diff --git a/src/plugin/Manager.cc b/src/plugin/Manager.cc
index 88f301fdba..8ab2294199 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/plugin/Manager.cc
@@ -961,6 +961,38 @@ void Manager::HookUnprocessedPacket(const Packet* packet) const {
         MetaHookPost(HOOK_UNPROCESSED_PACKET, args, HookArgument());
 }
 
+bool Manager::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
+                               zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) const {
+    HookArgumentList args;
+
+    if ( HavePluginForHook(META_HOOK_PRE) ) {
+        args.emplace_back(&backend);
+        args.emplace_back(topic);
+        args.emplace_back(&event);
+        MetaHookPre(HOOK_PUBLISH_EVENT, args);
+    }
+
+    hook_list* l = hooks[HOOK_PUBLISH_EVENT];
+
+    bool result = true;
+
+    if ( l ) {
+        for ( hook_list::iterator i = l->begin(); i != l->end(); ++i ) {
+            Plugin* p = (*i).second;
+
+            if ( ! p->HookPublishEvent(backend, topic, event) ) {
+                result = false;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ( HavePluginForHook(META_HOOK_POST) )
+        MetaHookPost(HOOK_PUBLISH_EVENT, args, HookArgument(result));
+
+    return result;
+}
+
 void Manager::MetaHookPre(HookType hook, const HookArgumentList& args) const {
     if ( hook_list* l = hooks[META_HOOK_PRE] )
         for ( const auto& [hook_type, plugin] : *l )
diff --git a/src/plugin/Manager.h b/src/plugin/Manager.h
index f430774241..a79bd0bd7e 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Manager.h
+++ b/src/plugin/Manager.h
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 #include "zeek/plugin/Plugin.h"
 
 namespace zeek {
+
+namespace cluster {
+class Backend;
+
+namespace detail {
+class Event;
+}
+} // namespace cluster
+
 namespace plugin {
 
 // Macros that trigger plugin hooks. We put this into macros to short-cut the
@@ -427,6 +436,28 @@ public:
      */
     void HookUnprocessedPacket(const Packet* packet) const;
 
+    /**
+     * Hook for intercepting remote event publish operations.
+     *
+     * This hook is invoked when Cluster::publish(), Cluster::publish_hrw() or
+     * Cluster::publish_rr() is used in the scripting layer to publish a remote
+     * event to a topic. It is also invoked when calling PublishEvent() on the
+     * active cluster backend directly from C++ plugins. This hook can be used
+     * for metrics collection, modifying or redirecting events to a different
+     * topic. It's event possible to translate an event to another one. A plugin
+     * should return false if it took responsibility of publishing the event, or
+     * the verdict is to skip the publish operation.
+     *
+     * @param backend The backend publishing this event
+     * @param topic The topic to which to publish this event
+     * @param event The event itself
+     *
+     * @return true if event should be published, false if the publish
+     *         operation should be skipped.
+     */
+    bool HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
+                          zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) const;
+
     /**
      * Internal method that registers a freshly instantiated plugin with
      * the manager.
diff --git a/src/plugin/Plugin.cc b/src/plugin/Plugin.cc
index fa0338ef0f..ad0ea84a0d 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Plugin.cc
+++ b/src/plugin/Plugin.cc
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "zeek/Event.h"
 #include "zeek/Func.h"
 #include "zeek/Val.h"
+#include "zeek/cluster/Backend.h"
 #include "zeek/input.h"
 #include "zeek/plugin/Component.h"
 #include "zeek/plugin/Manager.h"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ const char* hook_name(HookType h) {
         "Reporter",
         "UnprocessedPacket",
         "ObjDtor",
+        "PublishEvent",
         // MetaHooks
         "MetaHookPre",
         "MetaHookPost",
@@ -214,6 +216,23 @@ void HookArgument::Describe(ODesc* d) const {
         }
 
         case PACKET: d->Add("<packet>"); break;
+
+        case CLUSTER_BACKEND: {
+            d->Add("<cluster backend ");
+            d->Add(arg.cluster_backend->Name());
+            d->Add(">");
+            break;
+        }
+
+        case CLUSTER_EVENT: {
+            auto* ce = arg.cluster_event;
+            d->Add("<cluster event ");
+            d->AddN(ce->HandlerName().data(), static_cast<int>(ce->HandlerName().size()));
+            d->Add(", ");
+            d->Add(static_cast<uint64_t>(ce->Args().size()));
+            d->Add(util::fmt(" argument%s>", ce->Args().size() != 1 ? "s" : ""));
+            break;
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -331,6 +350,11 @@ bool Plugin::HookReporter(const std::string& prefix, const EventHandlerPtr event
 
 void Plugin::HookUnprocessedPacket(const Packet* packet) {}
 
+bool Plugin::HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
+                              zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event) {
+    return true;
+}
+
 void Plugin::MetaHookPre(HookType hook, const HookArgumentList& args) {}
 
 void Plugin::MetaHookPost(HookType hook, const HookArgumentList& args, HookArgument result) {}
diff --git a/src/plugin/Plugin.h b/src/plugin/Plugin.h
index 3cea1d14d4..7d9c128d89 100644
--- a/src/plugin/Plugin.h
+++ b/src/plugin/Plugin.h
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ namespace detail {
 class Frame;
 }
 
+namespace cluster {
+class Backend;
+
+namespace detail {
+class Event;
+}
+} // namespace cluster
+
 namespace plugin {
 
 class Manager;
@@ -76,6 +84,7 @@ enum HookType {
     HOOK_REPORTER,            //< Activates Plugin::HookReporter().
     HOOK_UNPROCESSED_PACKET,  //<Activates Plugin::HookUnprocessedPacket().
     HOOK_OBJ_DTOR,            //< Activates Plugin::HookObjDtor().
+    HOOK_PUBLISH_EVENT,       //< Activates Plugin::HookPublishEvent().
 
     // Meta hooks.
     META_HOOK_PRE,  //< Activates Plugin::MetaHookPre().
@@ -252,7 +261,9 @@ public:
         LOCATION,
         ARG_LIST,
         INPUT_FILE,
-        PACKET
+        PACKET,
+        CLUSTER_BACKEND,
+        CLUSTER_EVENT,
     };
 
     /**
@@ -405,6 +416,22 @@ public:
         arg.packet = packet;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Constructor with cluster backend argument.
+     */
+    explicit HookArgument(zeek::cluster::Backend* backend) {
+        type = CLUSTER_BACKEND;
+        arg.cluster_backend = backend;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor with cluster event argument.
+     */
+    explicit HookArgument(zeek::cluster::detail::Event* event) {
+        type = CLUSTER_EVENT;
+        arg.cluster_event = event;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the value for a boolean argument. The argument's type must
      * match accordingly.
@@ -548,6 +575,22 @@ public:
         return arg.packet;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the value for a cluster backend argument.
+     */
+    const zeek::cluster::Backend* AsClusterBackend() const {
+        assert(type == CLUSTER_EVENT);
+        return arg.cluster_backend;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value for a cluster event argument.
+     */
+    const zeek::cluster::detail::Event* AsClusterEvent() const {
+        assert(type == CLUSTER_EVENT);
+        return arg.cluster_event;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the argument's type.
      */
@@ -577,6 +620,8 @@ private:
         const logging::WriterBackend::WriterInfo* winfo;
         const zeek::detail::Location* loc;
         const Packet* packet;
+        const cluster::Backend* cluster_backend;
+        const cluster::detail::Event* cluster_event;
     } arg;
 
     // Outside union because these have dtors.
@@ -1077,6 +1122,28 @@ protected:
      */
     virtual void HookUnprocessedPacket(const Packet* packet);
 
+    /**
+     * Hook for intercepting remote event publish operations.
+     *
+     * This hook is invoked when Cluster::publish(), Cluster::publish_hrw() or
+     * Cluster::publish_rr() is used in the scripting layer to publish a remote
+     * event to a topic. It is also invoked when calling PublishEvent() on the
+     * active cluster backend directly from C++ plugins. This hook can be used
+     * for metrics collection, modifying or redirecting events to a different
+     * topic. It's event possible to translate an event to another one. A plugin
+     * should return false if it took responsibility of publishing the event, or
+     * the verdict is to skip the publish operation.
+     *
+     * @param backend The backend publishing this event
+     * @param topic The topic to which to publish this event
+     * @param event The event itself
+     *
+     * @return true if event should be published, false if the publish
+     *         operation should be skipped.
+     */
+    virtual bool HookPublishEvent(zeek::cluster::Backend& backend, const std::string& topic,
+                                  zeek::cluster::detail::Event& event);
+
     // Meta hooks.
     virtual void MetaHookPre(HookType hook, const HookArgumentList& args);
     virtual void MetaHookPost(HookType hook, const HookArgumentList& args, HookArgument result);