diff --git a/dockers/docker-dhcp-relay/wait_for_intf.sh.j2 b/dockers/docker-dhcp-relay/wait_for_intf.sh.j2
index 037dc66ead63..23133706cb6c 100644
--- a/dockers/docker-dhcp-relay/wait_for_intf.sh.j2
+++ b/dockers/docker-dhcp-relay/wait_for_intf.sh.j2
@@ -1,42 +1,40 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-function wait_until_iface_ready
-{
-    IFACE=$1
+STATE_DB_IDX="6"
 
-    echo "Waiting until interface $IFACE is up..."
-
-    # Wait for the interface to come up (i.e., 'ip link show' returns 0)
-    until ip link show dev $IFACE up > /dev/null 2>&1; do
-        sleep 1
-    done
+PORT_TABLE_PREFIX="PORT_TABLE"
+VLAN_TABLE_PREFIX="VLAN_TABLE"
+LAG_TABLE_PREFIX="LAG_TABLE"
 
-    echo "Interface $IFACE is up"
+function wait_until_iface_ready
+{
+    TABLE_PREFIX=$1
+    IFACE=$2
 
-    echo "Waiting until interface $IFACE has an IPv4 address..."
+    echo "Waiting until interface $IFACE is ready..."
 
-    # Wait until the interface gets assigned an IPv4 address
+    # Wait for the interface to come up
+    # (i.e., interface is present in STATE_DB and state is "ok")
     while true; do
-        IP=$(ip -4 addr show dev $IFACE | grep "inet " | awk '{ print $2 }' | cut -d '/' -f1)
-
-        if [ -n "$IP" ]; then
+        RESULT=$(redis-cli -n ${STATE_DB_IDX} HGET "${TABLE_PREFIX}|${IFACE}" "state" 2> /dev/null)
+        if [ x"$RESULT" == x"ok" ]; then
             break
         fi
 
         sleep 1
     done
 
-    echo "Interface $IFACE is configured with IP $IP"
+    echo "Interface ${IFACE} is ready!"
 }
 
 
-# Wait for all interfaces to come up and have IPv4 addresses assigned
+# Wait for all interfaces to be up and ready
 {% for (name, prefix) in INTERFACE %}
-wait_until_iface_ready {{ name }}
+wait_until_iface_ready ${PORT_TABLE_PREFIX} {{ name }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% for (name, prefix) in VLAN_INTERFACE %}
-wait_until_iface_ready {{ name }}
+wait_until_iface_ready ${VLAN_TABLE_PREFIX} {{ name }}
 {% endfor %}
 {% for (name, prefix) in PORTCHANNEL_INTERFACE %}
-wait_until_iface_ready {{ name }}
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} {{ name }}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/dockers/docker-orchagent/Dockerfile.j2 b/dockers/docker-orchagent/Dockerfile.j2
index 1597b436c3fe..6958390ed2da 100755
--- a/dockers/docker-orchagent/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/dockers/docker-orchagent/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ COPY ["files/arp_update", "/usr/bin"]
 COPY ["enable_counters.py", "/usr/bin"]
 COPY ["start.sh", "orchagent.sh", "swssconfig.sh", "/usr/bin/"]
 COPY ["supervisord.conf", "/etc/supervisor/conf.d/"]
+COPY ["files/supervisor-proc-exit-listener", "/usr/bin"]
+COPY ["critical_processes", "/etc/supervisor/"]
 
 ## Copy all Jinja2 template files into the templates folder
 COPY ["*.j2", "/usr/share/sonic/templates/"]
diff --git a/dockers/docker-orchagent/critical_processes b/dockers/docker-orchagent/critical_processes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d48eb66cda1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockers/docker-orchagent/critical_processes
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+orchagent
+portsyncd
+intfsyncd
+neighsyncd
+vlanmgrd
+intfmgrd
+buffermgrd
diff --git a/dockers/docker-orchagent/supervisord.conf b/dockers/docker-orchagent/supervisord.conf
index 2369a4c31b05..076c02abd289 100644
--- a/dockers/docker-orchagent/supervisord.conf
+++ b/dockers/docker-orchagent/supervisord.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ logfile_maxbytes=1MB
 logfile_backups=2
 nodaemon=true
 
+[eventlistener:supervisor-proc-exit-listener]
+command=/usr/bin/supervisor-proc-exit-listener
+events=PROCESS_STATE_EXITED
+autostart=true
+autorestart=unexpected
+
 [program:start.sh]
 command=/usr/bin/start.sh
 priority=1
@@ -15,7 +21,7 @@ stderr_logfile=syslog
 command=/usr/sbin/rsyslogd -n
 priority=2
 autostart=false
-autorestart=false
+autorestart=unexpected
 stdout_logfile=syslog
 stderr_logfile=syslog
 
diff --git a/files/build_templates/dhcp_relay.service.j2 b/files/build_templates/dhcp_relay.service.j2
index b4d9ceb38f0c..c3edc27bea94 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/dhcp_relay.service.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/dhcp_relay.service.j2
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/{{ docker_container_name }}.sh attach
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/{{ docker_container_name }}.sh stop
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target teamd.service
+WantedBy=multi-user.target swss.service teamd.service
diff --git a/files/build_templates/radv.service.j2 b/files/build_templates/radv.service.j2
index 065f01906076..469cf92108ad 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/radv.service.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/radv.service.j2
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/{{ docker_container_name }}.sh attach
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/{{ docker_container_name }}.sh stop
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+WantedBy=multi-user.target swss.service
diff --git a/files/build_templates/snmp.service.j2 b/files/build_templates/snmp.service.j2
index f344f2e805ea..ca2648cd80e8 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/snmp.service.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/snmp.service.j2
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ Before=ntp-config.service
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/{{docker_container_name}}.sh start
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/{{docker_container_name}}.sh attach
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/{{docker_container_name}}.sh stop
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target swss.service
diff --git a/files/build_templates/swss.service.j2 b/files/build_templates/swss.service.j2
index afd442e8c44a..c122e678c4fe 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/swss.service.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/swss.service.j2
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ After=opennsl-modules-3.16.0-6-amd64.service
 After=nps-modules-3.16.0-6-amd64.service
 {% endif %}
 Before=ntp-config.service
+StartLimitInterval=1200
+StartLimitBurst=3
 
 [Service]
 User=root
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@ ExecStopPost=/usr/bin/mst stop
 ExecStopPost=/etc/init.d/xpnet.sh stop
 ExecStopPost=/etc/init.d/xpnet.sh start
 {% endif %}
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=30
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/files/build_templates/teamd.service.j2 b/files/build_templates/teamd.service.j2
index 5cd36c6748b9..0255e14a34f8 100644
--- a/files/build_templates/teamd.service.j2
+++ b/files/build_templates/teamd.service.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=TEAMD container
-Requires=updategraph.service
-After=updategraph.service
+Requires=updategraph.service swss.service
+After=updategraph.service swss.service
 Before=ntp-config.service
 
 [Service]
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/{{docker_container_name}}.sh attach
 ExecStop=/usr/bin/{{docker_container_name}}.sh stop
 
 [Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
+WantedBy=multi-user.target swss.service
diff --git a/files/scripts/supervisor-proc-exit-listener b/files/scripts/supervisor-proc-exit-listener
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..6bc62fc400c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/scripts/supervisor-proc-exit-listener
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+import syslog
+
+from supervisor import childutils
+
+# Contents of file should be the names of critical processes (as defined in
+# supervisor.conf file), one per line
+CRITICAL_PROCESSES_FILE = '/etc/supervisor/critical_processes'
+
+def main():
+    # Read the list of critical processes from a file
+    with open(CRITICAL_PROCESSES_FILE, 'r') as f:
+        critical_processes = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in f]
+
+    while True:
+        # Transition from ACKNOWLEDGED to READY
+        childutils.listener.ready()
+
+        line = sys.stdin.readline()
+        headers = childutils.get_headers(line)
+        payload = sys.stdin.read(int(headers['len']))
+
+        # Transition from READY to ACKNOWLEDGED
+        childutils.listener.ok()
+
+        # We only care about PROCESS_STATE_EXITED events
+        if headers['eventname'] == 'PROCESS_STATE_EXITED':
+            payload_headers, payload_data = childutils.eventdata(payload + '\n')
+
+            expected = int(payload_headers['expected'])
+            processname = payload_headers['processname']
+
+            # If a critical process exited unexpectedly, terminate supervisor
+            if expected == 0 and processname in critical_processes:
+                MSG_FORMAT_STR = "Process {} exited unxepectedly. Terminating supervisor..."
+                msg = MSG_FORMAT_STR.format(payload_headers['processname'])
+                syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, msg)
+                os.kill(os.getppid(), signal.SIGTERM)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/platform/broadcom/docker-orchagent-brcm.mk b/platform/broadcom/docker-orchagent-brcm.mk
index 066973967450..a3bbb3fe4193 100644
--- a/platform/broadcom/docker-orchagent-brcm.mk
+++ b/platform/broadcom/docker-orchagent-brcm.mk
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_BRCM)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_BRCM)_RUN_OPT += -v /var/log/swss:/var/log/swss:rw
 
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_BRCM)_BASE_IMAGE_FILES += swssloglevel:/usr/bin/swssloglevel
-$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_BRCM)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT)
+$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_BRCM)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT) $(SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT)
diff --git a/platform/cavium/docker-orchagent-cavm.mk b/platform/cavium/docker-orchagent-cavm.mk
index a171a6c801d7..684376647fa9 100644
--- a/platform/cavium/docker-orchagent-cavm.mk
+++ b/platform/cavium/docker-orchagent-cavm.mk
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CAVM)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CAVM)_RUN_OPT += -v /var/log/swss:/var/log/swss:rw
 
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CAVM)_BASE_IMAGE_FILES += swssloglevel:/usr/bin/swssloglevel
-$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CAVM)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT)
+$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CAVM)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT) $(SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT)
diff --git a/platform/centec/docker-orchagent-centec.mk b/platform/centec/docker-orchagent-centec.mk
index e1d7fd6cf0d6..253e6be06e9e 100644
--- a/platform/centec/docker-orchagent-centec.mk
+++ b/platform/centec/docker-orchagent-centec.mk
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CENTEC)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CENTEC)_RUN_OPT += -v /var/log/swss:/var/log/swss:rw
 
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CENTEC)_BASE_IMAGE_FILES += swssloglevel:/usr/bin/swssloglevel
-$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CENTEC)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT)
+$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_CENTEC)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT) $(SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT)
diff --git a/platform/marvell/docker-orchagent-mrvl.mk b/platform/marvell/docker-orchagent-mrvl.mk
index f2cb0c997d75..6b24c5905c0b 100644
--- a/platform/marvell/docker-orchagent-mrvl.mk
+++ b/platform/marvell/docker-orchagent-mrvl.mk
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MRVL)_RUN_OPT += -v /host/machine.conf:/host/machine.conf
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MRVL)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
 
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MRVL)_BASE_IMAGE_FILES += swssloglevel:/usr/bin/swssloglevel
-$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MRVL)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT)
+$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MRVL)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT) $(SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT)
diff --git a/platform/mellanox/docker-orchagent-mlnx.mk b/platform/mellanox/docker-orchagent-mlnx.mk
index 6dda3c446b06..78bf8d44cf4b 100644
--- a/platform/mellanox/docker-orchagent-mlnx.mk
+++ b/platform/mellanox/docker-orchagent-mlnx.mk
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MLNX)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MLNX)_RUN_OPT += -v /var/log/swss:/var/log/swss:rw
 
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MLNX)_BASE_IMAGE_FILES += swssloglevel:/usr/bin/swssloglevel
-$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MLNX)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT)
+$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_MLNX)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT) $(SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT)
diff --git a/platform/nephos/docker-orchagent-nephos.mk b/platform/nephos/docker-orchagent-nephos.mk
index b21e69d6cf87..4b6ef241f536 100644
--- a/platform/nephos/docker-orchagent-nephos.mk
+++ b/platform/nephos/docker-orchagent-nephos.mk
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_NEPHOS)_RUN_OPT += -v /etc/sonic:/etc/sonic:ro
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_NEPHOS)_RUN_OPT += -v /var/log/swss:/var/log/swss:rw
 
 $(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_NEPHOS)_BASE_IMAGE_FILES += swssloglevel:/usr/bin/swssloglevel
-$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_NEPHOS)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT)
+$(DOCKER_ORCHAGENT_NEPHOS)_FILES += $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT) $(SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT)
diff --git a/rules/docker-dhcp-relay.mk b/rules/docker-dhcp-relay.mk
index 53406ad1e15f..7f960920ec0c 100644
--- a/rules/docker-dhcp-relay.mk
+++ b/rules/docker-dhcp-relay.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY = docker-dhcp-relay.gz
 $(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)_PATH = $(DOCKERS_PATH)/docker-dhcp-relay
-$(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)_DEPENDS += $(ISC_DHCP_COMMON) $(ISC_DHCP_RELAY) $(ISC_DHCP_CLIENT)
+$(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)_DEPENDS += $(ISC_DHCP_COMMON) $(ISC_DHCP_RELAY) $(ISC_DHCP_CLIENT) $(REDIS_TOOLS)
 $(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)_LOAD_DOCKERS = $(DOCKER_CONFIG_ENGINE)
 SONIC_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)
 SONIC_INSTALL_DOCKER_IMAGES += $(DOCKER_DHCP_RELAY)
diff --git a/rules/scripts.mk b/rules/scripts.mk
index fbefdd68d2cd..d5bcc51fd3a9 100644
--- a/rules/scripts.mk
+++ b/rules/scripts.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT)_PATH = files/scripts
 CONFIGDB_LOAD_SCRIPT = configdb-load.sh
 $(CONFIGDB_LOAD_SCRIPT)_PATH = files/scripts
 
+SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT = supervisor-proc-exit-listener
+$(SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT)_PATH = files/scripts
+
 SONIC_COPY_FILES += $(CONFIGDB_LOAD_SCRIPT) \
-                    $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT)
+                    $(ARP_UPDATE_SCRIPT) \
+                    $(SUPERVISOR_PROC_EXIT_LISTENER_SCRIPT)
 
 
diff --git a/src/sonic-config-engine/tests/sample_output/wait_for_intf.sh b/src/sonic-config-engine/tests/sample_output/wait_for_intf.sh
index 3cbde972fe18..3562082647a0 100644
--- a/src/sonic-config-engine/tests/sample_output/wait_for_intf.sh
+++ b/src/sonic-config-engine/tests/sample_output/wait_for_intf.sh
@@ -1,43 +1,41 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-function wait_until_iface_ready
-{
-    IFACE=$1
+STATE_DB_IDX="6"
 
-    echo "Waiting until interface $IFACE is up..."
-
-    # Wait for the interface to come up (i.e., 'ip link show' returns 0)
-    until ip link show dev $IFACE up > /dev/null 2>&1; do
-        sleep 1
-    done
+PORT_TABLE_PREFIX="PORT_TABLE"
+VLAN_TABLE_PREFIX="VLAN_TABLE"
+LAG_TABLE_PREFIX="LAG_TABLE"
 
-    echo "Interface $IFACE is up"
+function wait_until_iface_ready
+{
+    TABLE_PREFIX=$1
+    IFACE=$2
 
-    echo "Waiting until interface $IFACE has an IPv4 address..."
+    echo "Waiting until interface $IFACE is ready..."
 
-    # Wait until the interface gets assigned an IPv4 address
+    # Wait for the interface to come up
+    # (i.e., interface is present in STATE_DB and state is "ok")
     while true; do
-        IP=$(ip -4 addr show dev $IFACE | grep "inet " | awk '{ print $2 }' | cut -d '/' -f1)
-
-        if [ -n "$IP" ]; then
+        RESULT=$(redis-cli -n ${STATE_DB_IDX} HGET "${TABLE_PREFIX}|${IFACE}" "state" 2> /dev/null)
+        if [ x"$RESULT" == x"ok" ]; then
             break
         fi
 
         sleep 1
     done
 
-    echo "Interface $IFACE is configured with IP $IP"
+    echo "Interface ${IFACE} is ready!"
 }
 
 
-# Wait for all interfaces to come up and have IPv4 addresses assigned
-wait_until_iface_ready Vlan1000
-wait_until_iface_ready PortChannel04
-wait_until_iface_ready PortChannel02
-wait_until_iface_ready PortChannel03
-wait_until_iface_ready PortChannel03
-wait_until_iface_ready PortChannel01
-wait_until_iface_ready PortChannel02
-wait_until_iface_ready PortChannel04
-wait_until_iface_ready PortChannel01
+# Wait for all interfaces to be up and ready
+wait_until_iface_ready ${VLAN_TABLE_PREFIX} Vlan1000
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} PortChannel04
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} PortChannel02
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} PortChannel03
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} PortChannel03
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} PortChannel01
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} PortChannel02
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} PortChannel04
+wait_until_iface_ready ${LAG_TABLE_PREFIX} PortChannel01