diff --git a/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go b/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
index 9ba0c928..8aa1a112 100644
--- a/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
+++ b/pkg/loader/compose/v3.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func parseHealthCheck(composeHealthCheck types.HealthCheckConfig) (kobject.Healt
 		interval = int32(parse.Seconds())
 	}
 
-	if *composeHealthCheck.Retries != 0 {
+	if composeHealthCheck.Retries != nil {
 		retries = int32(*composeHealthCheck.Retries)
 	}
 
diff --git a/script/test/cmd/tests.sh b/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
index 69f0b0e1..21d95358 100755
--- a/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
+++ b/script/test/cmd/tests.sh
@@ -444,6 +444,15 @@ cmd="kompose convert --stdout -j --provider=openshift -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/te
 sed -e "s;%VERSION%;$version;g" -e "s;%CMD%;$cmd;g"  "$KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-os-template.json" > /tmp/output-os.json
 convert::expect_success "kompose convert --stdout -j --provider=openshift -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/docker-compose.yaml" "/tmp/output-os.json"
 
+cmd="kompose convert --stdout -j -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/docker-compose-only-command.yaml"
+sed -e "s;%VERSION%;$version;g" -e "s;%CMD%;$cmd;g"  "$KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-only-command-k8s-template.json" > /tmp/output-k8s.json
+convert::expect_success "kompose convert --stdout -j -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/docker-compose-only-command.yaml" "/tmp/output-k8s.json"
+
+cmd="kompose convert --stdout -j --provider=openshift -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/docker-compose-only-command.yaml"
+sed -e "s;%VERSION%;$version;g" -e "s;%CMD%;$cmd;g"  "$KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-only-command-os-template.json" > /tmp/output-os.json
+convert::expect_success "kompose convert --stdout -j --provider=openshift -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/docker-compose-only-command.yaml" "/tmp/output-os.json"
+
+
 # Test ConfigMap generation
 cmd="kompose convert --stdout -j -f $KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/configmap/docker-compose.yaml"
 sed -e "s;%VERSION%;$version;g" -e "s;%CMD%;$cmd;g"  "$KOMPOSE_ROOT/script/test/fixtures/configmap/output-k8s-template.json" > /tmp/output-k8s.json
diff --git a/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/docker-compose-only-command.yaml b/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/docker-compose-only-command.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee5cc0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/docker-compose-only-command.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+  redis:
+    image: redis
+    healthcheck:
+      test: echo "hello world"
diff --git a/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-only-command-k8s-template.json b/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-only-command-k8s-template.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..155e8756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-only-command-k8s-template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{
+  "kind": "List",
+  "apiVersion": "v1",
+  "metadata": {},
+  "items": [
+    {
+      "kind": "Service",
+      "apiVersion": "v1",
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "redis",
+        "creationTimestamp": null,
+        "labels": {
+          "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+        },
+        "annotations": {
+          "kompose.cmd": "%CMD%",
+          "kompose.version": "%VERSION%"
+        }
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "ports": [
+          {
+            "name": "headless",
+            "port": 55555,
+            "targetPort": 0
+          }
+        ],
+        "selector": {
+          "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+        },
+        "clusterIP": "None"
+      },
+      "status": {
+        "loadBalancer": {}
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "kind": "Deployment",
+      "apiVersion": "extensions/v1beta1",
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "redis",
+        "creationTimestamp": null,
+        "labels": {
+          "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+        },
+        "annotations": {
+          "kompose.cmd": "%CMD%",
+          "kompose.version": "%VERSION%"
+        }
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "replicas": 1,
+        "template": {
+          "metadata": {
+            "creationTimestamp": null,
+            "labels": {
+              "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+            }
+          },
+          "spec": {
+            "containers": [
+              {
+                "name": "redis",
+                "image": "redis",
+                "resources": {},
+                "livenessProbe": {
+                  "exec": {
+                    "command": [
+                      "echo \"hello world\""
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ],
+            "restartPolicy": "Always"
+          }
+        },
+        "strategy": {}
+      },
+      "status": {}
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-only-command-os-template.json b/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-only-command-os-template.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7234f3ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/test/fixtures/healthcheck/output-only-command-os-template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+{
+  "kind": "List",
+  "apiVersion": "v1",
+  "metadata": {},
+  "items": [
+    {
+      "kind": "Service",
+      "apiVersion": "v1",
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "redis",
+        "creationTimestamp": null,
+        "labels": {
+          "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+        },
+        "annotations": {
+          "kompose.cmd": "%CMD%",
+          "kompose.version": "%VERSION%"
+        }
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "ports": [
+          {
+            "name": "headless",
+            "port": 55555,
+            "targetPort": 0
+          }
+        ],
+        "selector": {
+          "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+        },
+        "clusterIP": "None"
+      },
+      "status": {
+        "loadBalancer": {}
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      "kind": "DeploymentConfig",
+      "apiVersion": "v1",
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "redis",
+        "creationTimestamp": null,
+        "labels": {
+          "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+        },
+        "annotations": {
+          "kompose.cmd": "%CMD%",
+          "kompose.version": "%VERSION%"
+        }
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "strategy": {
+          "resources": {}
+        },
+        "triggers": [
+          {
+            "type": "ConfigChange"
+          },
+          {
+            "type": "ImageChange",
+            "imageChangeParams": {
+              "automatic": true,
+              "containerNames": [
+                "redis"
+              ],
+              "from": {
+                "kind": "ImageStreamTag",
+                "name": "redis:latest"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "replicas": 1,
+        "test": false,
+        "selector": {
+          "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+        },
+        "template": {
+          "metadata": {
+            "creationTimestamp": null,
+            "labels": {
+              "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+            }
+          },
+          "spec": {
+            "containers": [
+              {
+                "name": "redis",
+                "image": " ",
+                "resources": {},
+                "livenessProbe": {
+                  "exec": {
+                    "command": [
+                      "echo \"hello world\""
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            ],
+            "restartPolicy": "Always"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "status": {}
+    },
+    {
+      "kind": "ImageStream",
+      "apiVersion": "v1",
+      "metadata": {
+        "name": "redis",
+        "creationTimestamp": null,
+        "labels": {
+          "io.kompose.service": "redis"
+        }
+      },
+      "spec": {
+        "tags": [
+          {
+            "name": "latest",
+            "annotations": null,
+            "from": {
+              "kind": "DockerImage",
+              "name": "redis"
+            },
+            "generation": null,
+            "importPolicy": {}
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "status": {
+        "dockerImageRepository": ""
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}