diff --git a/docker/README.rst b/docker/README.rst
index d7085dc6..286cdcd7 100644
--- a/docker/README.rst
+++ b/docker/README.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ KAFKA_URI                       kafka:9092        The host and port for kafka
 KAFKA_ALARM_HISTORY_BATCH_SIZE  1000              Kafka consumer takes messages in a batch
 KAFKA_ALARM_HISTORY_PROCESSORS  1                 Number of processes for alarm history topic
 KAFKA_ALARM_HISTORY_WAIT_TIME   15                Seconds to wait if the batch size is not reached
+KAFKA_EVENTS_ENABLE             false             Enable events persister
 KAFKA_METRICS_BATCH_SIZE        1000              Kafka consumer takes messages in a batch
 KAFKA_METRICS_PROCESSORS        1                 Number of processes for metrics topic
 KAFKA_METRICS_WAIT_TIME         15                Seconds to wait if the batch size is not reached
diff --git a/docker/monasca-persister.conf.j2 b/docker/monasca-persister.conf.j2
index dfca35ab..de3d5168 100644
--- a/docker/monasca-persister.conf.j2
+++ b/docker/monasca-persister.conf.j2
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ max_buffer_size = 32768
 zookeeper_path = /persister_partitions/alarm-state-transitions
 num_processors = {{ KAFKA_ALARM_HISTORY_PROCESSORS | default(1) }}
 
+[kafka_events]
+# Comma separated list of Kafka broker host:port.
+uri = {{ KAFKA_URI }}
+enabled = {{ KAFKA_EVENTS_ENABLE | default(false) }}
+group_id = 1_events
+topic = monevents
+batch_size = 1
+
 [kafka_metrics]
 # Comma separated list of Kafka broker host:port
 uri = {{ KAFKA_URI }}