diff --git a/conf.example.yml b/conf.example.yml
index 5c4e37d..1466bd1 100644
--- a/conf.example.yml
+++ b/conf.example.yml
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ log: # optional
     maxage: 7 # keep logs for 7 days
 
 metrics:
-  prometheus:
+  prometheus: # optional
     endpoint: /metrics
     listen_addr: ":6178" # default listens on port 6178 on all IPs.
+  heartbeat: # optional - upon successful backup, makes a GET http request to one or more URLs. This is useful for use with monitoring services such as healthchecks.io or deadmanssnitch.com
+    urls:
+      - http(s)://url-to-make-request-to
+      - http(s)://another-url-to-make-request-to
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ac1c6ba..59e8e0d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/gogs"
 	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/local"
 	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/logger"
+	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/metrics/heartbeat"
 	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/metrics/prometheus"
 	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/types"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
@@ -183,6 +184,10 @@ func runBackup(conf *types.Conf) {
 	prometheus.JobsComplete.Inc()
 	prometheus.JobDuration.Observe(duration.Seconds())
 
+	if len(conf.Metrics.Heartbeat.URLs) > 0 {
+		heartbeat.Send(conf.Metrics.Heartbeat)
+	}
+
 	log.Info().
 		Str("duration", duration.String()).
 		Msg("Backup run complete")
diff --git a/metrics/heartbeat/heartbeat.go b/metrics/heartbeat/heartbeat.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbb83f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metrics/heartbeat/heartbeat.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package heartbeat
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/cooperspencer/gickup/types"
+	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+)
+
+func Send(conf types.HeartbeatConfig) {
+	for _, u := range conf.URLs {
+		log.Info().Str("url", u).Msg("sending heartbeat")
+		_, err := http.Get(u)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Str("monitoring", "heartbeat").Msg(err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index 8402e96..5db30a0 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ type PrometheusConfig struct {
 	Endpoint   string `yaml:"endpoint"`
 }
 
+type HeartbeatConfig struct {
+	URLs []string `yaml:"urls"`
+}
+
 // Metrics TODO.
 type Metrics struct {
 	Prometheus PrometheusConfig `yaml:"prometheus"`
+	Heartbeat  HeartbeatConfig  `yaml:"heartbeat"`
 }
 
 // Logging TODO.