diff --git a/crowbar_framework/app/models/node_object.rb b/crowbar_framework/app/models/node_object.rb
index 456d04edc0..97b9c4dc8b 100644
--- a/crowbar_framework/app/models/node_object.rb
+++ b/crowbar_framework/app/models/node_object.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #
 
 require "chef/mixin/deep_merge"
+require "set"
 require "timeout"
 require "open3"
 
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ def initialize(node)
     end
     # deep clone of @role.default_attributes, used when saving node
     @attrs_last_saved = @role.default_attributes.deep_dup
+    @attributes_changed_for_event = Set.new
     @node = node
   end
 
@@ -289,7 +291,10 @@ def availability_zone
   def availability_zone=(value)
     @node["crowbar_wall"] ||= {}
     @node["crowbar_wall"]["openstack"] ||= {}
-    @node["crowbar_wall"]["openstack"]["availability_zone"] = value
+    if @node["crowbar_wall"]["openstack"]["availability_zone"] != value
+      @node["crowbar_wall"]["openstack"]["availability_zone"] = value
+      @attributes_changed_for_event.add("availability_zone")
+    end
   end
 
   def intended_role
@@ -479,6 +484,7 @@ def validate_public_name(value, unique_check = true)
   def update_public_name(value)
     unless value.nil?
       crowbar["crowbar"]["public_name"] = value
+      @attributes_changed_for_event.add("public_name")
     end
   end
 
@@ -835,6 +841,20 @@ def _remove_elements_from_node(old, new, from_node)
     @attrs_last_saved = @role.default_attributes.deep_dup
 
     Rails.logger.debug("Done saving node: #{@node.name} - #{crowbar_revision}")
+
+    unless @attributes_changed_for_event.empty?
+      Rails.logger.debug("Notifying about saved node: #{@node.name}")
+
+      details = {
+        node: @node.name,
+        attributes: @attributes_changed_for_event
+      }
+      Crowbar::EventDispatcher.trigger_hooks(:node_changed, details)
+
+      @attributes_changed_for_event = Set.new
+
+      Rails.logger.debug("Done notifying about saved node: #{@node.name}")
+    end
   end
 
   def destroy
diff --git a/crowbar_framework/app/models/service_object.rb b/crowbar_framework/app/models/service_object.rb
index 0383ad1522..fc28f74b5f 100644
--- a/crowbar_framework/app/models/service_object.rb
+++ b/crowbar_framework/app/models/service_object.rb
@@ -1348,6 +1348,13 @@ def apply_role(role, inst, in_queue, bootstrap = false)
     proposal.save unless roles_to_remove.empty?
 
     update_proposal_status(inst, "success", "")
+
+    details = {
+      barclamp: @bc_name,
+      instance: inst
+    }
+    Crowbar::EventDispatcher.trigger_hooks(:proposal_applied, details)
+
     [200, {}]
   rescue StandardError => e
     @logger.fatal("apply_role: Uncaught exception #{e.message} #{e.backtrace.join("\n")}")
diff --git a/crowbar_framework/lib/crowbar/event_dispatcher.rb b/crowbar_framework/lib/crowbar/event_dispatcher.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d38c91d607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crowbar_framework/lib/crowbar/event_dispatcher.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#
+# Copyright 2017, SUSE
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+module Crowbar
+  class EventDispatcher
+    class << self
+      def trigger_hooks(event, details)
+        BarclampCatalog.barclamps.keys.each do |barclamp|
+          begin
+            cls = ServiceObject.get_service(barclamp)
+          rescue NameError
+            # catalog may contain barclamps which don't have services
+            next
+          end
+
+          next unless cls.method_defined?(:event_hook)
+
+          service = cls.new(Rails.logger)
+
+          proposals = Proposal.where(barclamp: barclamp)
+          proposals.each do |proposal|
+            role = proposal.role
+            next if role.nil?
+            begin
+              service.event_hook(role, event, details)
+            rescue StandardError => e
+              raise "Error while executing event hook of #{barclamp} for #{event}: #{e.message}"
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      handle_asynchronously :trigger_hooks
+    end
+  end
+end