diff --git a/tests/test_db_heartbeat.py b/tests/test_db_heartbeat.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc6d54b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_db_heartbeat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import unittest
+
+from health_check.contrib.db_heartbeat import DatabaseHeartBeatCheck
+from health_check.exceptions import ServiceUnavailable
+
+
+class TestDatabaseHeartBeatCheck(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_check_status_success(self):
+        health_check = DatabaseHeartBeatCheck()
+        try:
+            health_check.check_status()  # Should pass without exceptions
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.fail(f"check_status() raised an exception unexpectedly: {e}")
+
+    def test_check_status_unexpected_result(self):
+        health_check = DatabaseHeartBeatCheck()
+        with self.assertRaises(ServiceUnavailable):
+            health_check.check_status()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/testapp/settings.py b/tests/testapp/settings.py
index 620e7190..46c16aad 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/settings.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/settings.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "health_check.contrib.migrations",
     "health_check.contrib.celery_ping",
     "health_check.contrib.s3boto_storage",
+    "health_check.contrib.db_heartbeat",
     "tests",
 )