diff --git a/bin/vps b/bin/vps
index 2cfebab..d56f916 100755
--- a/bin/vps
+++ b/bin/vps
@@ -2955,5 +2955,67 @@ cmdline.spec:monujo:cmd:set-version:run() {
 
 }
 
+compose:get-check-services() {
+    local E E1 availabe_actions service relations_yml
+    available_actions=$(compose --get-available-actions) || exit 1
+    while read-0-err E service relations_yml ; do
+        [ -z "$relations_yml" ] && continue
+        [ "$relations_yml" == "null"$'\n' ] && continue
+        service=${service%%$'\n'}
+        while read-0-err E1 relation_name _; do
+            relation_name=${relation_name%$'\n'}
+            [[ "$relation_name" == "check-"* ]] || continue
+            p0 "$service" "$relation_name"
+        done < <(p-err shyaml -y key-values-0 <<<"$relations_yml")
+        if [ "$E1" != 0 ]; then
+            err "Failed to read yaml from relation for service '$service'."
+            echo "  relation yaml following:" >&2
+            e "$relations_yml" | prefix "  | " >&2
+            return "$E1"
+        fi
+    done < <(p-err shyaml -y key-values-0 <<<"$available_actions")
+    if [ "$E" != 0 ]; then
+        err "Failed to read yaml from '--get-available-actions'."
+        return "$E"
+    fi
+}
+export -f compose:get-check-services
+
+
+
+
+cmdline.spec.gnu check-service
+cmdline.spec::cmd:check-service:run() {
+
+    : :posarg: [SERVICES...]  "Target service to check (all by default)"
+
+    local service E check_name
+
+    declare -A service_failures=()
+    while read-0-err E service check_name; do
+        short_name=${check_name#check-}
+        compose "$check_name" "$service" </dev/null
+        if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+            if [ -z "${service_failures["$service"]}" ]; then
+                service_failures["$service"]="$short_name"
+            else
+                service_failures["$service"]+=" $short_name"
+            fi
+        fi
+    done < <(
+        p-err compose:get-check-services
+    )
+    if [ "$E" != 0 ]; then
+        err "Failed to get check services."
+        exit "$E"
+    fi
+    if [ "${#service_failures[@]}" != 0 ]; then
+        echo "These services failed checks:"
+        for service in "${!service_failures[@]}"; do
+            echo "  ${service}: ${service_failures["$service"]}"
+        done
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
 
 cmdline::parse "$@"