diff --git a/pyopencl/c_wrapper/wrap_cl_core.h b/pyopencl/c_wrapper/wrap_cl_core.h
index 8a2cb02102f992490ab688d62ff6d8f68fc8f467..97b8c2ef0d1d45187469fabf9cb01a2e95f91d05 100644
--- a/pyopencl/c_wrapper/wrap_cl_core.h
+++ b/pyopencl/c_wrapper/wrap_cl_core.h
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ error *image__get_image_info(clobj_t image, cl_image_info param,
 error *event__get_profiling_info(clobj_t event, cl_profiling_info param,
                                  generic_info *out);
 error *event__wait(clobj_t event);
+error *event__set_callback(clobj_t _evt, cl_int type, void (*cb)(cl_int),
+                           void (*ref)(unsigned long));
 error *wait_for_events(const clobj_t *_wait_for, uint32_t num_wait_for);
 // Nanny Event
 unsigned long nanny_event__get_ward(clobj_t evt);
diff --git a/pyopencl/cffi_cl.py b/pyopencl/cffi_cl.py
index ba6d6eb86b240be099140d0bb1984a61088a9d05..71340d3ffcdf851eb42b2668cc8d7b7c3d53d5c5 100644
--- a/pyopencl/cffi_cl.py
+++ b/pyopencl/cffi_cl.py
@@ -696,6 +696,13 @@ class Event(_Common):
     def wait(self):
         _handle_error(_lib.event__wait(self.ptr))
 
+    def set_callback(self, _type, cb, *args, **kwargs):
+        @_ffi.callback('void(cl_int)')
+        def _func(status):
+            cb(status, *args, **kwargs)
+        _handle_error(_lib.event__set_callback(self.ptr, _type, _func,
+                                               _get_ref_func(_func)))
+
 def wait_for_events(wait_for):
     _handle_error(_lib.wait_for_events(*_c_obj_list(wait_for)))
 
diff --git a/src/c_wrapper/wrap_cl.cpp b/src/c_wrapper/wrap_cl.cpp
index 95f3a85c7c969c2aa0a7baf23cf6d174c3a6739c..e015b22d95856c983f51d5fc4fd7354d19731fda 100644
--- a/src/c_wrapper/wrap_cl.cpp
+++ b/src/c_wrapper/wrap_cl.cpp
@@ -2220,6 +2220,23 @@ event__wait(clobj_t evt)
         });
 }
 
+#if PYOPENCL_CL_VERSION >= 0x1010
+error*
+event__set_callback(clobj_t _evt, cl_int type, void (*cb)(cl_int),
+                    void (*ref)(unsigned long))
+{
+    auto evt = static_cast<event*>(_evt);
+    return c_handle_error([&] {
+            unsigned long obj_id = next_obj_id();
+            evt->set_callback(type, [=] (cl_int status) {
+                    cb(status);
+                    python_deref(obj_id);
+                });
+            ref(obj_id);
+        });
+}
+#endif
+
 error*
 wait_for_events(const clobj_t *_wait_for, uint32_t num_wait_for)
 {