diff --git a/health.go b/health.go
index 11c68e6..9dc5d78 100644
--- a/health.go
+++ b/health.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ type HealthCheck struct {
 	GracePeriodSeconds     int      `json:"gracePeriodSeconds,omitempty"`
 	IntervalSeconds        int      `json:"intervalSeconds,omitempty"`
 	TimeoutSeconds         int      `json:"timeoutSeconds,omitempty"`
+	DelaySeconds           int      `json:"delaySeconds,omitempty"`
 	IgnoreHTTP1xx          *bool    `json:"ignoreHttp1xx,omitempty"`
 }
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ func NewDefaultHealthCheck() *HealthCheck {
 		GracePeriodSeconds:     30,
 		IntervalSeconds:        10,
 		TimeoutSeconds:         5,
+		DelaySeconds:           15,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/app-definitions/TestApplicationString-output.json b/tests/app-definitions/TestApplicationString-output.json
index dc4f433..2b1de08 100644
--- a/tests/app-definitions/TestApplicationString-output.json
+++ b/tests/app-definitions/TestApplicationString-output.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
       "protocol": "HTTP",
       "gracePeriodSeconds": 30,
       "intervalSeconds": 5,
-      "timeoutSeconds": 5
+      "timeoutSeconds": 5,
+      "delaySeconds": 15
     }
   ],
   "instances": 2,
diff --git a/tests/rest-api/methods.yml b/tests/rest-api/methods.yml
index 7768818..a2c4a0c 100644
--- a/tests/rest-api/methods.yml
+++ b/tests/rest-api/methods.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
               "path": "/",
               "portIndex": 0,
               "protocol": "HTTP",
-              "timeoutSeconds": 5
+              "timeoutSeconds": 5,
+              "delaySeconds": 15
           }
       ],
       "id": "/fake-app",
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@
                     "path": "/",
                     "portIndex": 0,
                     "protocol": "HTTP",
-                    "timeoutSeconds": 20
+                    "timeoutSeconds": 20,
+                    "delaySeconds": 15
                 }
             ],
             "id": "/fake-app",
@@ -180,7 +182,8 @@
                     "path": "/",
                     "portIndex": 0,
                     "protocol": "HTTP",
-                    "timeoutSeconds": 20
+                    "timeoutSeconds": 20,
+                    "delaySeconds": 15
                 }
             ],
             "id": "/fake-app-broken",
@@ -324,7 +327,8 @@
                 "path": "/health",
                 "portIndex": 0,
                 "protocol": "HTTP",
-                "timeoutSeconds": 10
+                "timeoutSeconds": 10,
+                "delaySeconds": 15
             }
         ],
         "id": "/fake-app",
@@ -440,7 +444,8 @@
                 "path": "/health",
                 "portIndex": 0,
                 "protocol": "HTTP",
-                "timeoutSeconds": 10
+                "timeoutSeconds": 10,
+                "delaySeconds": 15
             }
         ],
         "id": "/fake-app",
@@ -569,7 +574,8 @@
                 "path": "/health",
                 "portIndex": 0,
                 "protocol": "HTTP",
-                "timeoutSeconds": 10
+                "timeoutSeconds": 10,
+                "delaySeconds": 15
             }
         ],
         "id": "/fake-app-broken",
@@ -793,7 +799,8 @@
                   "intervalSeconds": 10,
                   "portIndex": 0,
                   "timeoutSeconds": 10,
-                  "maxConsecutiveFailures": 3
+                  "maxConsecutiveFailures": 3,
+                  "delaySeconds": 15
                 }
               ],
               "id": "apache",
@@ -830,7 +837,8 @@
                   "gracePeriodSeconds": 10,
                   "intervalSeconds": 10,
                   "timeoutSeconds": 5,
-                  "maxConsecutiveFailures": 2
+                  "maxConsecutiveFailures": 2,
+                  "delaySeconds": 15
                 }
               ],
               "id": "mysql",
@@ -867,7 +875,8 @@
                   "gracePeriodSeconds": 10,
                   "intervalSeconds": 10,
                   "timeoutSeconds": 5,
-                  "maxConsecutiveFailures": 2
+                  "maxConsecutiveFailures": 2,
+                  "delaySeconds": 15
                 }
               ],
               "id": "caching",
@@ -1227,7 +1236,8 @@
                     "path": "/",
                     "portIndex": 0,
                     "protocol": "HTTP",
-                    "timeoutSeconds": 20
+                    "timeoutSeconds": 20,
+                    "delaySeconds": 15
                 }
             ],
             "id": "/fake-app",
@@ -1290,7 +1300,8 @@
                     "path": "/",
                     "portIndex": 0,
                     "protocol": "HTTP",
-                    "timeoutSeconds": 20
+                    "timeoutSeconds": 20,
+                    "delaySeconds": 15
                 }
             ],
             "id": "/fake-app-broken",
@@ -1327,7 +1338,8 @@
                 "path": "/health",
                 "portIndex": 0,
                 "protocol": "HTTP",
-                "timeoutSeconds": 10
+                "timeoutSeconds": 10,
+                "delaySeconds": 15
             }
         ],
         "id": "/no-health-check-results-app",