diff --git a/app/Model/Event.php b/app/Model/Event.php
index fe4347265..90c608d29 100755
--- a/app/Model/Event.php
+++ b/app/Model/Event.php
@@ -499,6 +499,24 @@ class Event extends AppModel
             $this->data['Event']['uuid'] = CakeText::uuid();
         }
         $this->__beforeSaveData = $this->data['Event'];
+
+        $trigger_id = 'event-before-save';
+        if ($this->isTriggerCallable($trigger_id)) {
+            $event = $this->data;
+            $workflowErrors = [];
+            $logging = [
+                'model' => 'Event',
+                'action' => 'add',
+                'id' => 0,
+                'message' => __('The workflow `%s` prevented the saving of event (%s)', $trigger_id, $event['Event']['uuid']),
+            ];
+            $triggerData = $event;
+            $workflowSuccess = $this->executeTrigger($trigger_id, $triggerData, $workflowErrors, $logging);
+            if (!$workflowSuccess) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
         return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/Model/WorkflowModules/trigger/Module_event_before_save.php b/app/Model/WorkflowModules/trigger/Module_event_before_save.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aac950e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Model/WorkflowModules/trigger/Module_event_before_save.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+include_once APP . 'Model/WorkflowModules/WorkflowBaseModule.php';
+
+class Module_event_before_save extends WorkflowBaseTriggerModule
+{
+    public $id = 'event-before-save';
+    public $scope = 'event';
+    public $name = 'Event Before Save';
+    public $description = 'This trigger is called before an Event or any of its elements is about to be saved in the database';
+    public $icon = 'envelope';
+    public $inputs = 0;
+    public $outputs = 1;
+    public $blocking = true;
+    public $misp_core_format = true;
+    public $trigger_overhead = self::OVERHEAD_HIGH;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+        $this->trigger_overhead_message = __('This trigger is called each time an Event or Attribute is about to be saved. This means that when a large quantity of Attributes are being saved (e.g. Feed pulling or synchronisation), the workflow will be run for as many time as there are Attributes.');
+    }
+}