diff --git a/charts/service-deployment/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/service-deployment/templates/deployment.yaml
index c4e9fbd..6ab59d1 100644
--- a/charts/service-deployment/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/service-deployment/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ spec:
         resources:
           {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 10 }}
 
+        {{- if ne .Values.readinessProbe.httpGet.path "" }}
+        readinessProbe:
+          httpGet:
+            path: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.httpGet.path }}
+            port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
+            scheme: HTTP
+          initialDelaySeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.initialDelaySeconds }}
+          periodSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.periodSeconds }}
+          timeoutSeconds: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.timeoutSeconds }}
+          failureThreshold: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.failureThreshold }}
+          successThreshold: {{ .Values.readinessProbe.successThreshold }}
+        {{- end }}
+
         {{- if .Values.configMaps }}
         volumeMounts:
         {{- range $v := .Values.configMaps }}
diff --git a/charts/service-deployment/values.yaml b/charts/service-deployment/values.yaml
index b243727..85b3c78 100644
--- a/charts/service-deployment/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/service-deployment/values.yaml
@@ -40,12 +40,23 @@ resources: {}
 #    cpu: 400m
 #    memory: 512Mi
 
+# -- Details of the readinessProbe that will send HTTP request on the service.port
+readinessProbe:
+  httpGet:
+    # -- Path for health checks to be performed (note: set to "" to disable)
+    path: "/"
+  initialDelaySeconds: 5
+  periodSeconds: 5
+  timeoutSeconds: 5
+  failureThreshold: 3
+  successThreshold: 2
+
 # -- Grace period for termination of the service
 terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 60
 
 hpa:
   # -- Whether to deploy HPA rules
-  deploy: false
+  deploy: true
   # -- Minimum number of pods to deploy
   minReplicas: 1
   # -- Maximum number of pods to deploy
@@ -55,7 +66,7 @@ hpa:
 
 service:
   # -- Whether to setup service bindings (note: only NodePort is supported)
-  deploy: false
+  deploy: true
   # -- Port to bind and expose the service on
   port: 80
   aws: