diff --git a/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/src/org/apache/cloudstack/syslog/AlertsSyslogAppender.java b/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/src/org/apache/cloudstack/syslog/AlertsSyslogAppender.java
index d2f25654c7a..09563da2264 100644
--- a/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/src/org/apache/cloudstack/syslog/AlertsSyslogAppender.java
+++ b/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/src/org/apache/cloudstack/syslog/AlertsSyslogAppender.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class AlertsSyslogAppender extends AppenderSkeleton {
             message.append("unknown" + MESSAGE_DELIMITER_STRING);
         }
 
-        if (alertType > 0) {
+        if (alertType >= 0) {
             message.append("alertType").append(_keyValueDelimiter).append(" ").append(alertsMap.get(alertType))
                 .append(MESSAGE_DELIMITER_STRING);
             if (dataCenterId != 0) {
@@ -333,4 +333,4 @@ public class AlertsSyslogAppender extends AppenderSkeleton {
     public void setKeyValueDelimiter(String keyValueDelimiter) {
         this._keyValueDelimiter = keyValueDelimiter;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}