diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95803c4..0e2c153 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   * Memcached
   * InfluxDB
   * Nats
+  * AWS
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/checks/aws/sqs/check.go b/checks/aws/sqs/check.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b221bbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checks/aws/sqs/check.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package sqs
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs/types"
+)
+
+// Config is the AWS SQS checker configuration settings.
+type Config struct {
+	// Client is the initialized instance of the AWS SQS client used for making API requests to the AWS SQS service.
+	Client SqsActions
+	// QueueUrl is a pointer to the string that contains the URL of the SQS queue to which the client connects.
+	QueueUrl *string
+}
+
+// SqsActions defines the set of operations used from the SQS client.
+type SqsActions interface {
+	GetQueueAttributes(ctx context.Context, params *sqs.GetQueueAttributesInput, optFns ...func(*sqs.Options)) (*sqs.GetQueueAttributesOutput, error)
+}
+
+// New creates a new AWS SQS health check that verifies if a connection to the queue exists
+func New(config Config) func(ctx context.Context) error {
+	return func(ctx context.Context) error {
+		arnAttributeName := types.QueueAttributeNameQueueArn
+		if _, err := config.Client.GetQueueAttributes(ctx, &sqs.GetQueueAttributesInput{
+			QueueUrl:       config.QueueUrl,
+			AttributeNames: []types.QueueAttributeName{arnAttributeName},
+		}); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to get queue ARN: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/checks/aws/sqs/check_test.go b/checks/aws/sqs/check_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..981d9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checks/aws/sqs/check_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package sqs
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs/types"
+)
+
+// SimpleMockSQSClient is a manual mock of the SQSAPI interface.
+type SimpleMockSQSClient struct {
+	// Add fields to store mock outputs and any other state
+	GetQueueAttributesOutput *sqs.GetQueueAttributesOutput
+	GetQueueAttributesErr    error
+}
+
+// GetQueueAttributes is the mock method that mimics the corresponding SQSAPI method.
+func (m *SimpleMockSQSClient) GetQueueAttributes(ctx context.Context, params *sqs.GetQueueAttributesInput, optFns ...func(*sqs.Options)) (*sqs.GetQueueAttributesOutput, error) {
+	// Return the mocked response and error stored in the mock struct
+	return m.GetQueueAttributesOutput, m.GetQueueAttributesErr
+}
+
+func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
+	queueURL := "http://example.com/queue"
+	mockSQSClient := &SimpleMockSQSClient{
+		GetQueueAttributesOutput: &sqs.GetQueueAttributesOutput{
+			Attributes: map[string]string{
+				string(types.QueueAttributeNameQueueArn): "arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:123456789012:queue1",
+			},
+		},
+		GetQueueAttributesErr: nil,
+	}
+
+	config := Config{
+		Client:   mockSQSClient,
+		QueueUrl: &queueURL,
+	}
+
+	checker := New(config)
+
+	err := checker(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected no error, but got %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewError(t *testing.T) {
+	queueURL := "http://example.com/queue"
+	mockSQSClient := &SimpleMockSQSClient{
+		GetQueueAttributesOutput: &sqs.GetQueueAttributesOutput{
+			Attributes: map[string]string{
+				string(types.QueueAttributeNameQueueArn): "arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:123456789012:queue1",
+			},
+		},
+		GetQueueAttributesErr: errors.New("failed to get queue attributes"),
+	}
+
+	config := Config{
+		Client:   mockSQSClient,
+		QueueUrl: &queueURL,
+	}
+
+	checker := New(config)
+
+	err := checker(context.Background())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected error, but got none")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b2ccc76..483a97c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/hellofresh/health-go/v5
 go 1.20
 
 require (
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.31.4
 	github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache v0.0.0-20230905024940-24af94b03874
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1
 	github.com/gocql/gocql v1.6.0
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.26.1 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.3.5 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.5 // indirect
+	github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0cb43b0..ec56228 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3,6 +3,16 @@ github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.1.1/go.mod h1:VPu/7SZ7ePZ3QOrcuXROw5FAcLl4a0
 github.com/RaveNoX/go-jsoncommentstrip v1.0.0/go.mod h1:78ihd09MekBnJnxpICcwzCMzGrKSKYe4AqU6PDYYpjk=
 github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0 h1:axGnT1gRIfimI7gJifB699GoE/oq+F2MU7Dml6nw9rQ=
 github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:lvDnEdqiQrp0O42VQGgmlKpxL1AP2+08jFMw88y4klk=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.26.1 h1:5554eUqIYVWpU0YmeeYZ0wU64H2VLBs8TlhRB2L+EkA=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.26.1/go.mod h1:ffIFB97e2yNsv4aTSGkqtHnppsIJzw7G7BReUZ3jCXM=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.3.5 h1:aw39xVGeRWlWx9EzGVnhOR4yOjQDHPQ6o6NmBlscyQg=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/configsources v1.3.5/go.mod h1:FSaRudD0dXiMPK2UjknVwwTYyZMRsHv3TtkabsZih5I=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.5 h1:PG1F3OD1szkuQPzDw3CIQsRIrtTlUC3lP84taWzHlq0=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/internal/endpoints/v2 v2.6.5/go.mod h1:jU1li6RFryMz+so64PpKtudI+QzbKoIEivqdf6LNpOc=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.31.4 h1:mE2ysZMEeQ3ulHWs4mmc4fZEhOfeY1o6QXAfDqjbSgw=
+github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs v1.31.4/go.mod h1:lCN2yKnj+Sp9F6UzpoPPTir+tSaC9Jwf6LcmTqnXFZw=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.2 h1:tbp628ireGtzcHDDmLT/6ADHidqnwgF57XOXZe6tp4Q=
+github.com/aws/smithy-go v1.20.2/go.mod h1:krry+ya/rV9RDcV/Q16kpu6ypI4K2czasz0NC3qS14E=
 github.com/bitly/go-hostpool v0.0.0-20171023180738-a3a6125de932 h1:mXoPYz/Ul5HYEDvkta6I8/rnYM5gSdSV2tJ6XbZuEtY=
 github.com/bitly/go-hostpool v0.0.0-20171023180738-a3a6125de932/go.mod h1:NOuUCSz6Q9T7+igc/hlvDOUdtWKryOrtFyIVABv/p7k=
 github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.1.1/go.mod h1:UD6OnuiIn0yFxxA2le/rnRU1G4RaI4UvFv1sNto9p6w=