diff --git a/Documentation/Monitors/Monitor-Common.md b/Documentation/Monitors/Monitor-Common.md
index 7ec599991..f85c1a546 100644
--- a/Documentation/Monitors/Monitor-Common.md
+++ b/Documentation/Monitors/Monitor-Common.md
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ The following substitutions will be made to the parameter value:
 * `$SYNCEDLIST` will be replaced with a list of server IPs and ports that are synced Galera nodes
 * `$PARENT` will be replaced with the IP and port of the parent node of the server who initiated
    the event. For master-slave setups, this will be the master if the initiating server is a slave.
+* `$CHILDREN` will be replaced with the IPs and ports of the child nodes of the server who initiated
+   the event. For master-slave setups, this will be a list of slave servers if the initiating server is a master.
+
+The expanded variable value can be an empty string if no servers match the
+variable's requirements. For example, if no masters are available `$MASTERLIST`
+will expand into an empty string.
 
 For example, the previous example will be executed as:
 
diff --git a/server/core/monitor.cc b/server/core/monitor.cc
index 15f6c2067..cccda7afb 100644
--- a/server/core/monitor.cc
+++ b/server/core/monitor.cc
@@ -1165,6 +1165,33 @@ static MXS_MONITOR_SERVERS* find_parent_node(MXS_MONITOR_SERVERS* servers,
     return rval;
 }
 
+static std::string child_nodes(MXS_MONITOR_SERVERS* servers,
+                               MXS_MONITOR_SERVERS* parent)
+{
+    std::stringstream ss;
+
+    if (parent->server->node_id > 0)
+    {
+        bool have_content = false;
+
+        for (MXS_MONITOR_SERVERS* node = servers; node; node = node->next)
+        {
+            if (node->server->master_id == parent->server->node_id)
+            {
+                if (have_content)
+                {
+                    ss << ",";
+                }
+
+                ss << "[" << node->server->name << "]:" << node->server->port;
+                have_content = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
 /**
  * Launch a script
  * @param mon Owning monitor
@@ -1205,6 +1232,11 @@ monitor_launch_script(MXS_MONITOR* mon, MXS_MONITOR_SERVERS* ptr, const char* sc
         externcmd_substitute_arg(cmd, "[$]PARENT", ss.str().c_str());
     }
 
+    if (externcmd_matches(cmd, "$CHILDREN"))
+    {
+        externcmd_substitute_arg(cmd, "[$]CHILDREN", child_nodes(mon->databases, ptr).c_str());
+    }
+
     if (externcmd_matches(cmd, "$EVENT"))
     {
         externcmd_substitute_arg(cmd, "[$]EVENT", mon_get_event_name(ptr));