diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c2719b7776..635cbd4f43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ After this we will switch probably to real [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0](http://se
 * Feature 1498: Allow users to define secrets from annotations
 * Fix 1522: Remove need to initialize DockerAccess when on Openshift
 * Fix 1517: update vmp groupid and vert.x version
+* Fix 1444: Option to Disable Liveness/readiness checks
 * Feature 456: Add labels from label-schema.org to the generator images.
 
 ### 4.0.0-M2 (2018-12-14)
diff --git a/doc/src/main/asciidoc/inc/goals/build/_fabric8-resource.adoc b/doc/src/main/asciidoc/inc/goals/build/_fabric8-resource.adoc
index 635694cf97..143e00e9c5 100644
--- a/doc/src/main/asciidoc/inc/goals/build/_fabric8-resource.adoc
+++ b/doc/src/main/asciidoc/inc/goals/build/_fabric8-resource.adoc
@@ -240,15 +240,29 @@ spec:
 
 In case both the label and the property have been set with conflicting values, precedence will be given to the property value, so if you set the label to `true` but set the property to `false` then no Route descriptor will be generated because precedence will be given to the property value.
 
-[[disable-automatic-deployments]]
-=== Disable Automatic Deployments
+[[Other-flags]]
+=== Other flags
 
-.Automatic Trigger Configuration
-[cols="1.6.1"]
+.Other options available with resource goal
+[cols="1.6.3"]
 |===
 | Configuration | Description | Default
 
 | *fabric8.openshift.enableAutomaticTrigger*
 | If the value is set to `false` then automatic deployments would be disabled.
 | `true`
+
+| *fabric8.skipHealthChecks*
+| If the value is set to `true` then no readiness/liveness checks would be added to any containers.
+| `false`
+
+| *fabric8.openshift.deployTimeoutSeconds*
+| The OpenShift deploy timeout in seconds.
+| 3600
+
+| *fabric8.openshift.imageChangeTrigger*
+| Add ImageChange triggers to DeploymentConfigs when on openshift.
+| `true`
 |===
+
+[[Other-flags]]
diff --git a/enricher/fabric8/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/enricher/fabric8/AbstractHealthCheckEnricher.java b/enricher/fabric8/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/enricher/fabric8/AbstractHealthCheckEnricher.java
index d7a64e0e33..d4a9482946 100644
--- a/enricher/fabric8/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/enricher/fabric8/AbstractHealthCheckEnricher.java
+++ b/enricher/fabric8/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/enricher/fabric8/AbstractHealthCheckEnricher.java
@@ -35,27 +35,28 @@ public AbstractHealthCheckEnricher(MavenEnricherContext buildContext, String nam
 
     @Override
     public void create(PlatformMode platformMode, KubernetesListBuilder builder) {
-
-        builder.accept(new TypedVisitor<ContainerBuilder>() {
-            @Override
-            public void visit(ContainerBuilder container) {
-                if (!container.hasReadinessProbe()) {
-                    Probe probe = getReadinessProbe(container);
-                    if (probe != null) {
-                        log.info("Adding readiness " + describe(probe));
-                        container.withReadinessProbe(probe);
+        if(!checkIfhealthChecksDisabled(false)) {
+            builder.accept(new TypedVisitor<ContainerBuilder>() {
+                @Override
+                public void visit(ContainerBuilder container) {
+                    if (!container.hasReadinessProbe()) {
+                        Probe probe = getReadinessProbe(container);
+                        if (probe != null) {
+                            log.info("Adding readiness " + describe(probe));
+                            container.withReadinessProbe(probe);
+                        }
                     }
-                }
 
-                if (!container.hasLivenessProbe()) {
-                    Probe probe = getLivenessProbe(container);
-                    if (probe != null) {
-                        log.info("Adding liveness " + describe(probe));
-                        container.withLivenessProbe(probe);
+                    if (!container.hasLivenessProbe()) {
+                        Probe probe = getLivenessProbe(container);
+                        if (probe != null) {
+                            log.info("Adding liveness " + describe(probe));
+                            container.withLivenessProbe(probe);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
-            }
-        });
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     private String describe(Probe probe) {
@@ -83,6 +84,14 @@ private String describe(Probe probe) {
         return desc.toString();
     }
 
+    protected Boolean checkIfhealthChecksDisabled(Boolean defaultValue) {
+        if(getContext().getProperty("fabric8.skipHealthChecks") != null) {
+            return Boolean.parseBoolean(getContext().getProperty("fabric8.skipHealthChecks").toString());
+        } else {
+            return defaultValue;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Override this method to create a per-container readiness probe.
      */
diff --git a/enricher/fabric8/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/enricher/fabric8/SpringBootHealthCheckEnricher.java b/enricher/fabric8/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/enricher/fabric8/SpringBootHealthCheckEnricher.java
index 6b9abd314c..6aa8dcbf3e 100644
--- a/enricher/fabric8/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/enricher/fabric8/SpringBootHealthCheckEnricher.java
+++ b/enricher/fabric8/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/enricher/fabric8/SpringBootHealthCheckEnricher.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public class SpringBootHealthCheckEnricher extends AbstractHealthCheckEnricher {
     private enum Config implements Configs.Key {
         readinessProbeInitialDelaySeconds   {{ d = "10"; }},
         readinessProbePeriodSeconds,
+        path                                {{ d = "/health"; }},
         livenessProbeInitialDelaySeconds    {{ d = "180"; }},
         livenessProbePeriodSeconds,
         failureThreshold                    {{ d = "3"; }},
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ protected Probe buildProbe(Properties springBootProperties, Integer initialDelay
 
         // lets default to adding a spring boot actuator health check
         ProbeBuilder probeBuilder = new ProbeBuilder().
-                withNewHttpGet().withNewPort(port).withPath(prefix + actuatorBasePath + "/health").withScheme(scheme).endHttpGet();
+                withNewHttpGet().withNewPort(port).withPath(prefix + actuatorBasePath + Configs.asString(getConfig(Config.path))).withScheme(scheme).endHttpGet();
 
         if (initialDelay != null) {
             probeBuilder = probeBuilder.withInitialDelaySeconds(initialDelay);
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/plugin/mojo/build/ResourceMojo.java b/plugin/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/plugin/mojo/build/ResourceMojo.java
index 8dc59ba096..78a606570e 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/plugin/mojo/build/ResourceMojo.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/io/fabric8/maven/plugin/mojo/build/ResourceMojo.java
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ public class ResourceMojo extends AbstractFabric8Mojo {
     @Parameter(property = "fabric8.namespace")
     private String namespace;
 
+    @Parameter(property = "fabric8.skipHealthChecks", defaultValue = "false")
+    private Boolean skipHealthChecks;
+
     /**
      * The OpenShift deploy timeout in seconds:
      * See this issue for background of why for end users on slow wifi on their laptops