diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index b68697966..392c937aa 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,30 @@ If you want to report a message rather than an exception you can use the
 
     Raven.capture_message("Something went very wrong")
 
+Referencing Events
+------------------
+
+The client exposes a ``last_event_id`` accessor allowing you to easily
+reference the last captured event. This is useful, for example, if you wanted
+to show the user a reference on your error page::
+
+.. code-block:: ruby
+
+    # somewhere deep in the stack
+    Raven.capture do
+      1 / 0
+    end
+
+Now you can easily expose this to your error handler:
+
+.. code-block:: ruby
+
+    class ErrorsController < ApplicationController
+      def internal_server_error
+        render(:status => 500, :sentry_event_id => Raven.last_event_id)
+      end
+    end
+
 Optional Attributes
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/lib/raven/base.rb b/lib/raven/base.rb
index 23c401e07..2ba9185f8 100644
--- a/lib/raven/base.rb
+++ b/lib/raven/base.rb
@@ -115,13 +115,17 @@ def capture_type(obj, options = {})
         else
           send_event(evt)
         end
-
+        Thread.current[:sentry_last_event_id] = evt.id
         evt
       end
     end
     alias_method :capture_message, :capture_type
     alias_method :capture_exception, :capture_type
 
+    def last_event_id
+      Thread.current[:sentry_last_event_id]
+    end
+
     def should_capture?(message_or_exc)
       if configuration.should_capture
         configuration.should_capture.call(*[message_or_exc])
diff --git a/spec/raven/raven_spec.rb b/spec/raven/raven_spec.rb
index 5c1d2c359..3cde7d5e0 100644
--- a/spec/raven/raven_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/raven/raven_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Raven do
-  let(:event) { double("event") }
+  let(:event) { double("event", :id => "event_id") }
   let(:options) { double("options") }
 
   before do
@@ -245,4 +245,20 @@ def ivars(object)
       Raven.inject_without(:delayed_job, :railties, :sidekiq, :rack)
     end
   end
+
+  describe '.last_event_id' do
+    let(:message) { "Test message" }
+
+    it 'sends the result of Event.capture_message' do
+      expect(Raven).to receive(:send_event).with(event)
+
+      Raven.capture_message("Test message", options)
+
+      expect(Raven.last_event_id).to eq(event.id)
+    end
+
+    it 'yields the event to a passed block' do
+      expect { |b| Raven.capture_message(message, options, &b) }.to yield_with_args(event)
+    end
+  end
 end