diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6d1de439..1b018d20 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ ARG LOGCOUNTER
 COPY --from=builder /gopath/src/k8s.io/node-problem-detector/bin/health-checker /gopath/src/k8s.io/node-problem-detector/${LOGCOUNTER} /home/kubernetes/bin/
 
 COPY --from=builder /gopath/src/k8s.io/node-problem-detector/config/ /config
-ENTRYPOINT ["/node-problem-detector", "--config.system-log-monitor=/config/kernel-monitor.json"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/node-problem-detector", "--config.system-log-monitor=/config/kernel-monitor.json,/config/readonly-monitor.json"]
diff --git a/config/kernel-monitor.json b/config/kernel-monitor.json
index 832a063b..9ba249c0 100644
--- a/config/kernel-monitor.json
+++ b/config/kernel-monitor.json
@@ -10,11 +10,6 @@
 			"type": "KernelDeadlock",
 			"reason": "KernelHasNoDeadlock",
 			"message": "kernel has no deadlock"
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "ReadonlyFilesystem",
-			"reason": "FilesystemIsNotReadOnly",
-			"message": "Filesystem is not read-only"
 		}
 	],
 	"rules": [
@@ -68,12 +63,6 @@
 			"condition": "KernelDeadlock",
 			"reason": "DockerHung",
 			"pattern": "task docker:\\w+ blocked for more than \\w+ seconds\\."
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "permanent",
-			"condition": "ReadonlyFilesystem",
-			"reason": "FilesystemIsReadOnly",
-			"pattern": "Remounting filesystem read-only"
 		}
 	]
 }
diff --git a/config/readonly-monitor.json b/config/readonly-monitor.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..256e431e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/readonly-monitor.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+	"plugin": "kmsg",
+	"logPath": "/dev/kmsg",
+	"lookback": "5m",
+	"bufferSize": 10,
+	"source": "readonly-monitor",
+	"metricsReporting": true,
+	"conditions": [
+		{
+			"type": "ReadonlyFilesystem",
+			"reason": "FilesystemIsNotReadOnly",
+			"message": "Filesystem is not read-only"
+		}
+	],
+	"rules": [
+		{
+			"type": "permanent",
+			"condition": "ReadonlyFilesystem",
+			"reason": "FilesystemIsReadOnly",
+			"pattern": "Remounting filesystem read-only"
+		}
+	]
+}
diff --git a/config/systemd/node-problem-detector-metric-only.service b/config/systemd/node-problem-detector-metric-only.service
index b84206b6..76cd5ad8 100644
--- a/config/systemd/node-problem-detector-metric-only.service
+++ b/config/systemd/node-problem-detector-metric-only.service
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Restart=always
 RestartSec=10
 ExecStart=/home/kubernetes/bin/node-problem-detector --v=2 --logtostderr --enable-k8s-exporter=false \
           --exporter.stackdriver=/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/exporter/stackdriver-exporter.json \
-          --config.system-log-monitor=/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/kernel-monitor.json,/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/docker-monitor.json,/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/systemd-monitor.json \
+          --config.system-log-monitor=/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/kernel-monitor.json,/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/readonly-monitor.json,/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/docker-monitor.json,/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/systemd-monitor.json \
           --config.custom-plugin-monitor=/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/kernel-monitor-counter.json,/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/systemd-monitor-counter.json \
           --config.system-stats-monitor=/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/system-stats-monitor.json,/home/kubernetes/node-problem-detector/config/net-cgroup-system-stats-monitor.json
 
diff --git a/deployment/node-problem-detector-config.yaml b/deployment/node-problem-detector-config.yaml
index 6e9e2486..e80aac8b 100644
--- a/deployment/node-problem-detector-config.yaml
+++ b/deployment/node-problem-detector-config.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,30 @@ data:
             }
         ]
     }
+  readonly-monitor.json: |
+    {
+        "plugin": "kmsg",
+        "logPath": "/dev/kmsg",
+        "lookback": "5m",
+        "bufferSize": 10,
+        "source": "readonly-monitor",
+        "metricsReporting": true,
+        "conditions": [
+            {
+                "type": "ReadonlyFilesystem",
+                "reason": "FilesystemIsNotReadOnly",
+                "message": "Filesystem is not read-only"
+            }
+        ],
+        "rules": [
+            {
+                "type": "permanent",
+                "condition": "ReadonlyFilesystem",
+                "reason": "FilesystemIsReadOnly",
+                "pattern": "Remounting filesystem read-only"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
   docker-monitor.json: |
     {
         "plugin": "journald",
diff --git a/deployment/node-problem-detector-healthchecker.yaml b/deployment/node-problem-detector-healthchecker.yaml
index 1b452cad..f7f4fc50 100644
--- a/deployment/node-problem-detector-healthchecker.yaml
+++ b/deployment/node-problem-detector-healthchecker.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
         command:
         - /node-problem-detector
         - --logtostderr
-        - --config.system-log-monitor=/config/kernel-monitor.json,/config/docker-monitor.json
+        - --config.system-log-monitor=/config/kernel-monitor.json,/config/readonly-monitor.json,/config/docker-monitor.json
         - --config.custom-plugin-monitor=/config/health-checker-kubelet.json
         image: registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.19
         resources:
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ spec:
           items:
           - key: kernel-monitor.json
             path: kernel-monitor.json
+          - key: readonly-monitor.json
+            path: readonly-monitor.json
           - key: docker-monitor.json
             path: docker-monitor.json
       - name: machine-id
diff --git a/deployment/node-problem-detector.yaml b/deployment/node-problem-detector.yaml
index bcd0e8cc..a3614e96 100644
--- a/deployment/node-problem-detector.yaml
+++ b/deployment/node-problem-detector.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ spec:
         command:
         - /node-problem-detector
         - --logtostderr
-        - --config.system-log-monitor=/config/kernel-monitor.json,/config/docker-monitor.json
+        - --config.system-log-monitor=/config/kernel-monitor.json,/config/readonly-monitor.json,/config/docker-monitor.json
         image: registry.k8s.io/node-problem-detector/node-problem-detector:v0.8.19
         resources:
           limits:
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ spec:
           items:
           - key: kernel-monitor.json
             path: kernel-monitor.json
+          - key: readonly-monitor.json
+            path: readonly-monitor.json
           - key: docker-monitor.json
             path: docker-monitor.json
       tolerations:
diff --git a/test/build.sh b/test/build.sh
index 6ffd12f0..6a351cf5 100755
--- a/test/build.sh
+++ b/test/build.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ function build-npd-custom-flags() {
   local -r kube_home="/home/kubernetes"
 
   local -r km_config="${kube_home}/node-problem-detector/config/kernel-monitor.json"
+  local -r rm_config="${kube_home}/node-problem-detector/config/readonly-monitor.json"
   local -r dm_config="${kube_home}/node-problem-detector/config/docker-monitor.json"
   local -r sm_config="${kube_home}/node-problem-detector/config/systemd-monitor.json"
 
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ function build-npd-custom-flags() {
 
   flags="--v=2"
   flags+=" --logtostderr"
-  flags+=" --config.system-log-monitor=${km_config},${dm_config},${sm_config}"
+  flags+=" --config.system-log-monitor=${km_config},${rm_config},${dm_config},${sm_config}"
   flags+=" --config.custom-plugin-monitor=${custom_km_config},${custom_sm_config}"
   flags+=" --port=20256"