diff --git a/admin/tool/capability/classes/event/report_viewed.php b/admin/tool/capability/classes/event/report_viewed.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0287dc75a1301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/tool/capability/classes/event/report_viewed.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?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/>.
+
+/**
+ * Event for when capability report is viewed.
+ *
+ * @package    tool_capability
+ * @copyright  2014 Petr Skoda
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+namespace tool_capability\event;
+
+/**
+ * Event triggered, when capability report is viewed.
+ *
+ * @package    tool_capability
+ * @since      Moodle 2.7
+ * @copyright  2014 Petr Skoda
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class report_viewed extends \core\event\base {
+
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'r';
+        $this->data['edulevel'] = self::LEVEL_OTHER;
+        $this->context = \context_system::instance();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventreportviewed', 'tool_capability');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return "The user with id " . $this->userid . " viewed capability overview report";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the legacy event log data.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return array(SITEID, 'admin', 'tool capability', 'tool/capability/index.php');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns relevant URL.
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+        return new \moodle_url('/admin/tool/capability/index.php');
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/admin/tool/capability/index.php b/admin/tool/capability/index.php
index d1707d2113291..45f90020d024c 100644
--- a/admin/tool/capability/index.php
+++ b/admin/tool/capability/index.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-add_to_log(SITEID, "admin", "tool capability", "tool/capability/index.php", count($capabilities));
+\tool_capability\event\report_viewed::create()->trigger();
 
 $renderer = $PAGE->get_renderer('tool_capability');
 
diff --git a/admin/tool/capability/lang/en/tool_capability.php b/admin/tool/capability/lang/en/tool_capability.php
index 3862006933660..bb477eed010f5 100644
--- a/admin/tool/capability/lang/en/tool_capability.php
+++ b/admin/tool/capability/lang/en/tool_capability.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 $string['capabilitylabel'] = 'Capability:';
 $string['capabilityreport'] = 'Capability overview';
+$string['eventreportviewed'] = 'Report viewed';
 $string['forroles'] = 'For roles {$a}';
 $string['getreport'] = 'Get the overview';
 $string['changeoverrides'] = 'Change overrides in this context';
diff --git a/admin/tool/capability/tests/events_test.php b/admin/tool/capability/tests/events_test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..30942ca4b3d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/tool/capability/tests/events_test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?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/>.
+
+/**
+ * Tests for capability overview events.
+ *
+ * @package    tool_capability
+ * @copyright  2014 Petr Skoda
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later.
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * Class for capability overview events.
+ *
+ * @package    tool_capability
+ * @copyright  2014 Petr Skoda
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later.
+ */
+class tool_capability_events_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
+
+    /**
+     * Setup testcase.
+     */
+    public function setUp() {
+        $this->setAdminUser();
+        $this->resetAfterTest();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the report viewed event.
+     */
+    public function test_report_viewed() {
+        $event = \tool_capability\event\report_viewed::create();
+
+        // Trigger and capture the event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $event->trigger();
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = reset($events);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\tool_capability\event\report_viewed', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_system::instance(), $event->get_context());
+        $expected = array(SITEID, "admin", "tool capability", "tool/capability/index.php");
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
+        $this->assertEventContextNotUsed($event);
+        $url = new moodle_url('/admin/tool/capability/index.php');
+        $this->assertEquals($url, $event->get_url());
+        $event->get_name();
+    }
+}