diff --git a/DQMServices/Components/src/DQMFileSaver.cc b/DQMServices/Components/src/DQMFileSaver.cc
index 5116efd8a1e61..8307eb2b7c88e 100644
--- a/DQMServices/Components/src/DQMFileSaver.cc
+++ b/DQMServices/Components/src/DQMFileSaver.cc
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ DQMFileSaver::fillJson(int run, int lumi, const std::string& dataFilePathName, c
   }
   // The availability test of the FastMonitoringService was done in the ctor.
   bpt::ptree data;
-  bpt::ptree processedEvents, acceptedEvents, errorEvents, bitmask, fileList, fileSize, inputFiles, fileAdler32, transferDestination;
+  bpt::ptree processedEvents, acceptedEvents, errorEvents, bitmask, fileList, fileSize, inputFiles, fileAdler32, transferDestination, hltErrorEvents;
 
   processedEvents.put("", nProcessed); // Processed events
   acceptedEvents.put("", nProcessed); // Accepted events, same as processed for our purposes
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ DQMFileSaver::fillJson(int run, int lumi, const std::string& dataFilePathName, c
   inputFiles.put("", ""); // We do not care about input files!
   fileAdler32.put("", -1); // placeholder to match output json definition
   transferDestination.put("", transferDestinationStr); // SM Transfer destination field
+  hltErrorEvents.put("", 0); // Error events
 
   data.push_back(std::make_pair("", processedEvents));
   data.push_back(std::make_pair("", acceptedEvents));
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ DQMFileSaver::fillJson(int run, int lumi, const std::string& dataFilePathName, c
   data.push_back(std::make_pair("", inputFiles));
   data.push_back(std::make_pair("", fileAdler32));
   data.push_back(std::make_pair("", transferDestination));
+  data.push_back(std::make_pair("", hltErrorEvents));
 
   pt.add_child("data", data);
 
diff --git a/EventFilter/Utilities/plugins/RecoEventOutputModuleForFU.h b/EventFilter/Utilities/plugins/RecoEventOutputModuleForFU.h
index f8608e5af9d81..e926564238725 100644
--- a/EventFilter/Utilities/plugins/RecoEventOutputModuleForFU.h
+++ b/EventFilter/Utilities/plugins/RecoEventOutputModuleForFU.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace evf {
     StringJ inputFiles_;
     IntJ fileAdler32_; 
     StringJ transferDestination_; 
+    IntJ hltErrorEvents_; 
     boost::shared_ptr<FastMonitor> jsonMonitor_;
     evf::FastMonitoringService *fms_;
     DataPointDefinition outJsonDef_;
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ namespace evf {
     inputFiles_(),
     fileAdler32_(1),
     transferDestination_(),
+    hltErrorEvents_(0),
     outBuf_(new unsigned char[1024*1024])
   {
     std::string baseRunDir = edm::Service<evf::EvFDaqDirector>()->baseRunDir();
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ namespace evf {
     inputFiles_.setName("InputFiles");
     fileAdler32_.setName("FileAdler32");
     transferDestination_.setName("TransferDestination");
+    hltErrorEvents_.setName("HLTErrorEvents");
 
     outJsonDef_.setDefaultGroup("data");
     outJsonDef_.addLegendItem("Processed","integer",DataPointDefinition::SUM);
@@ -133,6 +136,7 @@ namespace evf {
     outJsonDef_.addLegendItem("InputFiles","string",DataPointDefinition::CAT);
     outJsonDef_.addLegendItem("FileAdler32","integer",DataPointDefinition::ADLER32);
     outJsonDef_.addLegendItem("TransferDestination","string",DataPointDefinition::SAME);
+    outJsonDef_.addLegendItem("HLTErrorEvents","integer",DataPointDefinition::SUM);
     std::stringstream tmpss,ss;
     tmpss << baseRunDir << "/open/" << "output_" << getpid() << ".jsd";
     ss << baseRunDir << "/" << "output_" << getpid() << ".jsd";
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ namespace evf {
     jsonMonitor_->registerGlobalMonitorable(&inputFiles_,false);
     jsonMonitor_->registerGlobalMonitorable(&fileAdler32_,false);
     jsonMonitor_->registerGlobalMonitorable(&transferDestination_,false);
+    jsonMonitor_->registerGlobalMonitorable(&hltErrorEvents_,false);
     jsonMonitor_->commit(nullptr);
 
   }
diff --git a/EventFilter/Utilities/plugins/output.jsd b/EventFilter/Utilities/plugins/output.jsd
index e1109a0301a37..e54dd234a2356 100644
--- a/EventFilter/Utilities/plugins/output.jsd
+++ b/EventFilter/Utilities/plugins/output.jsd
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
          "name" : "TransferDestination",
          "operation" : "same",
          "type" : "string"
+      },
+      {
+         "name" : "HLTErrorEvents",
+         "operation" : "sum",
+         "type" : "integer"
       }
 
    ]
diff --git a/HLTrigger/JSONMonitoring/plugins/TriggerJSONMonitoring.cc b/HLTrigger/JSONMonitoring/plugins/TriggerJSONMonitoring.cc
index 1b324c62b36d5..877be44e85229 100644
--- a/HLTrigger/JSONMonitoring/plugins/TriggerJSONMonitoring.cc
+++ b/HLTrigger/JSONMonitoring/plugins/TriggerJSONMonitoring.cc
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ TriggerJSONMonitoring::globalEndLuminosityBlockSummary(const edm::LuminosityBloc
     IntJ daqJsnAccepted    = daqJsnProcessed;
     IntJ daqJsnErrorEvents = 0;                  
     IntJ daqJsnRetCodeMask = 0;                 
+    IntJ daqJsnHLTErrorEvents = 0;                  
 
     //write out HLT metadata jsn
     Json::Value hltDaqJsn;
@@ -664,6 +665,7 @@ TriggerJSONMonitoring::globalEndLuminosityBlockSummary(const edm::LuminosityBloc
     hltDaqJsn[DataPoint::DATA].append(hltJsnInputFiles.value());
     hltDaqJsn[DataPoint::DATA].append(hltJsnFileAdler32);
     hltDaqJsn[DataPoint::DATA].append(iSummary->streamHLTDestination);
+    hltDaqJsn[DataPoint::DATA].append((unsigned int)daqJsnHLTErrorEvents.value());
 
     result = writer.write(hltDaqJsn);
 
@@ -689,6 +691,7 @@ TriggerJSONMonitoring::globalEndLuminosityBlockSummary(const edm::LuminosityBloc
     l1DaqJsn[DataPoint::DATA].append(l1JsnInputFiles.value());
     l1DaqJsn[DataPoint::DATA].append(l1JsnFileAdler32);
     l1DaqJsn[DataPoint::DATA].append(iSummary->streamL1Destination);
+    l1DaqJsn[DataPoint::DATA].append((unsigned int)daqJsnHLTErrorEvents.value());
 
     result = writer.write(l1DaqJsn);