diff --git a/go/vt/discovery/healthcheck.go b/go/vt/discovery/healthcheck.go
index 8d0476ba382..90ed3b05aff 100644
--- a/go/vt/discovery/healthcheck.go
+++ b/go/vt/discovery/healthcheck.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func ParseTabletURLTemplateFromFlag() {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	for _, cmd := range []string{"vtgate", "vtcombo"} {
+	for _, cmd := range []string{"vtgate", "vtcombo", "vttablet"} {
 		servenv.OnParseFor(cmd, registerDiscoveryFlags)
 		servenv.OnParseFor(cmd, registerWebUIFlags)
 	}