diff --git a/app/observatory/burst/config.pb.go b/app/observatory/burst/config.pb.go
index ffbd0689..570384ae 100644
--- a/app/observatory/burst/config.pb.go
+++ b/app/observatory/burst/config.pb.go
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ type HealthPingConfig struct {
 	SamplingCount int32 `protobuf:"varint,4,opt,name=samplingCount,proto3" json:"samplingCount,omitempty"`
 	// ping timeout, int64 values of time.Duration
 	Timeout int64 `protobuf:"varint,5,opt,name=timeout,proto3" json:"timeout,omitempty"`
+	// http method to make request
+	HttpMethod string `protobuf:"bytes,6,opt,name=httpMethod,proto3" json:"httpMethod,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *HealthPingConfig) Reset() {
@@ -157,6 +159,13 @@ func (x *HealthPingConfig) GetTimeout() int64 {
 	return 0
 }
 
+func (x *HealthPingConfig) GetHttpMethod() string {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.HttpMethod
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 var File_app_observatory_burst_config_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
 
 var file_app_observatory_burst_config_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
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diff --git a/app/observatory/burst/config.proto b/app/observatory/burst/config.proto
index ead75478..a60978d5 100644
--- a/app/observatory/burst/config.proto
+++ b/app/observatory/burst/config.proto
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@ message HealthPingConfig {
   int32 samplingCount = 4;
   // ping timeout, int64 values of time.Duration
   int64 timeout = 5;
+  // http method to make request
+  string httpMethod = 6;
+
 }
diff --git a/app/observatory/burst/healthping.go b/app/observatory/burst/healthping.go
index 0d8cab9f..cb1c3402 100644
--- a/app/observatory/burst/healthping.go
+++ b/app/observatory/burst/healthping.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type HealthPingSettings struct {
 	Interval      time.Duration `json:"interval"`
 	SamplingCount int           `json:"sampling"`
 	Timeout       time.Duration `json:"timeout"`
+	HttpMethod    string        `json:"httpMethod"`
 }
 
 // HealthPing is the health checker for balancers
@@ -37,12 +38,21 @@ type HealthPing struct {
 func NewHealthPing(ctx context.Context, dispatcher routing.Dispatcher, config *HealthPingConfig) *HealthPing {
 	settings := &HealthPingSettings{}
 	if config != nil {
+
+		var httpMethod string
+		if config.HttpMethod == "" {
+			httpMethod = "HEAD"
+		} else {
+			httpMethod = strings.TrimSpace(config.HttpMethod)
+		}
+
 		settings = &HealthPingSettings{
 			Connectivity:  strings.TrimSpace(config.Connectivity),
 			Destination:   strings.TrimSpace(config.Destination),
 			Interval:      time.Duration(config.Interval),
 			SamplingCount: int(config.SamplingCount),
 			Timeout:       time.Duration(config.Timeout),
+			HttpMethod:    httpMethod,
 		}
 	}
 	if settings.Destination == "" {
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@ func (h *HealthPing) doCheck(tags []string, duration time.Duration, rounds int)
 			}
 			time.AfterFunc(delay, func() {
 				errors.LogDebug(h.ctx, "checking ", handler)
-				delay, err := client.MeasureDelay()
+				delay, err := client.MeasureDelay(h.Settings.HttpMethod)
 				if err == nil {
 					ch <- &rtt{
 						handler: handler,
@@ -251,7 +261,7 @@ func (h *HealthPing) checkConnectivity() bool {
 		h.Settings.Connectivity,
 		h.Settings.Timeout,
 	)
-	if _, err := tester.MeasureDelay(); err != nil {
+	if _, err := tester.MeasureDelay(h.Settings.HttpMethod); err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
 	return true
diff --git a/app/observatory/burst/ping.go b/app/observatory/burst/ping.go
index 5ea1433a..fcb40f1a 100644
--- a/app/observatory/burst/ping.go
+++ b/app/observatory/burst/ping.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package burst
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -51,20 +52,28 @@ func newHTTPClient(ctxv context.Context, dispatcher routing.Dispatcher, handler
 }
 
 // MeasureDelay returns the delay time of the request to dest
-func (s *pingClient) MeasureDelay() (time.Duration, error) {
+func (s *pingClient) MeasureDelay(httpMethod string) (time.Duration, error) {
 	if s.httpClient == nil {
 		panic("pingClient not initialized")
 	}
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodHead, s.destination, nil)
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(httpMethod, s.destination, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return rttFailed, err
 	}
+
 	start := time.Now()
 	resp, err := s.httpClient.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return rttFailed, err
 	}
-	// don't wait for body
+	if httpMethod == http.MethodGet {
+		_, err = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return rttFailed, err
+		}
+	}
 	resp.Body.Close()
+
 	return time.Since(start), nil
 }
diff --git a/infra/conf/router_strategy.go b/infra/conf/router_strategy.go
index 98bcc8d1..464cbcfb 100644
--- a/infra/conf/router_strategy.go
+++ b/infra/conf/router_strategy.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package conf
 
 import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/xtls/xray-core/app/observatory/burst"
 	"github.com/xtls/xray-core/app/router"
@@ -51,15 +52,23 @@ type healthCheckSettings struct {
 	Interval      duration.Duration `json:"interval"`
 	SamplingCount int               `json:"sampling"`
 	Timeout       duration.Duration `json:"timeout"`
+	HttpMethod    string            `json:"httpMethod"`
 }
 
 func (h healthCheckSettings) Build() (proto.Message, error) {
+	var httpMethod string
+	if h.HttpMethod == "" {
+		httpMethod = "HEAD"
+	} else {
+		httpMethod = strings.TrimSpace(h.HttpMethod)
+	}
 	return &burst.HealthPingConfig{
 		Destination:   h.Destination,
 		Connectivity:  h.Connectivity,
 		Interval:      int64(h.Interval),
 		Timeout:       int64(h.Timeout),
 		SamplingCount: int32(h.SamplingCount),
+		HttpMethod:    httpMethod,
 	}, nil
 }