diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Event.php b/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Event.php
index 41d55954c101..1ee8d2ed700d 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Event.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Console/Scheduling/Event.php
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 use GuzzleHttp\Client as HttpClient;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Mail\Mailer;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+use Illuminate\Support\Traits\Macroable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\Container;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\Repository as Cache;
 
 class Event
 {
+    use Macroable;
     use ManagesFrequencies;
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Console/Scheduling/FrequencyTest.php b/tests/Console/Scheduling/FrequencyTest.php
index 4096f65cdf82..edfb77264425 100644
--- a/tests/Console/Scheduling/FrequencyTest.php
+++ b/tests/Console/Scheduling/FrequencyTest.php
@@ -104,4 +104,13 @@ public function testSaturdays()
     {
         $this->assertEquals('* * * * 6 *', $this->event->saturdays()->getExpression());
     }
+
+    public function testFrequencyMacro()
+    {
+        Event::macro('everyXMinutes', function ($x) {
+            return $this->spliceIntoPosition(1, "*/{$x}");
+        });
+
+        $this->assertEquals('*/6 * * * * *', $this->event->everyXMinutes(6)->getExpression());
+    }
 }