diff --git a/packages/type-jsonrpc/src/system.ts b/packages/type-jsonrpc/src/system.ts
index d6afa333a8..229e807781 100644
--- a/packages/type-jsonrpc/src/system.ts
+++ b/packages/type-jsonrpc/src/system.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ const properties: RpcMethodOpt = {
   type: 'ChainProperties'
 };
 
+const health: RpcMethodOpt = {
+  description: 'Return health status of the node',
+  params: [],
+  type: 'Health'
+};
+
 const section = 'system';
 
 /**
@@ -44,6 +50,7 @@ export default {
   section,
   methods: {
     chain: createMethod(section, 'chain', chain),
+    health: createMethod(section, 'health', health),
     name: createMethod(section, 'name', name),
     properties: createMethod(section, 'properties', properties),
     version: createMethod(section, 'version', version)
diff --git a/packages/types/src/Health.ts b/packages/types/src/Health.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f71f3ce3d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/types/src/Health.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2019 @polkadot/types authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import Struct from './codec/Struct';
+import Bool from './Bool';
+import U32 from './U32';
+
+const JSON_MAP = new Map([
+  ['isSyncing', 'is_syncing']
+]);
+
+export default class Health extends Struct {
+  constructor (value?: any) {
+    super({
+      peers: U32,
+      isSyncing: Bool
+    }, value, JSON_MAP);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description The sync status
+   */
+  get isSyncing (): Bool {
+    return this.get('isSyncing') as Bool;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @description The numbers of peers as [[U32]]
+   */
+  get peers (): U32 {
+    return this.get('peers') as U32;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/types/src/index.ts b/packages/types/src/index.ts
index d3205cab5a..8b58ab6390 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/index.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export { default as H256 } from './H256';
 export { default as H512 } from './H512';
 export { default as Hash } from './Hash';
 export { default as Header } from './Header';
+export { default as Health } from './Health';
 export { default as i8 } from './I8';
 export { default as i16 } from './I16';
 export { default as i32 } from './I32';