diff --git a/phpBB/viewforum.php b/phpBB/viewforum.php
index 18d247f0b6..2d5b7e0758 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewforum.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewforum.php
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ if (sizeof($topic_list))
 		$u_mcp_queue = ($topic_unapproved || $posts_unapproved) ? append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}mcp.$phpEx", 'i=queue&mode=' . (($topic_unapproved) ? 'approve_details' : 'unapproved_posts') . "&t=$topic_id", true, $user->session_id) : '';
 
 		// Send vars to template
-		$template->assign_block_vars('topicrow', array(
+		$forumrow = array(
 			'FORUM_ID'					=> $row['forum_id'],
 			'TOPIC_ID'					=> $topic_id,
 			'TOPIC_AUTHOR'				=> get_username_string('username', $row['topic_poster'], $row['topic_first_poster_name'], $row['topic_first_poster_colour']),
@@ -742,11 +742,18 @@ if (sizeof($topic_list))
 			'U_MCP_REPORT'			=> append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}mcp.$phpEx", 'i=reports&mode=reports&f=' . $row['forum_id'] . '&t=' . $topic_id, true, $user->session_id),
 			'U_MCP_QUEUE'			=> $u_mcp_queue,
 
-			'S_TOPIC_TYPE_SWITCH'	=> ($s_type_switch == $s_type_switch_test) ? -1 : $s_type_switch_test)
+			'S_TOPIC_TYPE_SWITCH'	=> ($s_type_switch == $s_type_switch_test) ? -1 : $s_type_switch_test
 		);
 
+		$vars = array('forumrow');
+		$event = new phpbb_event_data(compact($vars));
+		$phpbb_dispatcher->dispatch('core.viewforum_forumrow', $event);
+		extract($event->get_data_filtered($vars));
+
+		$template->assign_block_vars('topicrow', $forumrow);
+
 		phpbb_generate_template_pagination($template, $view_topic_url, 'topicrow.pagination', 'start', $replies + 1, $config['posts_per_page'], 1, true, true);
-		
+
 		$s_type_switch = ($row['topic_type'] == POST_ANNOUNCE || $row['topic_type'] == POST_GLOBAL) ? 1 : 0;
 
 		if ($unread_topic)