diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67da174..be9ff75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -185,7 +185,32 @@ Request examples:
 - `docker.body.unhealthy` - number of unhealthy containers, only for those with health check
 - `docker.body.required` - "ok" if all required containers are running, otherwise "failed" with a list of failed containers
 
-## api
+#### `program` provider
+
+This check runs any predefined program/script and checks the exit code. All commands are executed in shell.
+
+Request examples:
+- `foo:program://ps?args=-ef` - runs `ps -ef` and checks exit code
+- `bar:program:///tmp/foo/bar.sh` - runs /tmp/foo/bar.sh and checks exit code
+
+- Response example:
+
+```json
+{
+  "program": {
+    "name": "foo",
+    "status_code": 20,
+    "response_time": 44,
+    "body": {
+      "command": "ps -ef",
+      "stdout": "some output",
+      "status": "ok"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## API
 
  - `GET /status` - returns server status in JSON format
  - `GET /ping` - returns `pong`
diff --git a/app/main.go b/app/main.go
index 889fff9..5de3a12 100644
--- a/app/main.go
+++ b/app/main.go
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	providers := external.Providers{
-		HTTP:   &external.HTTPProvider{Client: http.Client{Timeout: opts.TimeOut}},
-		Mongo:  &external.MongoProvider{TimeOut: opts.TimeOut},
-		Docker: &external.DockerProvider{TimeOut: opts.TimeOut},
+		HTTP:    &external.HTTPProvider{Client: http.Client{Timeout: opts.TimeOut}},
+		Mongo:   &external.MongoProvider{TimeOut: opts.TimeOut},
+		Docker:  &external.DockerProvider{TimeOut: opts.TimeOut},
+		Program: &external.ProgramProvider{TimeOut: opts.TimeOut, WithShell: true},
 	}
 
 	srv := server.Rest{
diff --git a/app/status/external/ext_service.go b/app/status/external/ext_service.go
index 3efa167..3ee99dc 100644
--- a/app/status/external/ext_service.go
+++ b/app/status/external/ext_service.go
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ type Service struct {
 
 // Providers is a list of StatusProvider
 type Providers struct {
-	HTTP   StatusProvider
-	Mongo  StatusProvider
-	Docker StatusProvider
+	HTTP    StatusProvider
+	Mongo   StatusProvider
+	Docker  StatusProvider
+	Program StatusProvider
 }
 
 // StatusProvider is an interface for getting status from external services
@@ -95,6 +96,9 @@ func (s *Service) Status() []Response {
 				resp, err = s.providers.Mongo.Status(r)
 			case strings.HasPrefix(r.URL, "docker://"):
 				resp, err = s.providers.Docker.Status(r)
+			case strings.HasPrefix(r.URL, "program://"):
+				resp, err = s.providers.Program.Status(r)
+
 			default:
 				log.Printf("[WARN] unsupported protocol for service, %s %s", r.Name, r.URL)
 				ch <- Response{Name: r.Name, StatusCode: http.StatusInternalServerError, ResponseTime: time.Since(st).Milliseconds()}
diff --git a/app/status/external/ext_service_test.go b/app/status/external/ext_service_test.go
index fc256a8..0f2b51e 100644
--- a/app/status/external/ext_service_test.go
+++ b/app/status/external/ext_service_test.go
@@ -47,12 +47,16 @@ func TestService_Status(t *testing.T) {
 	pd := &StatusProviderMock{StatusFunc: func(r Request) (*Response, error) {
 		return &Response{StatusCode: 202, Name: "docker"}, nil
 	}}
+	pp := &StatusProviderMock{StatusFunc: func(r Request) (*Response, error) {
+		return &Response{StatusCode: 203, Name: "program"}, nil
+	}}
 
-	s := NewService(Providers{ph, pm, pd}, 4,
-		"s1:http://127.0.0.1/ping", "s2:docker:///var/blah", "s3:mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017", "bad:bad")
+	s := NewService(Providers{ph, pm, pd, pp}, 4,
+		"s1:http://127.0.0.1/ping", "s2:docker:///var/blah", "s3:mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017",
+		"s4:program://ls?arg=1", "bad:bad")
 
 	res := s.Status()
-	require.Equal(t, 4, len(res))
+	require.Equal(t, 5, len(res))
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(ph.StatusCalls()))
 	assert.Equal(t, Request{Name: "s1", URL: "http://127.0.0.1/ping"}, ph.StatusCalls()[0].Req)
 
@@ -62,6 +66,9 @@ func TestService_Status(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(pd.StatusCalls()))
 	assert.Equal(t, Request{Name: "s3", URL: "mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017"}, pm.StatusCalls()[0].Req)
 
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(pp.StatusCalls()))
+	assert.Equal(t, Request{Name: "s4", URL: "program://ls?arg=1"}, pp.StatusCalls()[0].Req)
+
 	assert.Equal(t, "bad", res[0].Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, 500, res[0].StatusCode)
 
@@ -73,4 +80,7 @@ func TestService_Status(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, "mongo", res[3].Name)
 	assert.Equal(t, 201, res[3].StatusCode)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "program", res[4].Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, 203, res[4].StatusCode)
 }
diff --git a/app/status/external/program.go b/app/status/external/program.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a3d8b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/status/external/program.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package external
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// ProgramProvider is an external service that runs a command and checks the exit code.
+type ProgramProvider struct {
+	WithShell bool
+	TimeOut   time.Duration
+}
+
+// Status returns the status of the execution of the command from the request.
+// url looks like this: program://cat?args=/tmp/foo
+func (p *ProgramProvider) Status(req Request) (*Response, error) {
+	st := time.Now()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), p.TimeOut)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	resp := Response{
+		Name:       req.Name,
+		StatusCode: 200,
+	}
+
+	command := strings.TrimPrefix(req.URL, "program://")
+	args := ""
+	if strings.Contains(command, "?args=") {
+		elems := strings.Split(command, "?args=")
+		command, args = elems[0], elems[1]
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("[DEBUG] command: %s %s", command, args)
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, command, args) //nolint:gosec // we trust the command as it comes from the config
+	if p.WithShell {
+		command = fmt.Sprintf("sh -c %q", command+" "+args)
+	}
+	stdOut, stdErr := bytes.NewBuffer(nil), bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	cmd.Stdout = stdOut
+	cmd.Stderr = stdErr
+	cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
+
+	err := cmd.Run()
+	resp.ResponseTime = time.Since(st).Milliseconds()
+
+	res := map[string]interface{}{
+		"command": command + " " + args,
+		"stdout":  stdOut.String(),
+		"stderr":  stdErr.String(),
+		"status":  "ok",
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		res["status"] = err.Error()
+		resp.StatusCode = 500
+	}
+
+	resp.Body = res
+	return &resp, nil
+}
diff --git a/app/status/external/program_test.go b/app/status/external/program_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42a1a9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/status/external/program_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package external
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestProgram_StatusWithShell(t *testing.T) {
+	p := ProgramProvider{WithShell: true, TimeOut: time.Second}
+
+	{
+		req := Request{Name: "test", URL: `program://ls?args=-la`}
+		resp, err := p.Status(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "test", resp.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, 200, resp.StatusCode)
+		assert.Equal(t, "ok", resp.Body["status"])
+		assert.Contains(t, resp.Body["stdout"], "program.go")
+		t.Logf("%+v", resp)
+	}
+	{
+		req := Request{Name: "test", URL: `program://testdata/test.sh`}
+		resp, err := p.Status(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "test", resp.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, 200, resp.StatusCode)
+		assert.Equal(t, "ok", resp.Body["status"])
+		assert.Contains(t, resp.Body["stdout"], "Hello, World!")
+	}
+	{
+		req := Request{Name: "test", URL: `program://blah?args=-la`}
+		resp, err := p.Status(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "test", resp.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, 500, resp.StatusCode)
+		assert.Contains(t, resp.Body["status"], "file not found")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestProgram_StatusWithoutShell(t *testing.T) {
+	p := ProgramProvider{WithShell: true, TimeOut: time.Second}
+
+	{
+		req := Request{Name: "test", URL: `program://cat?args=program.go`}
+		resp, err := p.Status(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "test", resp.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, 200, resp.StatusCode)
+		assert.Equal(t, "ok", resp.Body["status"])
+		assert.Contains(t, resp.Body["stdout"], "CommandContext")
+	}
+	{
+		req := Request{Name: "test", URL: `program://cat?args=blah`}
+		resp, err := p.Status(req)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "test", resp.Name)
+		assert.Equal(t, 500, resp.StatusCode)
+		assert.Contains(t, resp.Body["status"], "exit status 1", resp.Body["status"])
+		t.Logf("%+v", resp)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/app/status/external/testdata/test.sh b/app/status/external/testdata/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7c2ccb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/status/external/testdata/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+echo "Hello, World!"
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