diff --git a/django_healthy/_compat.py b/django_healthy/_compat.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab5b393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_healthy/_compat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import sys
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 11):
+    from typing import Self
+else:
+    from typing_extensions import Self
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    "Self",
+]
diff --git a/django_healthy/health_checks/__init__.py b/django_healthy/health_checks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6e7b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_healthy/health_checks/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from .base import HealthCheck, HealthCheckResult, HealthStatus
+
+__all__ = [
+    "HealthCheck",
+    "HealthCheckResult",
+    "HealthStatus",
+]
diff --git a/django_healthy/health_checks/base.py b/django_healthy/health_checks/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd247c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_healthy/health_checks/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from enum import Enum, auto
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from django_healthy._compat import Self
+
+
+class HealthStatus(Enum):
+    UNHEALTHY = auto()
+    DEGRADED = auto()
+    HEALTHY = auto()
+
+
+@dataclass
+class HealthCheckResult:
+    status: HealthStatus
+    description: str | None = None
+    exception: Exception | None = None
+    data: dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def healthy(
+        cls,
+        description: str | None = None,
+        exception: Exception | None = None,
+        data: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> Self:
+        return cls(
+            status=HealthStatus.HEALTHY,
+            description=description,
+            exception=exception,
+            data=data or {},
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def degraded(
+        cls,
+        description: str | None = None,
+        exception: Exception | None = None,
+        data: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> Self:
+        return cls(
+            status=HealthStatus.DEGRADED,
+            description=description,
+            exception=exception,
+            data=data or {},
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def unhealthy(
+        cls,
+        description: str | None = None,
+        exception: Exception | None = None,
+        data: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+    ) -> Self:
+        return cls(
+            status=HealthStatus.UNHEALTHY,
+            description=description,
+            exception=exception,
+            data=data or {},
+        )
+
+
+class HealthCheck(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    async def check_health(self) -> HealthCheckResult: ...
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1fcedee..47b571d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
   "django>=4.2",
+  "typing-extensions; python_version<'3.11'"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ source = "vcs"
 [tool.hatch.envs.default]
 dependencies = [
   "coverage[toml]>=6.5",
+  "faker",
   "pytest",
   "pytest-asyncio",
   "pytest-django",
diff --git a/tests/health_checks/__init__.py b/tests/health_checks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/health_checks/test_base.py b/tests/health_checks/test_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e82575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/health_checks/test_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+from django_healthy.health_checks.base import HealthCheckResult, HealthStatus
+
+
+class TestHealthCheckResult:
+    def test_healthy_defaults(self):
+        got = HealthCheckResult.healthy()
+
+        assert got.status == HealthStatus.HEALTHY
+        assert got.description is None
+        assert got.exception is None
+        assert got.data == {}
+
+    def test_healthy_params(self, faker):
+        given_description = faker.sentence()
+        given_exception = Exception()
+        given_data = faker.pydict()
+
+        got = HealthCheckResult.healthy(
+            description=given_description,
+            exception=given_exception,
+            data=given_data,
+        )
+
+        assert got.status == HealthStatus.HEALTHY
+        assert got.description == given_description
+        assert got.exception == given_exception
+        assert got.data == given_data
+
+    def test_degraded_defaults(self):
+        got = HealthCheckResult.degraded()
+
+        assert got.status == HealthStatus.DEGRADED
+        assert got.description is None
+        assert got.exception is None
+        assert got.data == {}
+
+    def test_degraded_params(self, faker):
+        given_description = faker.sentence()
+        given_exception = Exception()
+        given_data = faker.pydict()
+
+        got = HealthCheckResult.degraded(
+            description=given_description,
+            exception=given_exception,
+            data=given_data,
+        )
+
+        assert got.status == HealthStatus.DEGRADED
+        assert got.description == given_description
+        assert got.exception == given_exception
+        assert got.data == given_data
+
+    def test_unhealthy_defaults(self):
+        got = HealthCheckResult.unhealthy()
+
+        assert got.status == HealthStatus.UNHEALTHY
+        assert got.description is None
+        assert got.exception is None
+        assert got.data == {}
+
+    def test_unhealthy_params(self, faker):
+        given_description = faker.sentence()
+        given_exception = Exception()
+        given_data = faker.pydict()
+
+        got = HealthCheckResult.unhealthy(
+            description=given_description,
+            exception=given_exception,
+            data=given_data,
+        )
+
+        assert got.status == HealthStatus.UNHEALTHY
+        assert got.description == given_description
+        assert got.exception == given_exception
+        assert got.data == given_data