diff --git a/files/build_templates/events_info.json b/files/build_templates/events_info.json
index 6d1e019fb85e..846c2a4b0e37 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/events_info.json
+++ b/files/build_templates/events_info.json
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
         {
             "name": "sshd",
             "parse_json": "sshd_regex.json"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "systemd",
+	    "parse_json": "systemd_regex.json"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/files/build_templates/systemd_regex.json b/files/build_templates/systemd_regex.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d6ea5619eed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/build_templates/systemd_regex.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+    {
+        "tag": "event-stopped-ctr",
+        "regex": "Stopped ([a-zA-Z-_\\s]*) container",
+        "params": [ "ctr-name" ]
+    }
+]
diff --git a/files/image_config/monit/container_checker b/files/image_config/monit/container_checker
index 6c155e5853a6..6d7f1403d7ae 100755
--- a/files/image_config/monit/container_checker
+++ b/files/image_config/monit/container_checker
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from sonic_py_common import multi_asic, device_info
 from swsscommon import swsscommon
 
 EVENTS_PUBLISHER_SOURCE = "sonic-events-host"
-EVENTS_PUBLISHER_TAG = "event-container"
+EVENTS_PUBLISHER_TAG = "event-down-ctr"
 
 def get_expected_running_containers():
     """