diff --git a/container_config_scripts/monitoring/collectd_check_health.py b/container_config_scripts/monitoring/collectd_check_health.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..86282e4035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/container_config_scripts/monitoring/collectd_check_health.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright 2018 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import json
+import re
+import sys
+
+HCLOG = '/var/log/collectd/healthchecks.log'
+SERVICE_REGX = re.compile(r"""
+    \shealthcheck_(?P<service_name>\w+)             # service
+    \[(?P<id>\d+)\]                                 # pid
+    """, re.VERBOSE)
+ERROR_REGX = re.compile(r"""
+    \shealthcheck_(?P<service_name>\w+)             # service
+    \[(?P<id>\d+)\]                                 # pid
+    :\s[Ee]rror: (?P<error>.+)                      # error
+    """, re.VERBOSE)
+
+
+def process_healthcheck_output(logfile):
+    """Process saved output of health checks and returns list of healthy and
+    unhealthy containers.
+    """
+    with open(logfile, 'r') as logs:
+        data = {}
+        for line in logs:
+            match = SERVICE_REGX.search(line)
+            if match and not match.group('service_name') in data:
+                data[match.group('service_name')] = {
+                    'service': match.group('service_name'),
+                    'container': match.group('id'),
+                    'status': 'healthy',
+                    'healthy': 1
+                }
+            match = ERROR_REGX.search(line)
+            if match:
+                data[match.group('service_name')] = {
+                    'service': match.group('service_name'),
+                    'container': match.group('id'),
+                    'status': 'unhealthy',
+                    'healthy': 0
+                }
+
+    # truncate
+    with open(logfile, 'w') as logs:
+        pass
+
+    ret_code, output = 0, []
+    for _, opt in data.items():
+        if opt['healthy'] > 0 and ret_code != 2:
+            ret_code = 2
+        output.append(opt)
+    return ret_code, output
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    RET_CODE, STATUS = process_healthcheck_output(HCLOG)
+    print(json.dumps(STATUS))
+    sys.exit(RET_CODE)
diff --git a/deployment/metrics/collectd-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/metrics/collectd-container-puppet.yaml
index 641db5d934..0c6fb61580 100644
--- a/deployment/metrics/collectd-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/metrics/collectd-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -330,18 +330,7 @@ parameters:
     default: true
   CollectdContainerHealthCheckCommand:
     type: string
-    default: |
-      output=""
-      while read line ; do
-        i=$(echo $line | awk '//{gsub(/:/, "", $0); print $5}')
-        log=$(echo $line | awk '{split($0,a,/:\s+Error:\s+/); print a[2]}')
-        log=${log:0:-1}
-        output+=" ; ${i}: ${log}"
-      done < <(egrep "^[a-zA-Z]{3}\s+[0-9]{2}\s+[0-9\:]{8}\s+.*\s+.*:\s+[Ee]rror\:" /var/log/collectd/healthchecks.log)
-      truncate -s0 /var/log/collectd/healthchecks.log
-      if [ ! -z "${output}" ]; then
-        echo ${output:3} && exit 2;
-      fi
+    default: /scripts/collectd_check_health.py
   CollectdContainerHealthCheckInterval:
     type: number
     description: The frequency in seconds the docker health check is executed.
@@ -655,6 +644,12 @@ outputs:
             - path: /var/log/collectd
               owner: collectd:collectd
               recurse: true
+      container_config_scripts:
+        map_merge:
+          - {get_attr: [ContainersCommon, container_config_scripts]}
+          - collectd_check_health.py:
+              mode: "0755"
+              content: { get_file: ../../container_config_scripts/monitoring/collectd_check_health.py }
       docker_config:
         step_5:
           collectd:
@@ -676,6 +671,7 @@ outputs:
                   - /var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/collectd:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/src:ro
                   - /var/log/containers/collectd:/var/log/collectd:rw,z
                   - /var/run/:/var/run:rw
+                  - /var/lib/container-config-scripts:/scripts:ro
                   - /sys/fs/cgroup:/sys/fs/cgroup:ro
             environment:
               KOLLA_CONFIG_STRATEGY: COPY_ALWAYS