diff --git a/indexer/indexer/app.py b/indexer/indexer/app.py
index 3442d64..38631d3 100644
--- a/indexer/indexer/app.py
+++ b/indexer/indexer/app.py
@@ -142,10 +142,17 @@ def create_app() -> Flask:
     # Attach XRPC server to Flask app
     init_flask(server, app)
 
-    # Health check endpoint
+    # Health check endpoint (verifies DB connection)
     @app.route("/health")
     def health():
-        return {"status": "ok"}
+        try:
+            session = db.get_session(engine)
+            # Quick DB check
+            session.execute(db.text("SELECT 1"))
+            session.close()
+            return {"status": "ok", "db": "connected"}
+        except Exception as e:
+            return {"status": "error", "db": str(e)}, 500
 
     # Root endpoint with service info
     @app.route("/")
diff --git a/tools/healthcheck.py b/tools/healthcheck.py
index ca7b780..179f683 100644
--- a/tools/healthcheck.py
+++ b/tools/healthcheck.py
@@ -91,6 +91,22 @@ def check_last_publish() -> tuple[datetime | None, int]:
     return latest_time, recent_count
 
 
+def check_xrpc_indexer() -> bool:
+    """Check if XRPC indexer API is healthy."""
+    import urllib.request
+    import urllib.error
+    
+    try:
+        req = urllib.request.Request(
+            "https://central-production.up.railway.app/health",
+            headers={"User-Agent": "central-healthcheck"}
+        )
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=10) as resp:
+            return resp.status == 200
+    except (urllib.error.URLError, urllib.error.HTTPError, TimeoutError):
+        return False
+
+
 def check_cron_running() -> bool:
     """Check if cron jobs are configured."""
     try:
@@ -139,6 +155,12 @@ def run_healthcheck() -> dict:
     if not check_cron_running():
         status["issues"].append("Cron jobs not configured")
     
+    # Check XRPC indexer
+    xrpc_healthy = check_xrpc_indexer()
+    status["metrics"]["xrpc_indexer"] = "healthy" if xrpc_healthy else "down"
+    if not xrpc_healthy:
+        status["issues"].append("XRPC indexer API is down (502/unreachable)")
+    
     # Set overall health
     status["healthy"] = len(status["issues"]) == 0