diff --git a/server/debug.go b/server/debug.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..48df8b1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/debug.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package server
+
+import (
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/server/debug"
+	proto "github.com/micro/go-micro/server/debug/proto"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+// We use this to wrap any debug handlers so we preserve the signature Debug.{Method}
+type Debug struct {
+	debug.DebugHandler
+}
+
+func (d *Debug) Health(ctx context.Context, req *proto.HealthRequest, rsp *proto.HealthResponse) error {
+	return d.DebugHandler.Health(ctx, req, rsp)
+}
+
+func registerDebugHandler(s Server) {
+	s.Handle(s.NewHandler(&Debug{s.Options().DebugHandler}))
+}
diff --git a/server/debug/debug.go b/server/debug/debug.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba12bc4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/debug/debug.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package debug
+
+import (
+	proto "github.com/micro/go-micro/server/debug/proto"
+
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+)
+
+// The debug handler represents an internal server handler
+// used to determine health, status and env info about
+// a service node. It's akin to Google's /statusz, /healthz,
+// and /varz
+type DebugHandler interface {
+	Health(ctx context.Context, req *proto.HealthRequest, rsp *proto.HealthResponse) error
+}
+
+// Our own internal handler
+type debug struct{}
+
+var (
+	DefaultDebugHandler = new(debug)
+)
+
+func (d *debug) Health(ctx context.Context, req *proto.HealthRequest, rsp *proto.HealthResponse) error {
+	rsp.Status = "ok"
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/server/debug/proto/debug.pb.go b/server/debug/proto/debug.pb.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..923ff277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/debug/proto/debug.pb.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Code generated by protoc-gen-go.
+// source: go-micro/server/debug/proto/debug.proto
+// DO NOT EDIT!
+
+/*
+Package debug is a generated protocol buffer package.
+
+It is generated from these files:
+	go-micro/server/debug/proto/debug.proto
+
+It has these top-level messages:
+	HealthRequest
+	HealthResponse
+*/
+package debug
+
+import proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
+import fmt "fmt"
+import math "math"
+
+// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
+var _ = proto.Marshal
+var _ = fmt.Errorf
+var _ = math.Inf
+
+type HealthRequest struct {
+}
+
+func (m *HealthRequest) Reset()                    { *m = HealthRequest{} }
+func (m *HealthRequest) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*HealthRequest) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*HealthRequest) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{0} }
+
+type HealthResponse struct {
+	Status string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=status" json:"status,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *HealthResponse) Reset()                    { *m = HealthResponse{} }
+func (m *HealthResponse) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*HealthResponse) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*HealthResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{1} }
+
+func init() {
+	proto.RegisterType((*HealthRequest)(nil), "HealthRequest")
+	proto.RegisterType((*HealthResponse)(nil), "HealthResponse")
+}
+
+var fileDescriptor0 = []byte{
+	// 107 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
+	0x1f, 0x8b, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09, 0x6e, 0x88, 0x02, 0xff, 0xe2, 0x52, 0x4f, 0xcf, 0xd7, 0xcd,
+	0xcd, 0x4c, 0x2e, 0xca, 0xd7, 0x2f, 0x4e, 0x2d, 0x2a, 0x4b, 0x2d, 0xd2, 0x4f, 0x49, 0x4d, 0x2a,
+	0x4d, 0xd7, 0x2f, 0x28, 0xca, 0x2f, 0xc9, 0x87, 0xb0, 0xf5, 0xc0, 0x6c, 0x25, 0x7e, 0x2e, 0x5e,
+	0x8f, 0xd4, 0xc4, 0x9c, 0x92, 0x8c, 0xa0, 0xd4, 0xc2, 0xd2, 0xd4, 0xe2, 0x12, 0x25, 0x05, 0x2e,
+	0x3e, 0x98, 0x40, 0x71, 0x41, 0x7e, 0x5e, 0x71, 0xaa, 0x10, 0x1f, 0x17, 0x5b, 0x71, 0x49, 0x62,
+	0x49, 0x69, 0xb1, 0x04, 0xa3, 0x02, 0xa3, 0x06, 0x67, 0x12, 0x1b, 0x58, 0xa7, 0x31, 0x20, 0x00,
+	0x00, 0xff, 0xff, 0x1c, 0xef, 0x98, 0xac, 0x64, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+}
diff --git a/server/debug/proto/debug.proto b/server/debug/proto/debug.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..345eae2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/debug/proto/debug.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+// This is commented out due to import cycles.
+// But its what we expect the RPC service to 
+// return.
+//
+// service Debug {
+// 	rpc Health(HealthRequest) returns (HealthResponse) {}
+// }
+
+message HealthRequest {
+}
+
+message HealthResponse {
+	string status = 1;
+}
diff --git a/server/debug_handler.go b/server/debug_handler.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e25c893..00000000
--- a/server/debug_handler.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package server
-
-import (
-	"github.com/micro/go-micro/server/proto/health"
-	"golang.org/x/net/context"
-)
-
-type (
-	HealthChecker interface {
-		Health(ctx context.Context, req *health.Request, rsp *health.Response) error
-	}
-
-	Debug struct{}
-)
-
-var DefaultHealthChecker HealthChecker = new(Debug)
-
-func (d *Debug) Health(ctx context.Context, req *health.Request, rsp *health.Response) error {
-	rsp.Status = "ok"
-	return nil
-}
-
-func registerHealthChecker(s Server) {
-	s.Handle(s.NewHandler(DefaultHealthChecker))
-}
diff --git a/server/options.go b/server/options.go
index c8cd16e5..621932d4 100644
--- a/server/options.go
+++ b/server/options.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/broker"
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/codec"
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry"
+	"github.com/micro/go-micro/server/debug"
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/transport"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	HdlrWrappers []HandlerWrapper
 	SubWrappers  []SubscriberWrapper
 
+	// Debug Handler which can be set by a user
+	DebugHandler debug.DebugHandler
+
 	// Other options for implementations of the interface
 	// can be stored in a context
 	Context context.Context
@@ -50,6 +54,10 @@ func newOptions(opt ...Option) Options {
 		opts.Transport = transport.DefaultTransport
 	}
 
+	if opts.DebugHandler == nil {
+		opts.DebugHandler = debug.DefaultDebugHandler
+	}
+
 	if len(opts.Address) == 0 {
 		opts.Address = DefaultAddress
 	}
@@ -132,6 +140,13 @@ func Transport(t transport.Transport) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// DebugHandler for this server
+func DebugHandler(d debug.DebugHandler) Option {
+	return func(o *Options) {
+		o.DebugHandler = d
+	}
+}
+
 // Metadata associated with the server
 func Metadata(md map[string]string) Option {
 	return func(o *Options) {
diff --git a/server/proto/health/health.pb.go b/server/proto/health/health.pb.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 9de7f2ff..00000000
--- a/server/proto/health/health.pb.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-// Code generated by protoc-gen-go.
-// source: micro/go-micro/server/proto/health/health.proto
-// DO NOT EDIT!
-
-/*
-Package health is a generated protocol buffer package.
-
-It is generated from these files:
-	micro/go-micro/server/proto/health/health.proto
-
-It has these top-level messages:
-	Request
-	Response
-*/
-package health
-
-import proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
-import fmt "fmt"
-import math "math"
-
-// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
-var _ = proto.Marshal
-var _ = fmt.Errorf
-var _ = math.Inf
-
-type Request struct {
-}
-
-func (m *Request) Reset()                    { *m = Request{} }
-func (m *Request) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
-func (*Request) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*Request) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{0} }
-
-type Response struct {
-	Status string `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=status" json:"status,omitempty"`
-}
-
-func (m *Response) Reset()                    { *m = Response{} }
-func (m *Response) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
-func (*Response) ProtoMessage()               {}
-func (*Response) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{1} }
-
-func init() {
-	proto.RegisterType((*Request)(nil), "Request")
-	proto.RegisterType((*Response)(nil), "Response")
-}
-
-var fileDescriptor0 = []byte{
-	// 104 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
-	0x1f, 0x8b, 0x08, 0x00, 0x00, 0x09, 0x6e, 0x88, 0x02, 0xff, 0xe2, 0xd2, 0xcf, 0xcd, 0x4c, 0x2e,
-	0xca, 0xd7, 0x4f, 0xcf, 0xd7, 0x85, 0x30, 0x8a, 0x53, 0x8b, 0xca, 0x52, 0x8b, 0xf4, 0x0b, 0x8a,
-	0xf2, 0x4b, 0xf2, 0xf5, 0x33, 0x52, 0x13, 0x73, 0x4a, 0x32, 0xa0, 0x94, 0x1e, 0x58, 0x4c, 0x89,
-	0x93, 0x8b, 0x3d, 0x28, 0xb5, 0xb0, 0x34, 0xb5, 0xb8, 0x44, 0x49, 0x8a, 0x8b, 0x23, 0x28, 0xb5,
-	0xb8, 0x20, 0x3f, 0xaf, 0x38, 0x55, 0x88, 0x8f, 0x8b, 0xad, 0xb8, 0x24, 0xb1, 0xa4, 0xb4, 0x58,
-	0x82, 0x51, 0x81, 0x51, 0x83, 0x33, 0x89, 0x0d, 0xac, 0xda, 0x18, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0xff, 0xff,
-	0x2c, 0x7c, 0x5d, 0x9d, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-}
diff --git a/server/proto/health/health.proto b/server/proto/health/health.proto
deleted file mode 100644
index 34dcaf6e..00000000
--- a/server/proto/health/health.proto
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-syntax = "proto3";
-
-message Request {
-}
-
-message Response {
-	string status = 1;
-}
diff --git a/server/rpc_server.go b/server/rpc_server.go
index 0000fb6b..e60581e3 100644
--- a/server/rpc_server.go
+++ b/server/rpc_server.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (s *rpcServer) Deregister() error {
 }
 
 func (s *rpcServer) Start() error {
-	registerHealthChecker(s)
+	registerDebugHandler(s)
 	config := s.Options()
 
 	ts, err := config.Transport.Listen(config.Address)