
+            self.thread.join(self.shutdown_timeout)
+
+        logger.info(f"Health check server stopped on port {self.healthcheck_port}")
diff --git a/src/fides/config/celery_settings.py b/src/fides/config/celery_settings.py
index ea185e862a4..841ee60dbf2 100644
--- a/src/fides/config/celery_settings.py
+++ b/src/fides/config/celery_settings.py
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ class CelerySettings(FidesSettings):
         description="If true, tasks are executed locally instead of being sent to the queue.  "
         "If False, tasks are sent to the queue.",
     )
+    healthcheck_port: int = Field(
+        default=9000, description="The port to use for the health check endpoint"
+    )
+    healthcheck_ping_timeout: float = Field(
+        default=2.0, description="The timeout in seconds for the health check ping"
+    )
     model_config = SettingsConfigDict(env_prefix=ENV_PREFIX)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 3ca47f6dd55..b559fe4c9c5 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 from fides.api.schemas.messaging.messaging import MessagingServiceType
 from fides.api.schemas.privacy_request import PrivacyRequestStatus
 from fides.api.task.graph_runners import access_runner, consent_runner, erasure_runner
-from fides.api.tasks import celery_app
+from fides.api.tasks import celery_app, celery_healthcheck
 from fides.api.tasks.scheduled.scheduler import async_scheduler, scheduler
 from fides.api.util.cache import get_cache
 from fides.api.util.collection_util import Row
@@ -765,15 +765,48 @@ def celery_enable_logging():
     return True
 
 
+# Register health check for workers
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def celery_worker_parameters():
-    """Configure celery worker parameters for testing.
+def celery_session_app(celery_session_app):
+    celery_healthcheck.register(celery_session_app)
+    return celery_session_app
+
+# This is here because the test suite occasionally fails to teardown the
+# Celery worker if it takes too long to terminate the worker thread. This
+# will prevent that and, instead, log a warning
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def celery_session_worker(
+    request,
+    celery_session_app,
+    celery_includes,
+    celery_class_tasks,
+    celery_worker_pool,
+    celery_worker_parameters,
+):
+    from celery.contrib.testing import worker
+
+    for module in celery_includes:
+        celery_session_app.loader.import_task_module(module)
+    for class_task in celery_class_tasks:
+        celery_session_app.register_task(class_task)
+
+    try:
+
+        logger.info("Starting safe celery session worker...")
+        with worker.start_worker(
+            celery_session_app,
+            pool=celery_worker_pool,
+            shutdown_timeout=2.0,
+            **celery_worker_parameters,
+        ) as w:
+            try:
+                yield w
+                logger.info("Done with celery worker, trying to dispose of it..")
+            except RuntimeError:
+                logger.warning("Failed to dispose of the celery worker.")
+    except RuntimeError as re:
+        logger.warning("Failed to stop the celery worker: " + str(re))
 
-    Increase shutdown_timeout to avoid flaky test failures when the worker
-    takes longer to shut down, especially during parallel test runs with pytest-xdist.
-    The CI environment can be slow, so we use a generous timeout.
-    """
-    return {"shutdown_timeout": 180.0}
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
@@ -880,7 +913,8 @@ def access_runner_tester(
             connection_configs,
             identity,
             session,
-            privacy_request_proceed=False,  # This allows the DSR 3.0 Access Runner to be tested in isolation, to just test running the access graph without queuing the privacy request
+            privacy_request_proceed=False,
+            # This allows the DSR 3.0 Access Runner to be tested in isolation, to just test running the access graph without queuing the privacy request
         )
     except PrivacyRequestExit:
         # DSR 3.0 intentionally raises a PrivacyRequestExit status while it waits for
@@ -938,7 +972,8 @@ def consent_runner_tester(
             connection_configs,
             identity,
             session,
-            privacy_request_proceed=False,  # This allows the DSR 3.0 Consent Runner to be tested in isolation, to just test running the consent graph without queuing the privacy request
+            privacy_request_proceed=False,
+            # This allows the DSR 3.0 Consent Runner to be tested in isolation, to just test running the consent graph without queuing the privacy request
         )
     except PrivacyRequestExit:
         # DSR 3.0 intentionally raises a PrivacyRequestExit status while it waits for
diff --git a/tests/task/test_healthcheck_server.py b/tests/task/test_healthcheck_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..171ffba9680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/task/test_healthcheck_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import pytest
+
+import pytest
+import requests
+from loguru import logger
+
+
+class TestCeleryHealthCheckServer:
+    def test_responds_to_ping_properly(self, celery_session_app, celery_session_worker):
+        try:
+            response = requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:9000/")
+            assert response.status_code == 200
+            assert response.json()["status"] == "ok"
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+            pytest.fail("Connection error")
+
+
+class TestCeleryHealthCheckWorker:
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def setup_teardown(self):
+        yield
+        with pytest.raises(Exception):
+            requests.get("http://127.0.0.1:9000/", timeout=1)
+
+    def test_shutdown_gracefully(self, celery_session_app, celery_session_worker):
+        try:
+            logger.info("Shutdown gracefully")
+            celery_session_worker.stop()
+            logger.info("Shutdown gracefully finished")
+        except Exception:
+            pytest.fail("Failed to stop health check server")
+
+
+
+
+