diff --git a/container-images/tripleo_kolla_template_overrides.j2 b/container-images/tripleo_kolla_template_overrides.j2
index b52b2ab9e..7b667e8cf 100644
--- a/container-images/tripleo_kolla_template_overrides.j2
+++ b/container-images/tripleo_kolla_template_overrides.j2
@@ -402,6 +402,12 @@ RUN mkdir -p /openstack && \
     chmod a+rx /openstack/healthcheck
 {% endblock %}
 
+{% block nova_metadata_footer %}
+RUN mkdir -p /openstack && \
+    ln -s /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-common/healthcheck/nova-metadata /openstack/healthcheck && \
+    chmod a+rx /openstack/healthcheck
+{% endblock %}
+
 {% block nova_novncproxy_footer %}
 RUN mkdir -p /openstack && \
     ln -s /usr/share/openstack-tripleo-common/healthcheck/nova-vnc-proxy /openstack/healthcheck && \
diff --git a/healthcheck/nova-metadata b/healthcheck/nova-metadata
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..116da081c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/healthcheck/nova-metadata
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. ${HEALTHCHECK_SCRIPTS:-/usr/share/openstack-tripleo-common/healthcheck}/common.sh
+
+check_url=$(get_url_from_vhost /etc/httpd/conf.d/10-metadata_wsgi.conf)
+healthcheck_curl ${check_url}