diff --git a/eds.go b/eds.go
index 07184d8..623e8bc 100644
--- a/eds.go
+++ b/eds.go
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ const (
 type edsOptFunc func(*edsOpt)
 
 type edsOpt struct {
-	loadBalancingWeight uint32
+	loadBalancingWeight    uint32
+	healthStatus           corev3.HealthStatus
+	setInitialHealthStatus bool
 }
 
 func EdsLoadBalancingWeight(weight uint32) edsOptFunc {
@@ -68,6 +70,13 @@ func EdsLoadBalancingWeight(weight uint32) edsOptFunc {
 	}
 }
 
+func EdsLbEndpointHealthStatus(status corev3.HealthStatus) edsOptFunc {
+	return func(opt *edsOpt) {
+		opt.healthStatus = status
+		opt.setInitialHealthStatus = true
+	}
+}
+
 func initEdsOpt(opt *edsOpt) {
 	if opt.loadBalancingWeight < 1 {
 		opt.loadBalancingWeight = defaultLoadBalancingWeight
@@ -110,13 +119,32 @@ func (e *endpointDiscoveryService) instanceEndpoint(instance EDSInstanceConfig)
 }
 
 func (e *endpointDiscoveryService) lbEndpoints(instances []EDSInstanceConfig) []*endpointv3.LbEndpoint {
+	if e.opt.setInitialHealthStatus {
+		return e.lbEndpointsWithInitialStatus(instances, e.opt.healthStatus)
+	}
+	return e.lbEndpointsDefault(instances)
+}
+
+func (e *endpointDiscoveryService) lbEndpointsWithInitialStatus(instances []EDSInstanceConfig, status corev3.HealthStatus) []*endpointv3.LbEndpoint {
+	endpoints := make([]*endpointv3.LbEndpoint, len(instances))
+	for idx, ins := range instances {
+		endpoints[idx] = &endpointv3.LbEndpoint{
+			HostIdentifier: &endpointv3.LbEndpoint_Endpoint{
+				Endpoint: e.instanceEndpoint(ins),
+			},
+			HealthStatus: status,
+		}
+	}
+	return endpoints
+}
+
+func (e *endpointDiscoveryService) lbEndpointsDefault(instances []EDSInstanceConfig) []*endpointv3.LbEndpoint {
 	endpoints := make([]*endpointv3.LbEndpoint, len(instances))
 	for idx, ins := range instances {
 		endpoints[idx] = &endpointv3.LbEndpoint{
 			HostIdentifier: &endpointv3.LbEndpoint_Endpoint{
 				Endpoint: e.instanceEndpoint(ins),
 			},
-			HealthStatus: corev3.HealthStatus_UNHEALTHY, // initial status = unhealthy
 		}
 	}
 	return endpoints
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 24652b0..4526537 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ package xds
 
 const (
 	AppName string = "example-envoy-xds"
-	Version string = "1.0.0"
+	Version string = "1.0.1"
 	UA      string = AppName + "/" + Version
 )