diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags/flags.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags/flags.go
index 23dbc8c2..cd46d63e 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags/flags.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ const (
 
 	AwaitFlag      = "await"
 	AwaitFlagUsage = "Wait for the operation to complete"
+
+	QuietFlag          = "quiet"
+	QuietFlagShorthand = "q"
+	QuietFlagUsage     = "Print nothing and exit with non-zero code on failure"
 )
 
 // Init adds common flags to the command:
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/healthcheck.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/healthcheck.go
index 097fba54..2241a403 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/healthcheck.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/healthcheck.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package control
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	rawclient "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-api-go/v2/rpc/client"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/control"
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@ func initControlHealthCheckCmd() {
 
 	flags := healthCheckCmd.Flags()
 	flags.Bool(healthcheckIRFlag, false, "Communicate with IR node")
+	flags.BoolP(commonflags.QuietFlag, commonflags.QuietFlagShorthand, false, commonflags.QuietFlagUsage)
 	_ = flags.MarkDeprecated(healthcheckIRFlag, "for health check of inner ring nodes, use the 'control ir healthcheck' command instead.")
 }
 
@@ -50,6 +54,12 @@ func healthCheck(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "rpc error: %w", err)
 
 	verifyResponse(cmd, resp.GetSignature(), resp.GetBody())
+	if quietFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(commonflags.QuietFlag); quietFlag {
+		if resp.GetBody().GetHealthStatus() == control.HealthStatus_READY {
+			return
+		}
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 
 	cmd.Printf("Network status: %s\n", resp.GetBody().GetNetmapStatus())
 	cmd.Printf("Health status: %s\n", resp.GetBody().GetHealthStatus())
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/ir_healthcheck.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/ir_healthcheck.go
index e70538ce..4f272c1b 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/ir_healthcheck.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/control/ir_healthcheck.go
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package control
 
 import (
+	"os"
+
 	rawclient "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-api-go/v2/rpc/client"
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/key"
 	commonCmd "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/internal/common"
 	ircontrol "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/control/ir"
@@ -18,6 +21,8 @@ var irHealthCheckCmd = &cobra.Command{
 
 func initControlIRHealthCheckCmd() {
 	initControlFlags(irHealthCheckCmd)
+	flags := irHealthCheckCmd.Flags()
+	flags.BoolP(commonflags.QuietFlag, commonflags.QuietFlagShorthand, false, commonflags.QuietFlagUsage)
 }
 
 func irHealthCheck(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
@@ -39,6 +44,12 @@ func irHealthCheck(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "rpc error: %w", err)
 
 	verifyResponse(cmd, resp.GetSignature(), resp.GetBody())
+	if quietFlag, _ := cmd.Flags().GetBool(commonflags.QuietFlag); quietFlag {
+		if resp.GetBody().GetHealthStatus() == ircontrol.HealthStatus_READY {
+			return
+		}
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 
 	cmd.Printf("Health status: %s\n", resp.GetBody().GetHealthStatus())
 }