diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b694b47..7da75c3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -241,7 +241,10 @@ services:
       - ./docker/rspamd/local.d:/etc/rspamd/local.d:ro
       - ${DATA_ROOT:-/NO-.env-FOUND-RUN-deploy_webmail.sh-init-FIRST}/rspamd:/var/lib/rspamd
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:11334/ping | grep -qi pong"]
+      # rspamc, not wget/curl: the rspamd image ships neither, so the obvious
+      # HTTP probe fails 127 forever and the container sits "unhealthy" while
+      # the engine is answering perfectly.
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "rspamc stat > /dev/null 2>&1"]
       interval: 30s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index d73315d..1b482e3 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ services:
       - "127.0.0.1:11333:11333"   # scan worker  (/checkv2)
       - "127.0.0.1:11334:11334"   # controller   (/learnspam, /stat)
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "wget -qO- http://127.0.0.1:11334/ping | grep -qi pong"]
+      # rspamc, not wget/curl: the rspamd image ships neither, so the obvious
+      # HTTP probe fails 127 forever and the container sits "unhealthy" while
+      # the engine is answering perfectly.
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "rspamc stat > /dev/null 2>&1"]
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 12