diff --git a/modules/serverless_negs/main.tf b/modules/serverless_negs/main.tf
index 306de60f..da81ed4c 100644
--- a/modules/serverless_negs/main.tf
+++ b/modules/serverless_negs/main.tf
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ resource "google_compute_backend_service" "default" {
   session_affinity                = lookup(each.value, "session_affinity", null)
   affinity_cookie_ttl_sec         = lookup(each.value, "affinity_cookie_ttl_sec", null)
   locality_lb_policy              = lookup(each.value, "locality_lb_policy", null)
-
+  health_checks                   = lookup(each.value, "health_checks", [])
 
   # To achieve a null backend edge_security_policy, set each.value.edge_security_policy to "" (empty string), otherwise, it fallsback to var.edge_security_policy.
   edge_security_policy = each.value["edge_security_policy"] == "" ? null : (each.value["edge_security_policy"] == null ? var.edge_security_policy : each.value.edge_security_policy)
diff --git a/modules/serverless_negs/variables.tf b/modules/serverless_negs/variables.tf
index 8bbeb5b3..5ee149b0 100644
--- a/modules/serverless_negs/variables.tf
+++ b/modules/serverless_negs/variables.tf
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ variable "backends" {
     edge_security_policy    = optional(string, null)
     custom_request_headers  = optional(list(string))
     custom_response_headers = optional(list(string))
+    health_checks           = optional(list(string))
 
     connection_draining_timeout_sec = optional(number)
     session_affinity                = optional(string)