diff --git a/src/EventHandler.cc b/src/EventHandler.cc
index 9cc5306c9c..ef0c9fc63c 100644
--- a/src/EventHandler.cc
+++ b/src/EventHandler.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,32 @@ void EventHandler::Call(val_list* vl, bool no_remote)
 		}
 
 	if ( local )
+		{
+		if ( FType() )
+			{
+			const type_list* arg_types = type->ArgTypes()->Types();
+			loop_over_list(*vl, i)
+				{
+				Val* v = (*vl)[i];
+				BroType* va_t = v->Type();
+				BroType* ar_t = (*arg_types)[i];
+				if ( va_t->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD && ar_t->Tag() == TYPE_RECORD )
+					{
+					if ( ! same_type(va_t, ar_t) )
+						{
+						Val* nv;
+						nv = v->AsRecordVal()->CoerceTo(ar_t->AsRecordType());
+						if ( nv )
+							{
+							vl->replace(i, nv);
+							Unref(v);
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
 		Unref(local->Call(vl));
+		}
 	else
 		{
 		loop_over_list(*vl, i)
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/istate.pybroccoli/bro..stdout b/testing/btest/Baseline/istate.pybroccoli/bro..stdout
index f8c0c63c45..9eec3a4550 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/istate.pybroccoli/bro..stdout
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/istate.pybroccoli/bro..stdout
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@ Servus
 ==== record
 [a=42, b=6.6.7.7]
 42, 6.6.7.7
+==== coerced record
+[a=13, b=<uninitialized>, c=helloworld]
+13
+helloworld