diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 0b1f1c7fcb..26de25c576 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ export interface AxiosProgressEvent {
   estimated?: number;
   upload?: boolean;
   download?: boolean;
+  event?: ProgressEvent;
 }
 
 type Milliseconds = number;
diff --git a/lib/adapters/xhr.js b/lib/adapters/xhr.js
index e0233f5e01..54bc6619ae 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/xhr.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/xhr.js
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ function progressEventReducer(listener, isDownloadStream) {
       progress: total ? (loaded / total) : undefined,
       bytes: progressBytes,
       rate: rate ? rate : undefined,
-      estimated: rate && total && inRange ? (total - loaded) / rate : undefined
+      estimated: rate && total && inRange ? (total - loaded) / rate : undefined,
+      event: e
     };
 
     data[isDownloadStream ? 'download' : 'upload'] = true;