diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_health_check.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_health_check.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50b236daa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_health_check.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Copyright (c) 2020-2021 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+-module(emqx_resource_health_check).
+
+-export([child_spec/2]).
+
+-export([start_link/2]).
+
+-export([health_check/2]).
+
+child_spec(Name, Sleep) -> 
+    #{id => {health_check, Name},
+      start => {?MODULE, start_link, [Name, Sleep]},
+      restart => transient,
+      shutdown => 5000, type => worker, modules => [?MODULE]}.
+
+start_link(Name, Sleep) -> 
+    Pid = proc_lib:spawn_link(?MODULE, health_check, [Name, Sleep]),
+    {ok, Pid}.
+
+health_check(Name, SleepTime) -> 
+    timer:sleep(SleepTime),
+    case emqx_resource:health_check(Name) of 
+        ok -> 
+            emqx_alarm:deactivate(Name);
+        {error, _} -> 
+            emqx_alarm:activate(Name, #{name => Name}, 
+                                <<Name/binary, " health check failed">>)
+    end,
+    health_check(Name, SleepTime).
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diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_health_check_sup.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_health_check_sup.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..571cd6338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_health_check_sup.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Copyright (c) 2020-2021 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+-module(emqx_resource_health_check_sup).
+
+-behaviour(supervisor).
+
+-export([start_link/0]).
+
+-export([init/1,
+         create_health_check_process/2,
+         delete_health_check_process/1]).
+
+start_link() ->
+    supervisor:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, []).
+
+init([]) ->
+    SupFlags = #{strategy => one_for_one, intensity => 10, period => 10},
+    {ok, {SupFlags, []}}.
+
+create_health_check_process(Name, Sleep) -> 
+    supervisor:start_child(emqx_resource_health_check_sup, 
+                           emqx_resource_health_check:child_spec(Name, Sleep)).
+
+delete_health_check_process(Name) -> 
+    _ = supervisor:terminate_child(emqx_resource_health_check_sup, {health_check, Name}),
+    _ = supervisor:delete_child(emqx_resource_health_check_sup, {health_check, Name}),
+    ok.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_instance.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_instance.erl
index 745b8b684..af9c999cf 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_instance.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_instance.erl
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ do_create(InstId, ResourceType, Config, Opts) ->
                     %% this is the first time we do health check, this will update the
                     %% status and then do ets:insert/2
                     _ = do_health_check(Res0#{state => ResourceState}),
+                    HealthCheckInterval = maps:get(health_check_interval, Opts, 15000),
+                    emqx_resource_health_check_sup:create_health_check_process(InstId, HealthCheckInterval),
                     {ok, force_lookup(InstId)};
                 {error, Reason} when ForceCreate == true ->
                     logger:error("start ~ts resource ~ts failed: ~p, "
@@ -216,7 +218,9 @@ do_remove(Mod, InstId, ResourceState, ClearMetrics) ->
     case ClearMetrics of
         true -> ok = emqx_plugin_libs_metrics:clear_metrics(resource_metrics, InstId);
         false -> ok
-    end.
+    end,
+    _ = emqx_resource_health_check_sup:delete_health_check_process(InstId),
+    ok.
 
 do_restart(InstId) ->
     case lookup(InstId) of
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_sup.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_sup.erl
index 534777b69..b5655e301 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_sup.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_sup.erl
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ init([]) ->
               restart => transient,
               shutdown => 5000, type => worker, modules => [Mod]}
         end || Idx <- lists:seq(1, ?POOL_SIZE)],
-    {ok, {SupFlags, [Metrics | ResourceInsts]}}.
+    HealthCheck = 
+            #{id => emqx_resource_health_check_sup,
+              start => {emqx_resource_health_check_sup, start_link, []},
+              restart => transient,
+              shutdown => 5000, type => supervisor, modules => [emqx_resource_health_check_sup]},
+    {ok, {SupFlags, [HealthCheck, Metrics | ResourceInsts]}}.
 
 %% internal functions
 ensure_pool(Pool, Type, Opts) ->