diff --git a/Sources/CLI/System/SystemCommand.swift b/Sources/CLI/System/SystemCommand.swift
index efeac1ff..c884c827 100644
--- a/Sources/CLI/System/SystemCommand.swift
+++ b/Sources/CLI/System/SystemCommand.swift
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ extension Application {
                 SystemRestart.self,
                 SystemStart.self,
                 SystemStop.self,
+                SystemStatus.self,
                 SystemKernel.self,
             ],
             aliases: ["s"]
diff --git a/Sources/CLI/System/SystemStatus.swift b/Sources/CLI/System/SystemStatus.swift
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13260768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sources/CLI/System/SystemStatus.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// Copyright © 2025 Apple Inc. and the container project authors. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+import ArgumentParser
+import ContainerClient
+import ContainerPlugin
+import ContainerizationError
+import Foundation
+import Logging
+
+extension Application {
+    struct SystemStatus: AsyncParsableCommand {
+        static let configuration = CommandConfiguration(
+            commandName: "status",
+            abstract: "Show the status of `container` services"
+        )
+
+        @Option(name: .shortAndLong, help: "Launchd prefix for `container` services")
+        var prefix: String = "com.apple.container."
+
+        func run() async throws {
+            let isRegistered = try ServiceManager.isRegistered(fullServiceLabel: "\(prefix)apiserver")
+            if !isRegistered {
+                print("apiserver is not running and not registered with launchd")
+                Application.exit(withError: ExitCode(1))
+            }
+
+            // Now ping our friendly daemon. Fail after 10 seconds with no response.
+            do {
+                print("Verifying apiserver is running...")
+                try await ClientHealthCheck.ping(timeout: .seconds(10))
+                print("apiserver is running")
+            } catch {
+                print("apiserver is not running")
+                Application.exit(withError: ExitCode(1))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}