diff --git a/lib/flapjack/checks/http_content b/lib/flapjack/checks/http_content
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..468226893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/flapjack/checks/http_content
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'open-uri'
+
+page = ARGV[0]
+string = ARGV[1]
+
+exit 2 unless page && string
+
+body = open(page).read
+if body =~  /#{string}/
+  exit 0
+else
+  exit 2
+end