diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
index 5fe4bb82da82..19ed641a9b53 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ abstract class Model implements ArrayAccess, Arrayable, Jsonable, JsonSerializab
      */
     protected $touches = [];
 
+    /**
+     * The event map for the model.
+     *
+     * Allows for object-based events for native Eloquent events.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $events = [];
+
     /**
      * User exposed observable events.
      *
@@ -1655,13 +1664,22 @@ protected function fireModelEvent($event, $halt = true)
             return true;
         }
 
+        $method = $halt ? 'until' : 'fire';
+
+        // If a custom event type has been configured for this event we'll fire that
+        // instead of the string version of the event. This provides for a custom
+        // "object-based" event more consistent with the rest of the framework.
+        if (isset($this->events[$event])) {
+            return static::$dispatcher->$method(
+                new $this->events[$event]($this)
+            );
+        }
+
         // We will append the names of the class to the event to distinguish it from
         // other model events that are fired, allowing us to listen on each model
         // event set individually instead of catching event for all the models.
         $event = "eloquent.{$event}: ".static::class;
 
-        $method = $halt ? 'until' : 'fire';
-
         return static::$dispatcher->$method($event, $this);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
index 315c31108055..3bc0e1806668 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
@@ -238,9 +238,21 @@ public function testUpdateIsCancelledIfUpdatingEventReturnsFalse()
         $this->assertFalse($model->save());
     }
 
+    public function testEventsCanBeFiredWithCustomEventObjects()
+    {
+        $model = $this->getMockBuilder('EloquentModelEventObjectStub')->setMethods(['newQueryWithoutScopes'])->getMock();
+        $query = m::mock('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder');
+        $model->expects($this->once())->method('newQueryWithoutScopes')->will($this->returnValue($query));
+        $model->setEventDispatcher($events = m::mock('Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher'));
+        $events->shouldReceive('until')->once()->with(m::type(EloquentModelSavingEventStub::class))->andReturn(false);
+        $model->exists = true;
+
+        $this->assertFalse($model->save());
+    }
+
     public function testUpdateProcessWithoutTimestamps()
     {
-        $model = $this->getMockBuilder('EloquentModelStub')->setMethods(['newQueryWithoutScopes', 'updateTimestamps', 'fireModelEvent'])->getMock();
+        $model = $this->getMockBuilder('EloquentModelEventObjectStub')->setMethods(['newQueryWithoutScopes', 'updateTimestamps', 'fireModelEvent'])->getMock();
         $model->timestamps = false;
         $query = m::mock('Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder');
         $query->shouldReceive('where')->once()->with('id', '=', 1);
@@ -1804,3 +1816,12 @@ class EloquentModelNonIncrementingStub extends Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Mode
     protected $guarded = [];
     public $incrementing = false;
 }
+
+class EloquentModelSavingEventStub {}
+
+class EloquentModelEventObjectStub extends Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
+{
+    protected $events = [
+        'saving' => EloquentModelSavingEventStub::class
+    ];
+}