diff --git a/auditing/async.go b/auditing/async.go
index 0ffa3cb6..d225bf2f 100644
--- a/auditing/async.go
+++ b/auditing/async.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -84,3 +86,11 @@ func (a *asyncAuditing) Index(entry Entry) error {
 func (a *asyncAuditing) Search(ctx context.Context, filter EntryFilter) ([]Entry, error) {
 	return a.a.Search(ctx, filter)
 }
+
+func (a *asyncAuditing) ServiceName() string {
+	return a.a.ServiceName()
+}
+
+func (a *asyncAuditing) Check(ctx context.Context) (healthstatus.HealthResult, error) {
+	return a.a.Check(ctx)
+}
diff --git a/auditing/async_test.go b/auditing/async_test.go
index d526182a..98159342 100644
--- a/auditing/async_test.go
+++ b/auditing/async_test.go
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ package auditing
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"log/slog"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -110,10 +112,11 @@ func Test_asyncAuditing_Index(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 type testBackend struct {
-	mutex sync.Mutex
-	done  chan bool
-	count int
-	idxFn func(count int) error
+	mutex  sync.Mutex
+	done   chan bool
+	count  int
+	idxFn  func(count int) error
+	health error
 }
 
 func (t *testBackend) Index(e Entry) error {
@@ -135,3 +138,18 @@ func (t *testBackend) Index(e Entry) error {
 func (t *testBackend) Search(ctx context.Context, filter EntryFilter) ([]Entry, error) {
 	panic("not required")
 }
+
+func (t *testBackend) ServiceName() string {
+	return "test"
+}
+
+func (t *testBackend) Check(ctx context.Context) (healthstatus.HealthResult, error) {
+	if t.health != nil {
+		return healthstatus.HealthResult{}, fmt.Errorf("audit backend is unhealthy: %s", t.health.Error())
+	}
+
+	return healthstatus.HealthResult{
+		Status:  healthstatus.HealthStatusHealthy,
+		Message: "audit backend is healthy",
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/auditing/auditing.go b/auditing/auditing.go
index 3eb5b228..41024381 100644
--- a/auditing/auditing.go
+++ b/auditing/auditing.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -15,14 +17,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	IndexTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
-type Interval string
-
-var (
-	HourlyInterval  Interval = "@hourly"
-	DailyInterval   Interval = "@daily"
-	MonthlyInterval Interval = "@monthly"
-)
-
 type EntryType string
 
 const (
@@ -135,6 +129,9 @@ type Auditing interface {
 	// By default only recent entries will be returned.
 	// The returned entries will be sorted by timestamp in descending order.
 	Search(context.Context, EntryFilter) ([]Entry, error)
+
+	// Implements the health check interface
+	healthstatus.HealthCheck
 }
 
 func defaultComponent() (string, error) {
diff --git a/auditing/memory.go b/auditing/memory.go
index 5c5b6d11..7ee0550e 100644
--- a/auditing/memory.go
+++ b/auditing/memory.go
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
+)
+
+const (
+	MemoryBackendName = "memory"
 )
 
 type (
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ func NewMemory(c Config, mc MemoryConfig) (Auditing, error) {
 
 	a := &memoryAuditing{
 		component: c.Component,
-		log:       c.Log.WithGroup("auditing").With("audit-backend", "memory"),
+		log:       c.Log.WithGroup("auditing").With("audit-backend", MemoryBackendName),
 		memory:    []Entry{},
 		config:    &mc,
 	}
@@ -201,3 +206,14 @@ func (a *memoryAuditing) Search(ctx context.Context, filter EntryFilter) ([]Entr
 
 	return entries, nil
 }
+
+func (a *memoryAuditing) ServiceName() string {
+	return MemoryBackendName
+}
+
+func (a *memoryAuditing) Check(ctx context.Context) (healthstatus.HealthResult, error) {
+	return healthstatus.HealthResult{
+		Message: fmt.Sprintf("audit backend %q is healthy", MemoryBackendName),
+		Status:  healthstatus.HealthStatusHealthy,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/auditing/memory_test.go b/auditing/memory_test.go
index 72242b97..00d041b4 100644
--- a/auditing/memory_test.go
+++ b/auditing/memory_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/auditing"
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -31,4 +33,17 @@ func TestAuditing_Memory(t *testing.T) {
 			tt.t(t, auditing)
 		})
 	}
+
+	auditing, err := auditing.NewMemory(auditing.Config{
+		Log: slog.Default(),
+	}, auditing.MemoryConfig{})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	healthResult, err := auditing.Check(t.Context())
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, healthstatus.HealthResult{
+		Status:  healthstatus.HealthStatusHealthy,
+		Message: `audit backend "memory" is healthy`,
+	}, healthResult)
 }
diff --git a/auditing/splunk.go b/auditing/splunk.go
index 156ac629..cc44437e 100644
--- a/auditing/splunk.go
+++ b/auditing/splunk.go
@@ -7,12 +7,21 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
 )
 
-const spunkIndexTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+const (
+	SplunkBackendName = "splunk"
+
+	spunkIndexTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	// See on their docs in troubleshoot-http-event-collector (Possible_error_codes)
+	splunkHealthyCode = 17
+)
 
 type (
 	SplunkConfig struct {
@@ -52,6 +61,12 @@ type (
 		// Event is the actual event data in whatever format you want: a string, a number, another JSON object, and so on.
 		Event Entry `json:"event,omitempty"`
 	}
+
+	splunkRequestEndpoint struct {
+		path   string
+		method string
+		body   []byte
+	}
 )
 
 // NewSplunk returns a new auditing backend for splunk. It supports the HTTP event collector interface.
@@ -91,7 +106,7 @@ func NewSplunk(c Config, sc SplunkConfig) (Auditing, error) {
 
 	a := &splunkAuditing{
 		component:    c.Component,
-		log:          c.Log.WithGroup("auditing").With("audit-backend", "splunk"),
+		log:          c.Log.WithGroup("auditing").With("audit-backend", SplunkBackendName),
 		indexTimeout: c.IndexTimeout,
 		client:       &http.Client{Transport: &http.Transport{TLSClientConfig: sc.TlsConfig}},
 		endpoint:     endpoint,
@@ -128,24 +143,84 @@ func (a *splunkAuditing) Index(entry Entry) error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), a.indexTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, a.endpoint+"/services/collector", bytes.NewBuffer(e))
+	_, err = a.splunkRequest(ctx, splunkRequestEndpoint{
+		path:   "/services/collector",
+		method: http.MethodPost,
+		body:   e,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("error indexing audit entry in splunk: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (a *splunkAuditing) Search(ctx context.Context, filter EntryFilter) ([]Entry, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("search not implemented for splunk audit backend")
+}
+
+func (a *splunkAuditing) ServiceName() string {
+	return SplunkBackendName
+}
+
+func (a *splunkAuditing) Check(ctx context.Context) (healthstatus.HealthResult, error) {
+	resp, err := a.splunkRequest(ctx, splunkRequestEndpoint{
+		path:   "/services/collector/health",
+		method: http.MethodGet,
+		body:   nil,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return healthstatus.HealthResult{}, fmt.Errorf("audit backend %q is unhealthy, collector is unhealthy: %w", SplunkBackendName, err)
+	}
+
+	type healthResp struct {
+		Text string `json:"text"`
+		Code int    `json:"code"`
+	}
+
+	health := healthResp{}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(resp, &health); err != nil {
+		return healthstatus.HealthResult{}, fmt.Errorf("unable to unmarshal health response: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if health.Code != splunkHealthyCode {
+		return healthstatus.HealthResult{}, fmt.Errorf("audit backend %q is degraded: %s", SplunkBackendName, health.Text)
+	}
+
+	return healthstatus.HealthResult{
+		Message: fmt.Sprintf("audit backend %q is healthy: %s", SplunkBackendName, health.Text),
+		Status:  healthstatus.HealthStatusHealthy,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (a *splunkAuditing) splunkRequest(ctx context.Context, ep splunkRequestEndpoint) ([]byte, error) {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, a.indexTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, ep.method, a.endpoint+ep.path, bytes.NewBuffer(ep.body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Splunk "+a.hecToken)
 
 	resp, err := a.client.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error indexing audit entry in splunk: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error during splunk request: %w", err)
 	}
 	defer func() {
 		_ = resp.Body.Close()
 	}()
 
-	return nil
-}
+	bytes, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading response: %w", err)
+	}
 
-func (a *splunkAuditing) Search(ctx context.Context, filter EntryFilter) ([]Entry, error) {
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("search not implemented for splunk audit backend")
+	if code := resp.StatusCode; code >= http.StatusBadRequest {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("splunk endpoint %q did not return ok (%d)", ep.path, code)
+	}
+
+	return bytes, nil
 }
diff --git a/auditing/splunk_test.go b/auditing/splunk_test.go
index 21f61ec0..5ac9116b 100644
--- a/auditing/splunk_test.go
+++ b/auditing/splunk_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -101,3 +102,44 @@ func Test_splunkAuditing_Index(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_splunkAuditing_Health(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+		want healthstatus.HealthResult
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "healthy",
+			want: healthstatus.HealthResult{
+				Status:  healthstatus.HealthStatusHealthy,
+				Message: `audit backend "splunk" is healthy: HEC is healthy`,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			mux := http.NewServeMux()
+			mux.HandleFunc("/services/collector/health", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"text":"HEC is healthy","code":17}`))
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			})
+			server := httptest.NewServer(mux)
+			defer server.Close()
+
+			a, err := NewSplunk(Config{
+				Component: "metal-lib",
+				Log:       slog.Default(),
+			}, SplunkConfig{
+				Endpoint: server.URL,
+				HECToken: "test-hec",
+				Index:    "test-index",
+				Host:     "test-host",
+			})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			got, err := a.Check(t.Context())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/auditing/timescaledb.go b/auditing/timescaledb.go
index 856f2034..ce7510fa 100644
--- a/auditing/timescaledb.go
+++ b/auditing/timescaledb.go
@@ -12,11 +12,16 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/lopezator/migrator"
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
 
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 )
 
-const timescaleDbIndexTimeout = 2 * time.Second
+const (
+	TimescaleDbBackendName = "timescaledb"
+
+	timescaleDbIndexTimeout = 2 * time.Second
+)
 
 type (
 	TimescaleDbConfig struct {
@@ -106,7 +111,7 @@ func NewTimescaleDB(c Config, tc TimescaleDbConfig) (Auditing, error) {
 	a := &timescaleAuditing{
 		component:    c.Component,
 		indexTimeout: c.IndexTimeout,
-		log:          c.Log.WithGroup("auditing").With("audit-backend", "timescaledb"),
+		log:          c.Log.WithGroup("auditing").With("audit-backend", TimescaleDbBackendName),
 		db:           db,
 		config:       &tc,
 	}
@@ -371,3 +376,18 @@ func (a *timescaleAuditing) Search(ctx context.Context, filter EntryFilter) ([]E
 
 	return entries, nil
 }
+
+func (a *timescaleAuditing) ServiceName() string {
+	return TimescaleDbBackendName
+}
+
+func (a *timescaleAuditing) Check(ctx context.Context) (healthstatus.HealthResult, error) {
+	if err := a.db.PingContext(ctx); err != nil {
+		return healthstatus.HealthResult{}, fmt.Errorf("audit backend %q is unhealthy, database is not reachable: %w", TimescaleDbBackendName, err)
+	}
+
+	return healthstatus.HealthResult{
+		Message: fmt.Sprintf("audit backend %q is healthy", TimescaleDbBackendName),
+		Status:  healthstatus.HealthStatusHealthy,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/auditing/timescaledb_integration_test.go b/auditing/timescaledb_integration_test.go
index 40cf5fad..4b2c3299 100644
--- a/auditing/timescaledb_integration_test.go
+++ b/auditing/timescaledb_integration_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
 	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/auditing"
+	"github.com/metal-stack/metal-lib/pkg/healthstatus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/wait"
@@ -34,6 +36,14 @@ func TestAuditing_TimescaleDB(t *testing.T) {
 			tt.t(t, aud)
 		})
 	}
+
+	healthResult, err := aud.Check(t.Context())
+
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, healthstatus.HealthResult{
+		Status:  healthstatus.HealthStatusHealthy,
+		Message: `audit backend "timescaledb" is healthy`,
+	}, healthResult)
 }
 
 func StartTimescaleDB(t testing.TB, config auditing.Config) (testcontainers.Container, *sqlx.DB, auditing.Auditing) {