diff --git a/pychassisctl/chassis_control.py b/pychassisctl/chassis_control.py
index fc18703..b3e16ff 100755
--- a/pychassisctl/chassis_control.py
+++ b/pychassisctl/chassis_control.py
@@ -229,8 +229,23 @@
         self.Set(DBUS_NAME, "reboot", 1)
         self.powerOff()
 
-    def emergency_shutdown_signal_handler(self):
+    def emergency_shutdown_signal_handler(self, message):
         print "Emergency Shutdown!"
+        # Log an event.
+        try:
+            # Exception happens or not, we need to power off.
+            obj = bus.get_object("org.openbmc.records.events",
+                                 "/org/openbmc/records/events",
+                                 introspect=False)
+            intf = dbus.Interface(obj, "org.openbmc.recordlog")
+            desc = message
+            sev = "critical error"
+            details = "Get emergency shutdown signal. Shutdown the host."
+            debug = dbus.ByteArray("")
+            intf.acceptBMCMessage(desc, sev, details, debug)
+        except Exception as e:
+            print "Emergency shutdown signal handler: log event error."
+            print e
         self.powerOff()