diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/vllm/vllm.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/vllm/vllm.py
index 9f38d9abf..ea972a1b7 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/vllm/vllm.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/inference/vllm/vllm.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, AsyncIterator
 from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
+import requests
 from openai import AsyncOpenAI
 from openai.types.chat.chat_completion_chunk import (
     ChatCompletionChunk as OpenAIChatCompletionChunk,
@@ -56,7 +57,11 @@ from llama_stack.apis.inference.inference import (
 from llama_stack.apis.models import Model, ModelType
 from llama_stack.models.llama.datatypes import BuiltinTool, StopReason, ToolCall
 from llama_stack.models.llama.sku_list import all_registered_models
-from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import ModelsProtocolPrivate
+from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import (
+    HealthResponse,
+    HealthStatus,
+    ModelsProtocolPrivate,
+)
 from llama_stack.providers.utils.inference.model_registry import (
     ModelRegistryHelper,
     build_hf_repo_model_entry,
@@ -298,6 +303,30 @@ class VLLMInferenceAdapter(Inference, ModelsProtocolPrivate):
     async def unregister_model(self, model_id: str) -> None:
         pass
 
+    async def health(self) -> HealthResponse:
+        """
+        Performs a health check by verifying connectivity to the remote VLLM server.
+        This method is used by initialize() and the Provider API to verify
+        that the service is running correctly.
+        Returns:
+            HealthResponse: A dictionary containing the health status.
+        """
+        try:
+            headers = {}
+            client = self._create_client() if self.client is None else self.client
+            if client.api_key:
+                headers["Authorization"] = f"Bearer {client.api_key}"
+            models_url = f"{client.base_url}/v1/models"
+            requests.get(models_url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
+            return HealthResponse(
+                status=HealthStatus.OK
+            )
+        except Exception as ex:
+            return HealthResponse(
+                status=HealthStatus.ERROR,
+                message=f"Health check failed: {str(ex)}"
+            )
+
     async def _get_model(self, model_id: str) -> Model:
         if not self.model_store:
             raise ValueError("Model store not set")
diff --git a/tests/unit/providers/inference/test_remote_vllm.py b/tests/unit/providers/inference/test_remote_vllm.py
index f9eaee7d6..ed6683c72 100644
--- a/tests/unit/providers/inference/test_remote_vllm.py
+++ b/tests/unit/providers/inference/test_remote_vllm.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import threading
 import time
 from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
 from typing import Any
-from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, patch
+from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from llama_stack.apis.inference import (
 )
 from llama_stack.apis.models import Model
 from llama_stack.models.llama.datatypes import StopReason, ToolCall
+from llama_stack.providers.datatypes import HealthStatus
 from llama_stack.providers.remote.inference.vllm.config import VLLMInferenceAdapterConfig
 from llama_stack.providers.remote.inference.vllm.vllm import (
     VLLMInferenceAdapter,
@@ -639,3 +640,42 @@ async def test_process_vllm_chat_completion_stream_response_tool_without_args():
     assert chunks[-2].event.delta.type == "tool_call"
     assert chunks[-2].event.delta.tool_call.tool_name == mock_tool_name
     assert chunks[-2].event.delta.tool_call.arguments == {}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_health_status_success(vllm_inference_adapter):
+    """
+    Test the health method of VLLM InferenceAdapter when the connection is successful.
+
+    This test verifies that the health method returns a HealthResponse with status OK, only
+    when the connection to the vLLM server is successful.
+    """
+    # Mock the requests.get method to return a successful response
+    with patch('requests.get') as mock_get:
+        mock_response = MagicMock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+        # Call the health method
+        health_response = await vllm_inference_adapter.health()
+        # Verify the response
+        assert health_response["status"] == HealthStatus.OK
+        mock_get.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_health_status_failure(vllm_inference_adapter):
+    """
+    Test the health method of VLLM InferenceAdapter when the connection fails.
+
+    This test verifies that the health method returns a HealthResponse with status ERROR
+    and an appropriate error message when the connection to the vLLM server fails.
+    """
+    # Mock the requests.get method to raise an exception
+    with patch('requests.get') as mock_get:
+        mock_get.side_effect = Exception("Connection failed")
+        health_response = await vllm_inference_adapter.health()
+        # Verify the response
+        assert health_response["status"] == HealthStatus.ERROR
+        assert "Health check failed: Connection failed" in health_response["message"]
+        # Verify that requests.get was called
+        mock_get.assert_called_once()