diff --git a/api/http/handler/endpointproxy/proxy_kubernetes.go b/api/http/handler/endpointproxy/proxy_kubernetes.go
index ed5b1a28b..1f6ed3bfd 100644
--- a/api/http/handler/endpointproxy/proxy_kubernetes.go
+++ b/api/http/handler/endpointproxy/proxy_kubernetes.go
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@ func (handler *Handler) proxyRequestsToKubernetesAPI(w http.ResponseWriter, r *h
 }
 
 func isKubernetesRequest(requestURL string) bool {
-	return strings.HasPrefix(requestURL, "/api")
+	return strings.HasPrefix(requestURL, "/api") || strings.HasPrefix(requestURL, "/healthz")
 }