diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
index ed882fe96a..138dbbd9e0 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ const environment = {
   ENCRYPTION_KEY: process.env.ENCRYPTION_KEY,
   API_ENCRYPTION_KEY: getAPIEncryptionKey(),
   COUCH_DB_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_URL || "http://localhost:4005",
+  COUCH_DB_SQL_URL: process.env.COUCH_DB_SQL_URL || "http://localhost:4984",
   COUCH_DB_USERNAME: process.env.COUCH_DB_USER,
   COUCH_DB_PASSWORD: process.env.COUCH_DB_PASSWORD,
   GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID: process.env.GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID,
diff --git a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/system/environment.ts b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/system/environment.ts
index ade5f241e2..c619d484f7 100644
--- a/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/system/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/worker/src/api/controllers/system/environment.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 import { Ctx } from "@budibase/types"
 import env from "../../../environment"
 import { env as coreEnv } from "@budibase/backend-core"
+import nodeFetch from "node-fetch"
+
+let sqsAvailable: boolean
+async function isSqsAvailable() {
+  if (sqsAvailable !== undefined) {
+    return sqsAvailable
+  }
+
+  try {
+    await nodeFetch(coreEnv.COUCH_DB_SQL_URL, {
+      timeout: 1000,
+    })
+  } catch (e) {
+    sqsAvailable = false
+    return false
+  }
+  sqsAvailable = true
+  return true
+}
 
 export const fetch = async (ctx: Ctx) => {
   ctx.body = {
@@ -11,5 +30,6 @@ export const fetch = async (ctx: Ctx) => {
     disableAccountPortal: env.DISABLE_ACCOUNT_PORTAL,
     baseUrl: env.PLATFORM_URL,
     isDev: env.isDev() && !env.isTest(),
+    isSqsAvailable: await isSqsAvailable(),
   }
 }