diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/auth/auth.php b/phpBB/phpbb/auth/auth.php
index 92c19fd5f7..fc7cc1a0b1 100644
--- a/phpBB/phpbb/auth/auth.php
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/auth/auth.php
@@ -928,6 +928,7 @@ class auth
 	function login($username, $password, $autologin = false, $viewonline = 1, $admin = 0)
 	{
 		global $db, $user, $phpbb_root_path, $phpEx, $phpbb_container;
+		global $phpbb_dispatcher;
 
 		/* @var $provider_collection \phpbb\auth\provider_collection */
 		$provider_collection = $phpbb_container->get('auth.provider_collection');
@@ -983,6 +984,24 @@ class auth
 				redirect($url);
 			}
 
+			/**
+			 * Event is triggered after checking for valid username and password, and before the actual session creation.
+			 *
+			 * @event core.auth_login_session_create_before
+			 * @var	array	login				Variable containing login array
+			 * @var	bool	admin				Boolean variable whether user is logging into the ACP
+			 * @var	string	username			Username of user to log in
+			 * @var	bool	autologin			Boolean variable signaling whether login is triggered via auto login
+			 * @since 3.1.7-RC1
+			 */
+			$vars = array(
+				'login',
+				'admin',
+				'username',
+				'autologin',
+			);
+			extract($phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.auth_login_session_create_before', compact($vars)));
+
 			// If login succeeded, we will log the user in... else we pass the login array through...
 			if ($login['status'] == LOGIN_SUCCESS)
 			{