diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
index 3004cb47ef80b..89537cb9f02b5 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/clients/sistrip_dqm_sourceclient-live_cfg.py
@@ -288,6 +288,17 @@
                          )
 
 
+### COMMISSIONING RUN SETTINGS
+if (process.runType.getRunType() == process.runType.commissioning_run):
+    #event selection for commissioning runs
+    if ((process.runType.getRunType() == process.runType.commissioning_run) and live):
+        process.source.SelectEvents = ['HLT_*']
+
+    process.SiStripFedMonitor = cms.Sequence(process.siStripFEDMonitor)
+    process.p = cms.Path(
+        process.siStripFEDCheck *
+        process.SiStripFedMonitor
+    )
 
 #else :
 ### pp COLLISION SETTING
diff --git a/DQM/Integration/python/config/dqmPythonTypes.py b/DQM/Integration/python/config/dqmPythonTypes.py
index ce7f8be2f622c..16aaa09fb1ff8 100644
--- a/DQM/Integration/python/config/dqmPythonTypes.py
+++ b/DQM/Integration/python/config/dqmPythonTypes.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from FWCore.ParameterSet.Types import PSet
 import FWCore.ParameterSet.Config as cms
 class RunType(PSet):
-  def __init__(self,types=['pp_run','pp_run_stage1','cosmic_run','cosmic_run_stage1','hi_run','hpu_run']):
+  def __init__(self,types=['pp_run','pp_run_stage1','cosmic_run','cosmic_run_stage1','hi_run','hpu_run','commissioning_run']):
     PSet.__init__(self)
     self.__runTypesDict = {}
     t=[(x,types.index(x)) for x in types ]