diff --git a/gradle/changelog/healthcheck_debian_docker_image.yaml b/gradle/changelog/healthcheck_debian_docker_image.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..631335bb29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/healthcheck_debian_docker_image.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Add wget to fix docker health check ([#2066](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/2066))
diff --git a/scm-packaging/docker/Dockerfile.debian b/scm-packaging/docker/Dockerfile.debian
index d0649629dc..a655c169dd 100644
--- a/scm-packaging/docker/Dockerfile.debian
+++ b/scm-packaging/docker/Dockerfile.debian
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ COPY build/docker/opt /opt
 RUN set -x \
  && apt-get update \
  # libfreetype6 libfontconfig1 graphviz
- && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libfreetype6 libfontconfig1 graphviz mercurial bash ca-certificates \
+ && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libfreetype6 libfontconfig1 graphviz mercurial bash ca-certificates wget \
  # use gid 0 for openshift compatibility
  && useradd -d "${SCM_HOME}" -u 1000 -g 0 -m -s /bin/bash scm \
  && mkdir -p ${SCM_HOME} ${CACHE_DIR} \