diff --git a/src/borg/helpers.py b/src/borg/helpers.py
index 93413845b..a1624f1ad 100644
--- a/src/borg/helpers.py
+++ b/src/borg/helpers.py
@@ -1430,6 +1430,7 @@ class ItemFormatter(BaseFormatter):
         'csize': 'compressed size',
         'num_chunks': 'number of chunks in this file',
         'unique_chunks': 'number of unique chunks in this file',
+        'health': 'either "healthy" (file ok) or "broken" (if file has all-zero replacement chunks)',
     }
     KEY_GROUPS = (
         ('type', 'mode', 'uid', 'gid', 'user', 'group', 'path', 'bpath', 'source', 'linktarget', 'flags'),
@@ -1437,6 +1438,7 @@ class ItemFormatter(BaseFormatter):
         ('mtime', 'ctime', 'atime', 'isomtime', 'isoctime', 'isoatime'),
         tuple(sorted(hashlib.algorithms_guaranteed)),
         ('archiveid', 'archivename', 'extra'),
+        ('health', )
     )
 
     @classmethod
@@ -1526,6 +1528,7 @@ class ItemFormatter(BaseFormatter):
         item_data['linktarget'] = source
         item_data['extra'] = extra
         item_data['flags'] = item.get('bsdflags')
+        item_data['health'] = 'broken' if 'chunks_healthy' in item else 'healthy'
         for key in self.used_call_keys:
             item_data[key] = self.call_keys[key](item)
         return item_data
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
index 75f67ecbf..4c8c765da 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver.py
@@ -2082,6 +2082,8 @@ class ArchiverCheckTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
         output = self.cmd('check', '--repair', self.repository_location, exit_code=0)
         self.assert_in('New missing file chunk detected', output)
         self.cmd('check', self.repository_location, exit_code=0)
+        output = self.cmd('list', '--format={health}#{path}{LF}', self.repository_location + '::archive1', exit_code=0)
+        self.assert_in('broken#', output)
         # check that the file in the old archives has now a different chunk list without the killed chunk
         for archive_name in ('archive1', 'archive2'):
             archive, repository = self.open_archive(archive_name)
@@ -2110,6 +2112,9 @@ class ArchiverCheckTestCase(ArchiverTestCaseBase):
                         break
                 else:
                     self.assert_true(False)  # should not happen
+        # list is also all-healthy again
+        output = self.cmd('list', '--format={health}#{path}{LF}', self.repository_location + '::archive1', exit_code=0)
+        self.assert_not_in('broken#', output)
 
     def test_missing_archive_item_chunk(self):
         archive, repository = self.open_archive('archive1')