diff --git a/include/haproxy/event_hdl-t.h b/include/haproxy/event_hdl-t.h
index 77e7d933c..55d4da8a7 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/event_hdl-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/event_hdl-t.h
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ struct event_hdl_sub {
 #define EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_DEL                        EVENT_HDL_SUB_TYPE(1,2)
 #define EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_UP                         EVENT_HDL_SUB_TYPE(1,3)
 #define EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_DOWN                       EVENT_HDL_SUB_TYPE(1,4)
+/* server state change */
+#define EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_STATE                      EVENT_HDL_SUB_TYPE(1,5)
 
 /*	---------------------------------------        */
 
diff --git a/include/haproxy/server-t.h b/include/haproxy/server-t.h
index 69099b065..c9986dbd7 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/server-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/server-t.h
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ struct event_hdl_cb_data_server {
 	 *   EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_DEL
 	 *   EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_UP
 	 *   EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_DOWN
+	 *   EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_STATE
 	 */
 	struct {
 		/* safe data can be safely used from both
@@ -468,6 +469,59 @@ struct event_hdl_cb_data_server {
 	} unsafe;
 };
 
+/* check result snapshot provided through some event_hdl server events */
+struct event_hdl_cb_data_server_checkres {
+	uint8_t agent;                /* 1 = agent check, 0 = health check */
+	enum chk_result result;       /* failed, passed, condpass (CHK_RES_*) */
+	long duration;                /* total check duration in ms */
+	struct {
+		short status;         /* check status as in check->status */
+		short code;           /* provided with some check statuses */
+	} reason;
+	struct {
+		int cur;              /* dynamic (= check->health) */
+		int rise, fall;       /* config dependant */
+	} health;                     /* check's health, see check-t.h */
+};
+
+/* data provided to EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_STATE handlers through
+ * event_hdl facility
+ *
+ * Note that this may be casted to regular event_hdl_cb_data_server if
+ * you don't care about state related optional info
+ */
+struct event_hdl_cb_data_server_state {
+	/* provided by:
+	 *   EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_STATE
+	 */
+	struct event_hdl_cb_data_server server; /* must be at the beginning */
+	struct {
+		uint8_t type; /* 0 = operational, 1 = administrative */
+		enum srv_state old_state, new_state; /* updated by both operational and admin changes */
+		uint32_t requeued; /* requeued connections due to server state change */
+		union {
+			/* state change cause:
+			 *
+			 * look for op_st_chg for operational state change,
+			 * and adm_st_chg for administrative state change
+			 */
+			struct {
+				enum srv_op_st_chg_cause cause;
+				union {
+					/* check result is provided with
+					 * cause == SRV_OP_STCHGC_HEALTH or cause == SRV_OP_STCHGC_AGENT
+					 */
+					struct event_hdl_cb_data_server_checkres check;
+				};
+			} op_st_chg;
+			struct {
+				enum srv_adm_st_chg_cause cause;
+			} adm_st_chg;
+		};
+	} safe;
+	/* no unsafe data */
+};
+
 /* Storage structure to load server-state lines from a flat file into
  * an ebtree, for faster processing
  */
diff --git a/src/event_hdl.c b/src/event_hdl.c
index e2f01241e..87b77ebfc 100644
--- a/src/event_hdl.c
+++ b/src/event_hdl.c
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ static struct event_hdl_sub_type_map event_hdl_sub_type_map[] = {
 	{"SERVER_DEL",          EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_DEL},
 	{"SERVER_UP",           EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_UP},
 	{"SERVER_DOWN",         EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_DOWN},
+	{"SERVER_STATE",        EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_STATE},
 };
 
 /* internal types (only used in this file) */
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index b634510e6..5bc73ccd5 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -189,6 +189,51 @@ static inline void _srv_event_hdl_prepare(struct event_hdl_cb_data_server *cb_da
 	cb_data->unsafe.srv_lock = !thread_isolate;
 }
 
+/* take an event-check snapshot from a live check */
+void _srv_event_hdl_prepare_checkres(struct event_hdl_cb_data_server_checkres *checkres,
+                                     struct check *check)
+{
+	checkres->agent = !!(check->state & CHK_ST_AGENT);
+	checkres->result = check->result;
+	checkres->duration = check->duration;
+	checkres->reason.status = check->status;
+	checkres->reason.code = check->code;
+	checkres->health.cur = check->health;
+	checkres->health.rise = check->rise;
+	checkres->health.fall = check->fall;
+}
+
+/* Prepare SERVER_STATE event
+ *
+ * This special event will contain extra hints related to the state change
+ *
+ * Must be called with server lock held
+ */
+void _srv_event_hdl_prepare_state(struct event_hdl_cb_data_server_state *cb_data,
+                                  struct server *srv, int type, int cause,
+                                  enum srv_state prev_state, int requeued)
+{
+	/* state event provides additional info about the server state change */
+	cb_data->safe.type = type;
+	cb_data->safe.new_state = srv->cur_state;
+	cb_data->safe.old_state = prev_state;
+	cb_data->safe.requeued = requeued;
+	if (type) {
+		/* administrative */
+		cb_data->safe.adm_st_chg.cause = cause;
+	}
+	else {
+		/* operational */
+		cb_data->safe.op_st_chg.cause = cause;
+		if (cause == SRV_OP_STCHGC_HEALTH || cause == SRV_OP_STCHGC_AGENT) {
+			struct check *check = (cause == SRV_OP_STCHGC_HEALTH) ? &srv->check : &srv->agent;
+
+			/* provide additional check-related state change result */
+			_srv_event_hdl_prepare_checkres(&cb_data->safe.op_st_chg.check, check);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /* server event publishing helper: publish in both global and
  * server dedicated subscription list.
  */
@@ -5744,11 +5789,19 @@ static void srv_update_status(struct server *s, int type, int cause)
 {
 	int prev_srv_count = s->proxy->srv_bck + s->proxy->srv_act;
 	enum srv_state srv_prev_state = s->cur_state;
+	union {
+		struct event_hdl_cb_data_server_state state;
+		struct event_hdl_cb_data_server common;
+	} cb_data;
+	int requeued;
+
+	/* prepare common server event data */
+	_srv_event_hdl_prepare(&cb_data.common, s, 0);
 
 	if (type)
-		_srv_update_status_adm(s, cause);
+		requeued = _srv_update_status_adm(s, cause);
 	else
-		_srv_update_status_op(s, cause);
+		requeued = _srv_update_status_op(s, cause);
 
 	/* explicitly commit state changes (even if it was already applied implicitly
 	 * by some lb state change function), so we don't miss anything
@@ -5767,6 +5820,11 @@ static void srv_update_status(struct server *s, int type, int cause)
 			s->counters.down_trans++;
 		}
 		s->last_change = ns_to_sec(now_ns);
+
+		/* publish the state change */
+		_srv_event_hdl_prepare_state(&cb_data.state,
+		                             s, type, cause, srv_prev_state, requeued);
+		_srv_event_hdl_publish(EVENT_HDL_SUB_SERVER_STATE, cb_data.state, s);
 	}
 
 	/* check if backend stats must be updated due to the server state change */