diff --git a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigValTools/python/TrigValSteering/CheckSteps.py b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigValTools/python/TrigValSteering/CheckSteps.py
index 5cbcbd17794c85e7b3cb89f6a580d522120a98c8..d82474d449fd87c592de03056704548af9a5826b 100644
--- a/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigValTools/python/TrigValSteering/CheckSteps.py
+++ b/Trigger/TrigValidation/TrigValTools/python/TrigValSteering/CheckSteps.py
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@ class ZeroCountsStep(Step):
         super(ZeroCountsStep, self).__init__(name)
         self.input_file = 'HLTChain.txt,HLTTE.txt,L1AV.txt'
         self.auto_report_result = True
+        self.required = True
         self.__input_files__ = None
 
     def configure(self, test=None):