diff --git a/lua/gopher/_utils/health.lua b/lua/gopher/_utils/health_util.lua
similarity index 75%
rename from lua/gopher/_utils/health.lua
rename to lua/gopher/_utils/health_util.lua
index b651fe4..e1d44ee 100644
--- a/lua/gopher/_utils/health.lua
+++ b/lua/gopher/_utils/health_util.lua
@@ -23,4 +23,11 @@ function health.is_binary_found(bin)
   return false
 end
 
+---@param ft string
+---@return boolean
+function health.is_treesitter_parser_available(ft)
+  local ok, parser = pcall(vim.treesitter.get_parser, 0, ft)
+  return ok and parser ~= nil
+end
+
 return health
diff --git a/lua/gopher/health.lua b/lua/gopher/health.lua
index a7a4d14..633a184 100644
--- a/lua/gopher/health.lua
+++ b/lua/gopher/health.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 local health = {}
 local cmd = require("gopher.config").commands
-local u = require "gopher._utils.health"
+local u = require "gopher._utils.health_util"
 
 local deps = {
   plugin = {
@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ local deps = {
     },
     { bin = cmd.dlv, msg = "required for debugging, (`nvim-dap`, `gopher.dap`)", optional = true },
   },
+  treesitter = {
+    { parser = "go", msg = "required for `gopher.nvim`", optional = false },
+  },
 }
 
 function health.check()
-  u.info "install go treesitter parser by `:TSInstall go` if you don't have it already"
-
   u.start "required plugins"
   for _, plugin in ipairs(deps.plugin) do
     if u.is_lualib_found(plugin.lib) then
@@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ function health.check()
       end
     end
   end
+
+  u.start "required treesitter parsers"
+  for _, parser in ipairs(deps.treesitter) do
+    if u.is_treesitter_parser_available(parser.parser) then
+      u.ok(parser.parser .. " parser installed")
+    else
+      u.error(parser.parser .. " parser not found, " .. parser.msg)
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 return health