diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php b/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
index 0b39339c7f..c78beaa6a5 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions_user.php
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@ function user_ban($mode, $ban, $ban_len, $ban_len_other, $ban_exclude, $ban_reas
 */
 function user_unban($mode, $ban)
 {
-	global $db, $user, $auth, $cache;
+	global $db, $user, $auth, $cache, $phpbb_dispatcher;
 
 	// Delete stale bans
 	$sql = 'DELETE FROM ' . BANLIST_TABLE . '
@@ -1358,6 +1358,20 @@ function user_unban($mode, $ban)
 				add_log('user', $user_id, 'LOG_UNBAN_' . strtoupper($mode), $l_unban_list);
 			}
 		}
+
+		/**
+		* Use this event to perform actions after the unban has been performed
+		*
+		* @event core.user_unban
+		* @var	string	mode			One of the following: user, ip, email
+		* @var	array	user_ids_ary	Array with user_ids
+		* @since 3.1.11-RC1
+		*/
+		$vars = array(
+			'mode',
+			'user_ids_ary',
+		);
+		extract($phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.user_unban', compact($vars)));
 	}
 
 	$cache->destroy('sql', BANLIST_TABLE);