diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cf8a516ae..70215e4ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -347,9 +347,12 @@ ENV PULSE_DOCKER=true
 RUN adduser -D -u 1000 -g 1000 pulse && \
     chown -R pulse:pulse /app /etc/pulse /data /opt/pulse
 
-# Health check
+# Health check script (handles both HTTP and HTTPS)
+COPY docker-healthcheck.sh /docker-healthcheck.sh
+RUN chmod +x /docker-healthcheck.sh
+
 HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=3s --start-period=5s --retries=3 \
-  CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:7655 || exit 1
+  CMD /docker-healthcheck.sh
 
 # Use entrypoint script to handle UID/GID
 ENTRYPOINT ["/docker-entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/docker-healthcheck.sh b/docker-healthcheck.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..019f4a63b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-healthcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Docker health check script for Pulse
+# Automatically uses HTTPS when HTTPS_ENABLED=true
+
+if [ "$HTTPS_ENABLED" = "true" ] || [ "$HTTPS_ENABLED" = "1" ]; then
+    # Use HTTPS with --no-check-certificate to handle self-signed certs
+    wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider --no-check-certificate https://localhost:7655 || exit 1
+else
+    wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:7655 || exit 1
+fi