diff --git a/tracing/grpc/healthcheck_filter.go b/tracing/grpc/healthcheck_filter.go
index 04fac10109dde87f9f4e80c20ae3ab7f19d4cc90..f365009c79c69e135912411bf943069d21046ede 100644
--- a/tracing/grpc/healthcheck_filter.go
+++ b/tracing/grpc/healthcheck_filter.go
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ package grpccorrelation
 
 import "context"
 
-// grpcHealthCheckMethodFullName is the name of the standard GRPC health check full method name
+// grpcHealthCheckMethodFullName is the name of the standard GRPC health check full method name.
 const grpcHealthCheckMethodFullName = "/grpc.health.v1.Health/Check"
 
 // healthCheckFilterFunc will exclude all GRPC health checks from tracing
 // since these calls are high frequency, but low value from a tracing point
-// of view, excluding them reduces the tracing load
+// of view, excluding them reduces the tracing load.
 func healthCheckFilterFunc(_ context.Context, fullMethodName string) bool {
 	return fullMethodName != grpcHealthCheckMethodFullName
 }
diff --git a/tracing/inbound_http.go b/tracing/inbound_http.go
index 9ff9490721ad63ee998ff665726a3e5081a815b4..a2f47443097972ac9b4c63363a5ffc697676d4cf 100644
--- a/tracing/inbound_http.go
+++ b/tracing/inbound_http.go
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ func Handler(h http.Handler, opts ...HandlerOption) http.Handler {
 	config := applyHandlerOptions(opts)
 
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if isHealthCheck(r) {
+			h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+
 		tracer := opentracing.GlobalTracer()
 		if tracer == nil {
 			h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
@@ -47,3 +52,7 @@ func Handler(h http.Handler, opts ...HandlerOption) http.Handler {
 		h.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
 	})
 }
+
+func isHealthCheck(r *http.Request) bool {
+	return r.URL.Path == "/-/liveness" || r.URL.Path == "/-/readiness"
+}