diff --git a/translator/hot/translate_node_templates.py b/translator/hot/translate_node_templates.py
index ac9837f6..1275deef 100644
--- a/translator/hot/translate_node_templates.py
+++ b/translator/hot/translate_node_templates.py
@@ -276,9 +276,7 @@ class TranslateNodeTemplates(object):
             if policy.is_derived_from('tosca.policies.Placement'):
                 TOSCA_TO_HOT_TYPE[policy_type.type] = \
                     TOSCA_TO_HOT_TYPE['tosca.policies.Placement']
-            if not policy.is_derived_from('tosca.policies.Monitoring') and \
-                    not policy.is_derived_from('tosca.policies.Scaling') and \
-                    policy_type.type not in TOSCA_TO_HOT_TYPE:
+            if policy_type.type not in TOSCA_TO_HOT_TYPE:
                 raise UnsupportedTypeError(type=_('%s') % policy_type.type)
             elif policy_type.type == 'tosca.policies.Scaling.Cluster':
                 self.hot_template_version = '2016-04-08'
diff --git a/translator/tests/data/nfv/tacker_defs.yaml b/translator/tests/data/nfv/tacker_defs.yaml
index f5fac057..60c04302 100644
--- a/translator/tests/data/nfv/tacker_defs.yaml
+++ b/translator/tests/data/nfv/tacker_defs.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ policy_types:
           If the policy is not strict, it is allowed to continue even if the
           nova-scheduler fails to assign hosts under the policy.
 
+  tosca.policies.tacker.ABC:
+    derived_from: tosca.policies.Root
+
   tosca.policies.tacker.Failure:
     derived_from: tosca.policies.Root
     action:
diff --git a/translator/tests/data/nfv/test_tosca_unsupported_policy_type.yaml b/translator/tests/data/nfv/test_tosca_unsupported_policy_type.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..41b27ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/translator/tests/data/nfv/test_tosca_unsupported_policy_type.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_profile_for_nfv_1_0_0
+
+description: >
+  Template for deploying the nodes based on given policies.
+
+imports:
+  - tacker_defs.yaml
+  - tacker_nfv_defs.yaml
+topology_template:
+  node_templates:
+    my_server:
+      type: tosca.nodes.Compute
+      capabilities:
+        # Host container properties
+        host:
+         properties:
+           num_cpus: 2
+           disk_size: 10 GB
+           mem_size: 512 MB
+        # Guest Operating System properties
+        os:
+          properties:
+            # host Operating System image properties
+            architecture: x86_64
+            type: Linux
+            distribution: RHEL
+            version: 6.5
+  policies:
+     - my_compute_abc_policy:
+         type: tosca.policies.tacker.ABC
+         description: Apply my ABC policy to my application's servers
+         targets: [ my_server ]
diff --git a/translator/tests/test_tosca_hot_translation.py b/translator/tests/test_tosca_hot_translation.py
index 1357a10d..b03d73f4 100644
--- a/translator/tests/test_tosca_hot_translation.py
+++ b/translator/tests/test_tosca_hot_translation.py
@@ -563,6 +563,20 @@ class ToscaHotTranslationTest(TestCase):
                                 .translate)
         self.assertEqual(expected_msg, err.__str__())
 
+    def test_translate_unsupported_tosca_policy_type(self):
+        tosca_file = ('../tests/data/nfv/'
+                      'test_tosca_unsupported_policy_type.yaml')
+        tosca_tpl = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), tosca_file))
+        params = {}
+        expected_msg = _('Type "tosca.policies.tacker.ABC" is valid TOSCA '
+                         'type but translation support is not yet available.')
+        tosca = ToscaTemplate(tosca_tpl, params, True)
+        err = self.assertRaises(UnsupportedTypeError,
+                                TOSCATranslator(tosca, params)
+                                .translate)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_msg, err.__str__())
+
     def test_hot_translate_cluster_scaling_policy(self):
         tosca_file = '../tests/data/autoscaling/tosca_cluster_autoscaling.yaml'
         hot_file = '../tests/data/hot_output/autoscaling/' \