diff --git a/admin/roles/manage.php b/admin/roles/manage.php
index ec02517a7b7..e3e094a45a3 100644
--- a/admin/roles/manage.php
+++ b/admin/roles/manage.php
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ switch ($action) {
         }
         // Deleted a role sitewide...
         $systemcontext->mark_dirty();
-        add_to_log(SITEID, 'role', 'delete', 'admin/roles/manage.php', $roles[$roleid]->localname, '', $USER->id);
         redirect($baseurl);
         break;
 
diff --git a/lang/en/role.php b/lang/en/role.php
index 0ad7b6a31f9..a37bf481935 100644
--- a/lang/en/role.php
+++ b/lang/en/role.php
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ $string['errorbadroleshortname'] = 'Incorrect role short name';
 $string['errorexistsrolename'] = 'Role name already exists';
 $string['errorexistsroleshortname'] = 'Role name already exists';
 $string['eventroleassigned'] = 'Role assigned';
+$string['eventroledeleted'] = 'Role deleted';
 $string['eventroleunassigned'] = 'Role unassigned';
 $string['existingadmins'] = 'Current site administrators';
 $string['existingusers'] = '{$a} existing users';
diff --git a/lib/accesslib.php b/lib/accesslib.php
index 0d31a88f6d0..29276381d3b 100644
--- a/lib/accesslib.php
+++ b/lib/accesslib.php
@@ -1515,13 +1515,28 @@ function delete_role($roleid) {
     $DB->delete_records('role_names',          array('roleid'=>$roleid));
     $DB->delete_records('role_context_levels', array('roleid'=>$roleid));
 
-    // finally delete the role itself
-    // get this before the name is gone for logging
-    $rolename = $DB->get_field('role', 'name', array('id'=>$roleid));
+    // Get role record before it's deleted.
+    $role = $DB->get_record('role', array('id'=>$roleid));
 
+    // Finally delete the role itself.
     $DB->delete_records('role', array('id'=>$roleid));
 
-    add_to_log(SITEID, 'role', 'delete', 'admin/roles/action=delete&roleid='.$roleid, $rolename, '');
+    // Trigger event.
+    $event = \core\event\role_deleted::create(
+        array(
+            'context' => context_system::instance(),
+            'objectid' => $roleid,
+            'other' =>
+                array(
+                    'name' => $role->name,
+                    'shortname' => $role->shortname,
+                    'description' => $role->description,
+                    'archetype' => $role->archetype
+                )
+            )
+        );
+    $event->add_record_snapshot('role', $role);
+    $event->trigger();
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/role_deleted.php b/lib/classes/event/role_deleted.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11e15b9f858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/classes/event/role_deleted.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+namespace core\event;
+
+/**
+ * Role assigned event.
+ *
+ * @package    core_event
+ * @copyright  2013 Rajesh Taneja <rajesh@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+class role_deleted extends base {
+    /**
+     * Initialise event parameters.
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['objecttable'] = 'role';
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'd';
+        // TODO: MDL-41040 set level.
+        $this->data['level'] = 50;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventroledeleted', 'role');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns non-localised event description with id's for admin use only.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return 'Role ' . $this->objectid . ' is deleted by user ' . $this->userid;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns relevant URL.
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+        return new \moodle_url('/admin/roles/manage.php');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns array of parameters to be passed to legacy add_to_log() function.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return array(SITEID, 'role', 'delete', 'admin/roles/manage.php?action=delete&roleid='.$this->objectid, $this->other['shortname'], '');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/tests/accesslib_test.php b/lib/tests/accesslib_test.php
index 6dee02ce1f3..75f3b6a9828 100644
--- a/lib/tests/accesslib_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/accesslib_test.php
@@ -644,7 +644,13 @@ class core_accesslib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertTrue($DB->record_exists('role_allow_override', array('roleid'=>$role->id)));
         $this->assertTrue($DB->record_exists('role_allow_override', array('allowoverride'=>$role->id)));
 
+        // Delete role and get event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
         $result = delete_role($role->id);
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $sink->close();
+        $event = array_pop($events);
+
         $this->assertTrue($result);
         $this->assertFalse($DB->record_exists('role', array('id'=>$role->id)));
         $this->assertFalse($DB->record_exists('role_assignments', array('roleid'=>$role->id)));
@@ -655,6 +661,21 @@ class core_accesslib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertFalse($DB->record_exists('role_allow_assign', array('allowassign'=>$role->id)));
         $this->assertFalse($DB->record_exists('role_allow_override', array('roleid'=>$role->id)));
         $this->assertFalse($DB->record_exists('role_allow_override', array('allowoverride'=>$role->id)));
+
+        // Test triggered event.
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\core\event\role_deleted', $event);
+        $this->assertSame('role', $event->target);
+        $this->assertSame('role', $event->objecttable);
+        $this->assertSame($role->id, $event->objectid);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_system::instance(), $event->get_context());
+        $this->assertSame($role->name, $event->other['name']);
+        $this->assertSame($role->shortname, $event->other['shortname']);
+        $this->assertSame($role->description, $event->other['description']);
+        $this->assertSame($role->archetype, $event->other['archetype']);
+
+        $expectedlegacylog = array(SITEID, 'role', 'delete', 'admin/roles/manage.php?action=delete&roleid='.$role->id,
+                                   $role->shortname, '');
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expectedlegacylog, $event);
     }
 
     /**