diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigTransforms/TrigTransform/python/dbgAnalysis.py b/HLT/Trigger/TrigTransforms/TrigTransform/python/dbgAnalysis.py
index 2e49239d2476cd7b71de2c25480949bbc73391c0..9cc511377fd08d80f3d4496ea352b9e745b35f0d 100644
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigTransforms/TrigTransform/python/dbgAnalysis.py
+++ b/HLT/Trigger/TrigTransforms/TrigTransform/python/dbgAnalysis.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from TrigConfStorage.TriggerCoolUtil import TriggerCoolUtil
 from TrigConfIO.L1TriggerConfigAccess import L1MenuAccess
 from TrigConfIO.HLTTriggerConfigAccess import HLTMenuAccess
 
-from ROOT import TFile
+from ROOT import TFile, TH1F
 
 import logging
 msg = logging.getLogger("PyJobTransforms." + __name__)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def dbgPreRun(inputFileList, outputFileList, argdict = None):
                 data = [event.run_no(), event.lumi_block(), event.global_id(),
                         event.lvl1_id(), event.bc_time_seconds(), event.bc_time_nanoseconds()]
                 msg.info('Event details :%s', data)
-
+            
             # Run debug event analysis and fill output TTree
             eventInfo.eventCount(event)
             eventInfo.eventInfo(event, l1Info, hltInfo)
@@ -254,9 +254,29 @@ def getHLTConfigFromArgs(args):
         configKeys['HLTPSK'] = int(args['DBhltpskey'].value)
 
         msg.info("Found config keys in args %s", configKeys)
-
+    
     except KeyError:
         msg.warn("Config keys not found in argdict")
         return {}
 
     return configKeys
+
+def getHltDecision(rejected, outputFile):
+    '''
+       Add HLT_rejected_events to outputFile 
+    ''' 
+
+    # Open root output file
+    hfile = TFile(outputFile, 'UPDATE')
+    # Define a new histogram called HLT_rejected_events 
+    HLT_rejected_events = TH1F("HLT_rejected_events", "HLT_rejected_events", 3, 0.0, 3.0)
+    
+    # Fill the histogram if events are rejected by the HLT 
+    # HLT_rejected_events are assigned the value 1
+    # If all events are accepted the Histogram is empty 
+    HLT_rejected_events.Fill(1, rejected)
+    
+    # Close output TFile
+    hfile.Write("HLT_rejected_events",TFile.kOverwrite)
+    hfile.Close()
+    return msg.info("Added HLT_rejeceted_events to %s", outputFile)
diff --git a/HLT/Trigger/TrigTransforms/TrigTransform/python/trigRecoExe.py b/HLT/Trigger/TrigTransforms/TrigTransform/python/trigRecoExe.py
index 0fdcb25c07b43f89f98cc34b361ca3fa1efb69ae..c8e7685ed89030636a24c618d7d1fac5ca37ce8a 100644
--- a/HLT/Trigger/TrigTransforms/TrigTransform/python/trigRecoExe.py
+++ b/HLT/Trigger/TrigTransforms/TrigTransform/python/trigRecoExe.py
@@ -290,7 +290,10 @@ class trigRecoExecutor(athenaExecutor):
         log = self._logFileName
         msg.debug('Now scanning logfile {0} for HLTMPPU Child Issues'.format(log))
         # Using the generator so that lines can be grabbed by subroutines if needed for more reporting
-
+       
+        #Count the number of rejected events 
+        rejected = 0 
+       
         try:
             myGen = lineByLine(log, substepName=self._substep)
         except IOError as e:
@@ -322,6 +325,14 @@ class trigRecoExecutor(athenaExecutor):
                             # write out file line by line
                             for line in log_file:
                                 merged_file.write(line)
+                                # Check for rejected events in log file
+                                if 'rejected:' in line and int(line[14]) != 0:
+                                    #Add the number of rejected events      
+                                    rejected += int(line[14])
+            
+            # Add the HLT_rejected_events histogram to the output file 
+            dbgStream.getHltDecision(rejected, self.conf.argdict["outputHIST_DEBUGSTREAMMONFile"].value[0])
+
         except OSError as e:
             raise trfExceptions.TransformExecutionException(trfExit.nameToCode('TRF_OUTPUT_FILE_ERROR'),
                         'Exception raised when merging log files into {0}: {1}'.format(self._logFileName, e))
@@ -371,7 +382,7 @@ class trigRecoExecutor(athenaExecutor):
         msg.info("Search for created BS files, and rename if single file found")
         # The following is needed to handle the BS file being written with a different name (or names)
         # base is from either the tmp value created by the transform or the value entered by the user
-
+   
         argInDict = {}
         if self._rc != 0:
             msg.error('HLT step failed (with status %s) so skip BS filename check', self._rc)
@@ -413,7 +424,7 @@ class trigRecoExecutor(athenaExecutor):
                     if(splitFailed):
                         raise trfExceptions.TransformExecutionException(trfExit.nameToCode('TRF_OUTPUT_FILE_ERROR'),
                             'Did not produce any BS file when selecting CostMonitoring stream with trigbs_extractStream.py in file')
-
+                
                 # Run debug step for all streams
                 if "HIST_DEBUGSTREAMMON" in self.conf.dataDictionary:
                     self._postExecuteDebug(BSFile)
@@ -452,6 +463,6 @@ class trigRecoExecutor(athenaExecutor):
             msg.info('Will use file created in PreRun step {0}'.format(fileNameDbg))
         else:
             msg.info('No file created  in PreRun step {0}'.format(fileNameDbg))
-
+        
         # Do debug stream postRun step
         dbgStream.dbgPostRun(outputBSFile, fileNameDbg[0], self.conf.argdict)