diff --git a/blog/locallib.php b/blog/locallib.php
index a5080526ac8f0..70380609063a6 100644
--- a/blog/locallib.php
+++ b/blog/locallib.php
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ public function process_attachment($form) {
     /**
      * Inserts this entry in the database. Access control checks must be done by calling code.
      * TODO Set the publishstate correctly
-     * @param mform $form Used for attachments
      * @return void
      */
     public function add() {
@@ -259,11 +258,17 @@ public function add() {
 
         if (!empty($CFG->useblogassociations)) {
             $this->add_associations();
-            add_to_log(SITEID, 'blog', 'add', 'index.php?userid='.$this->userid.'&entryid='.$this->id, $this->subject);
         }
 
         tag_set('post', $this->id, $this->tags);
-        events_trigger('blog_entry_added', $this);
+
+        // Trigger an event for the new entry.
+        $event = \core\event\blog_entry_created::create(array('objectid' => $this->id,
+                                                            'userid'   => $this->userid,
+                                                            'other'    => array ("subject" => $this->subject)
+                                                      ));
+        $event->set_custom_data($this);
+        $event->trigger();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/blog/tests/bloglib_test.php b/blog/tests/bloglib_test.php
index 394d66d1cabce..6ed06586cf5d7 100644
--- a/blog/tests/bloglib_test.php
+++ b/blog/tests/bloglib_test.php
@@ -150,4 +150,33 @@ public function test_blog_get_headers_case_10() {
         $blog_headers = blog_get_headers($this->courseid);
         $this->assertNotEquals($blog_headers['heading'], '');
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test various blog related events.
+     */
+    public function test_blog_entry_events() {
+        global $USER;
+
+        $this->setAdminUser();
+        $this->resetAfterTest();
+
+        // Create a blog entry.
+        $blog = new blog_entry();
+        $blog->summary = "This is summary of blog";
+        $blog->subject = "Subject of blog";
+        $states = blog_entry::get_applicable_publish_states();
+        $blog->publishstate = reset($states);
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $blog->add();
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = reset($events);
+        $sitecontext = context_system::instance();
+
+        // Validate event data.
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\core\event\blog_entry_created', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals($sitecontext->id, $event->contextid);
+        $this->assertEquals($blog->id, $event->objectid);
+        $this->assertEquals($USER->id, $event->userid);
+        $this->assertEquals("post", $event->objecttable);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lang/en/blog.php b/lang/en/blog.php
index c8d31392f7159..5f10488ae7bfb 100644
--- a/lang/en/blog.php
+++ b/lang/en/blog.php
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@
 $string['entrysaved'] = 'Your entry has been saved';
 $string['entrytitle'] = 'Entry title';
 $string['entryupdated'] = 'Blog entry updated';
+$string['evententryadded'] = 'Blog entry added';
+$string['evententryaddeddesc'] = 'Blog entry "{$a->subject}" was created by user with id {$a->userid}';
 $string['externalblogcrontime'] = 'External blog cron schedule';
 $string['externalblogdeleteconfirm'] = 'Unregister this external blog?';
 $string['externalblogdeleted'] = 'External blog unregistered';
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/blog_entry_created.php b/lib/classes/event/blog_entry_created.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a78161e29d54e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/classes/event/blog_entry_created.php
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+namespace core\event;
+
+/**
+ * Event for when a new blog entry is added..
+ *
+ * @package    core_blog
+ * @copyright  2013 Ankit Agarwal
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class blog_entry_created
+ *
+ * Class for event to be triggered when a blog entry is created.
+ *
+ * @package    core_blog
+ * @copyright  2013 Ankit Agarwal
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class blog_entry_created extends \core\event\base {
+
+    /** @var  \blog_entry A reference to the active blog_entry object. */
+    protected $customobject;
+
+    /**
+     * Set basic properties for the event.
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->context = \context_system::instance();
+        $this->data['objecttable'] = 'post';
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'c';
+        // TODO: MDL-37658 set level.
+        $this->data['level'] = 50;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set custom data of the event.
+     *
+     * @param \blog_entry $data A reference to the active blog_entry object.
+     */
+    public function set_custom_data($data) {
+        $this->customobject = $data;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns localised general event name.
+     *
+     * @return \lang_string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return new \lang_string("evententryadded", "core_blog");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns localised description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return \lang_string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        $a = new \stdClass();
+        $a->subject = $this->other['subject'];
+        $a->userid = $this->userid;
+        return new \lang_string("evententryaddeddesc", "core_blog", $a);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns relevant URL.
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+        return new \moodle_url('/blog/index.php', array('entryid' => $this->objectid, 'userid' => $this->userid));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Does this event replace legacy event?
+     *
+     * @return string legacy event name
+     */
+    public static function get_legacy_eventname() {
+        return 'blog_entry_added';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Legacy event data if get_legacy_eventname() is not empty.
+     *
+     * @return \blog_entry
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_eventdata() {
+        return $this->customobject;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * replace add_to_log() statement.
+     *
+     * @return array of parameters to be passed to legacy add_to_log() function.
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return array (SITEID, 'blog', 'add', 'index.php?userid='.$this->userid.'&entryid='.$this->objectid, $this->customobject->subject);
+    }
+}