diff --git a/src/Common/src/Common/HealthChecks/HealthAggregator.cs b/src/Common/src/Common/HealthChecks/HealthAggregator.cs
index 972837e11d..076928ed0b 100644
--- a/src/Common/src/Common/HealthChecks/HealthAggregator.cs
+++ b/src/Common/src/Common/HealthChecks/HealthAggregator.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ await Parallel.ForEachAsync(contributors, cancellationToken, async (contributor,
     private static async Task<IDictionary<string, SteeltoeHealthCheckResult>> AggregateMicrosoftHealthChecksAsync(ICollection<IHealthContributor> contributors,
         ICollection<HealthCheckRegistration> healthCheckRegistrations, IServiceProvider serviceProvider, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
     {
-        if (healthCheckRegistrations.Count == 0)
+        HealthCheckRegistration[] activeHealthCheckRegistrations =
+            healthCheckRegistrations.Where(registration => !registration.Tags.Contains("ExcludeFromHealthActuator")).ToArray();
+
+        if (activeHealthCheckRegistrations.Length == 0)
         {
             return new Dictionary<string, SteeltoeHealthCheckResult>();
         }
@@ -76,8 +79,7 @@ private static async Task<IDictionary<string, SteeltoeHealthCheckResult>> Aggreg
         var healthChecks = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, SteeltoeHealthCheckResult>();
         var keys = new ConcurrentBag<string>(contributors.Select(contributor => contributor.Id));
 
-        // run all HealthCheckRegistration checks in parallel
-        await Parallel.ForEachAsync(healthCheckRegistrations, cancellationToken, async (registration, _) =>
+        await Parallel.ForEachAsync(activeHealthCheckRegistrations, cancellationToken, async (registration, _) =>
         {
             string contributorName = GetKey(keys, registration.Name);
             SteeltoeHealthCheckResult healthCheckResult;
diff --git a/src/Management/test/Endpoint.Test/Actuators/Health/HealthAggregationTest.cs b/src/Management/test/Endpoint.Test/Actuators/Health/HealthAggregationTest.cs
index 216764db61..ad76b9eaad 100644
--- a/src/Management/test/Endpoint.Test/Actuators/Health/HealthAggregationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Management/test/Endpoint.Test/Actuators/Health/HealthAggregationTest.cs
@@ -517,6 +517,53 @@ public async Task Converts_AspNet_health_check_results()
             """);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Can_skip_AspNet_health_check()
+    {
+        WebApplicationBuilder builder = TestWebApplicationBuilderFactory.Create();
+        builder.Configuration.AddInMemoryCollection(AppSettings);
+        builder.Services.AddHealthActuator();
+
+        IHealthChecksBuilder checksBuilder = builder.Services.AddHealthChecks();
+        checksBuilder.AddCheck<AspNetUnhealthyCheck>("aspnet-unhealthy-check", tags: ["ExcludeFromHealthActuator"]);
+        checksBuilder.AddCheck<AspNetHealthyCheck>("aspnet-healthy-check");
+
+        await using WebApplication host = builder.Build();
+
+        host.MapHealthChecks("/health");
+        await host.StartAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+        using HttpClient httpClient = host.GetTestClient();
+
+        HttpResponseMessage actuatorResponse = await httpClient.GetAsync(new Uri("http://localhost/actuator/health"), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        actuatorResponse.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.OK);
+
+        string actuatorResponseBody = await actuatorResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        actuatorResponseBody.Should().BeJson("""
+            {
+              "status": "UP",
+              "components": {
+                "aspnet-healthy-check": {
+                  "status": "UP",
+                  "description": "healthy-description",
+                  "details": {
+                    "healthy-data-key": "healthy-data-value"
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            """);
+
+        HttpResponseMessage aspNetResponse = await httpClient.GetAsync(new Uri("http://localhost/health"), TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        aspNetResponse.StatusCode.Should().Be(HttpStatusCode.ServiceUnavailable);
+
+        string aspNetResponseBody = await aspNetResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync(TestContext.Current.CancellationToken);
+
+        aspNetResponseBody.Should().Be("Unhealthy");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Can_use_scoped_AspNet_health_check()
     {