diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/trace/traceevents.xml b/src/hotspot/share/trace/traceevents.xml
index 6b09e56957..402852dc9f 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/trace/traceevents.xml
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/trace/traceevents.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
- Copyright (c) 2012, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ Copyright (c) 2012, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 
  This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -628,6 +628,11 @@ Declares a structure type that can be used in other events.
     <value type="INTEGER" field="safepointId" label="Safepoint Identifier" description="The safepoint (if any) under which this operation was completed" relation="SafepointId"/>
   </event>
 
+  <event id="Shutdown" path="vm/runtime/shutdown" label="VM Shutdown"
+         description="VM shutting down" has_thread="true" has_stacktrace="true" is_instant="true">
+    <value type="STRING" field="reason" label="Reason" description="Reason for VM shutdown"/>
+  </event>
+
   <!-- Allocation events -->
   <event id="ObjectAllocationInNewTLAB" path="java/object_alloc_in_new_TLAB" label="Allocation in new TLAB"
          description="Allocation in new Thread Local Allocation Buffer" has_thread="true" has_stacktrace="true" is_instant="true">