diff --git a/Dockerfile-server b/Dockerfile-server
index 531dacb..b9bcbb1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-server
+++ b/Dockerfile-server
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p /run/runmqserver \
 COPY --from=builder $GO_WORKDIR/runmqserver /usr/local/bin/
 COPY --from=builder $GO_WORKDIR/chkmq* /usr/local/bin/
 COPY NOTICES.txt /opt/mqm/licenses/notices-container.txt
+COPY ha/native-ha.ini.tpl /etc/mqm/native-ha.ini.tpl
 # Copy web XML files
 COPY web /etc/mqm/web
 COPY etc/mqm/*.tpl /etc/mqm/
diff --git a/cmd/chkmqhealthy/main.go b/cmd/chkmqhealthy/main.go
index 7132bda..607234f 100644
--- a/cmd/chkmqhealthy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/chkmqhealthy/main.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func queueManagerHealthy() (bool, error) {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 		return false, err
 	}
-	if !strings.Contains(string(out), "(RUNNING)") && !strings.Contains(string(out), "(RUNNING AS STANDBY)") && !strings.Contains(string(out), "(STARTING)") {
+	if !strings.Contains(string(out), "(RUNNING)") && !strings.Contains(string(out), "(RUNNING AS STANDBY)") && !strings.Contains(string(out), "(STARTING)") && !strings.Contains(string(out), "(REPLICA)") {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 	return true, nil
diff --git a/cmd/runmqserver/main.go b/cmd/runmqserver/main.go
index 13ea28c..c979550 100644
--- a/cmd/runmqserver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/runmqserver/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
+	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/internal/ha"
 	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/internal/metrics"
 	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/internal/ready"
 	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/internal/tls"
@@ -161,6 +162,14 @@ func doMain() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA") == "true" {
+		err = ha.ConfigureNativeHA(log)
+		if err != nil {
+			logTermination(err)
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	newQM, err := createQueueManager(name, *devFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		logTermination(err)
diff --git a/cmd/runmqserver/qmgr.go b/cmd/runmqserver/qmgr.go
index b87d40c..1311a5b 100644
--- a/cmd/runmqserver/qmgr.go
+++ b/cmd/runmqserver/qmgr.go
@@ -113,9 +113,13 @@ func startQueueManager(name string) error {
 	out, rc, err := command.Run("strmqm", "-x", name)
 	if err != nil {
 		// 30=standby queue manager started, which is fine
+		// 94=native HA replica started, which is fine
 		if rc == 30 {
 			log.Printf("Started standby queue manager")
 			return nil
+		} else if rc == 94 {
+			log.Printf("Started replica queue manager")
+			return nil
 		}
 		log.Printf("Error %v starting queue manager: %v", rc, string(out))
 		return err
@@ -220,6 +224,10 @@ func getCreateQueueManagerArgs(mounts map[string]string, name string, devMode bo
 
 	//build args
 	args := []string{"-ii", "/etc/mqm/", "-ic", "/etc/mqm/", "-q", "-p", "1414"}
+
+	if os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA") == "true" {
+		args = append(args, "-lr", os.Getenv("HOSTNAME"))
+	}
 	if devMode {
 		args = append(args, "-oa", oaVal)
 	}
diff --git a/ha/native-ha.ini.tpl b/ha/native-ha.ini.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6be471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ha/native-ha.ini.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+NativeHALocalInstance:
+  Name={{ .Name }}
+  {{ if .CertificateLabel }}
+  CertificateLabel={{ .CertificateLabel }}
+  KeyRepository={{ .KeyRepository }}
+  {{ if .CipherSpec }}
+  CipherSpec={{ .CipherSpec }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+NativeHAInstance:
+  Name={{ .NativeHAInstance0_Name }}
+  ReplicationAddress={{ .NativeHAInstance0_ReplicationAddress }}
+NativeHAInstance:
+  Name={{ .NativeHAInstance1_Name }}
+  ReplicationAddress={{ .NativeHAInstance1_ReplicationAddress }}
+NativeHAInstance:
+  Name={{ .NativeHAInstance2_Name }}
+  ReplicationAddress={{ .NativeHAInstance2_ReplicationAddress }}
diff --git a/internal/ha/ha.go b/internal/ha/ha.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41e13fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ha/ha.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+© Copyright IBM Corporation 2020
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Package ha contains code for high availability
+package ha
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/internal/mqtemplate"
+	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/pkg/logger"
+)
+
+// ConfigureNativeHA configures native high availability
+func ConfigureNativeHA(log *logger.Logger) error {
+
+	file := "/etc/mqm/native-ha.ini"
+	templateFile := file + ".tpl"
+
+	templateMap := map[string]string{}
+	templateMap["Name"] = os.Getenv("HOSTNAME")
+	templateMap["NativeHAInstance0_Name"] = os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_INSTANCE_0_NAME")
+	templateMap["NativeHAInstance1_Name"] = os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_INSTANCE_1_NAME")
+	templateMap["NativeHAInstance2_Name"] = os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_INSTANCE_2_NAME")
+	templateMap["NativeHAInstance0_ReplicationAddress"] = os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_INSTANCE_0_REPLICATION_ADDRESS")
+	templateMap["NativeHAInstance1_ReplicationAddress"] = os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_INSTANCE_1_REPLICATION_ADDRESS")
+	templateMap["NativeHAInstance2_ReplicationAddress"] = os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_INSTANCE_2_REPLICATION_ADDRESS")
+
+	if os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_TLS") == "true" {
+		templateMap["CertificateLabel"] = os.Getenv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_TLS_CERTLABEL")
+
+		keyRepository, ok := os.LookupEnv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_KEY_REPOSITORY")
+		if !ok {
+			keyRepository = "/run/runmqserver/tls/key"
+		}
+		templateMap["KeyRepository"] = keyRepository
+
+		cipherSpec, ok := os.LookupEnv("MQ_NATIVE_HA_CIPHERSPEC")
+		if ok {
+			templateMap["CipherSpec"] = cipherSpec
+		}
+	}
+
+	err := mqtemplate.ProcessTemplateFile(templateFile, file, templateMap, log)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}