diff --git a/inst/htmlwidgets/plotly.js b/inst/htmlwidgets/plotly.js
index 808036020d..8c1635975c 100644
--- a/inst/htmlwidgets/plotly.js
+++ b/inst/htmlwidgets/plotly.js
@@ -301,6 +301,38 @@ HTMLWidgets.widget({
     } 
     
     
+    // send user input event data to dashR
+    // TODO: make this more consistent with Graph() props?
+    var dashRwidgets = window.dashRwidgets || {};
+    var dashRmode = typeof el.setProps === "function" &&
+                    typeof dashRwidgets.htmlwidget === "function";
+    if (dashRmode) {
+      graphDiv.on('plotly_relayout', function(d) {
+        el.setProps({"input_plotly_relayout": d});
+      });
+      graphDiv.on('plotly_hover', function(d) {
+        el.setProps({"input_plotly_hover": eventDataWithKey(d)});
+      });
+      graphDiv.on('plotly_click', function(d) {
+        el.setProps({"input_plotly_click": eventDataWithKey(d)});
+      });
+      graphDiv.on('plotly_selected', function(d) {
+        el.setProps({"input_plotly_selected": eventDataWithKey(d)});
+      });
+      graphDiv.on('plotly_unhover', function(eventData) {
+        el.setProps({"input_plotly_hover": null});
+      });
+      graphDiv.on('plotly_doubleclick', function(eventData) {
+        el.setProps({"input_plotly_click": null});
+      });
+      // 'plotly_deselect' is code for doubleclick when in select mode
+      graphDiv.on('plotly_deselect', function(eventData) {
+        el.setProps({"input_plotly_selected": null});
+        el.setProps({"input_plotly_click": null});
+      });
+    } 
+    
+    
     // Given an array of {curveNumber: x, pointNumber: y} objects,
     // return a hash of {
     //   set1: {value: [key1, key2, ...], _isSimpleKey: false},