diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Event.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Event.pm
index b14d74f4..938043fa 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Event.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Event.pm
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package Hydra::Event;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use Hydra::Event::BuildFinished;
+use Hydra::Event::BuildQueued;
 use Hydra::Event::BuildStarted;
 use Hydra::Event::StepFinished;
 
 my %channels_to_events = (
+  build_queued => \&Hydra::Event::BuildQueued::parse,
   build_started => \&Hydra::Event::BuildStarted::parse,
   step_finished => \&Hydra::Event::StepFinished::parse,
   build_finished => \&Hydra::Event::BuildFinished::parse,
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Event/BuildQueued.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Event/BuildQueued.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..551203ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Event/BuildQueued.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package Hydra::Event::BuildQueued;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+sub parse :prototype(@) {
+    unless (@_ == 1) {
+        die "build_queued: payload takes only one argument, but ", scalar(@_), " were given";
+    }
+
+    my ($build_id) = @_;
+
+    unless ($build_id =~ /^\d+$/) {
+        die "build_queued: payload argument should be an integer, but '", $build_id, "' was given"
+    }
+
+    return Hydra::Event::BuildQueued->new(int($build_id));
+}
+
+sub new {
+    my ($self, $id) = @_;
+    return bless {
+        "build_id" => $id,
+        "build" => undef
+    }, $self;
+}
+
+sub load {
+    my ($self, $db) = @_;
+
+    if (!defined($self->{"build"})) {
+        $self->{"build"} = $db->resultset('Builds')->find($self->{"build_id"})
+            or die "build $self->{'build_id'} does not exist\n";
+    }
+}
+
+sub execute {
+    my ($self, $db, $plugin) = @_;
+
+    $self->load($db);
+
+    $plugin->buildQueued($self->{"build"});
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/src/script/hydra-notify b/src/script/hydra-notify
index f0ad7e6b..197652a0 100755
--- a/src/script/hydra-notify
+++ b/src/script/hydra-notify
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ my $task_dispatcher = Hydra::TaskDispatcher->new(
 my $dbh = $db->storage->dbh;
 
 my $listener = Hydra::PostgresListener->new($dbh);
+$listener->subscribe("build_queued");
 $listener->subscribe("build_started");
 $listener->subscribe("build_finished");
 $listener->subscribe("step_finished");
diff --git a/t/Event/BuildQueued.t b/t/Event/BuildQueued.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..996114b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/Event/BuildQueued.t
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Setup;
+use Hydra::Event;
+use Hydra::Event::BuildQueued;
+use Test2::V0;
+use Test2::Tools::Exception;
+use Test2::Tools::Mock qw(mock_obj);
+
+my $ctx = test_context();
+
+my $db = $ctx->db();
+
+my $builds = $ctx->makeAndEvaluateJobset(
+    expression => "basic.nix"
+);
+
+subtest "Parsing build_queued" => sub {
+    like(
+        dies { Hydra::Event::parse_payload("build_queued", "") },
+        qr/one argument/,
+        "empty payload"
+    );
+    like(
+        dies { Hydra::Event::parse_payload("build_queued", "abc123\tabc123") },
+        qr/only one argument/,
+        "two arguments"
+    );
+
+    like(
+        dies { Hydra::Event::parse_payload("build_queued", "abc123") },
+        qr/should be an integer/,
+        "not an integer"
+    );
+    is(
+        Hydra::Event::parse_payload("build_queued", "19"),
+        Hydra::Event::BuildQueued->new(19),
+        "Valid parse"
+    );
+};
+
+subtest "load" => sub {
+    my $build = $builds->{"empty_dir"};
+
+    my $event = Hydra::Event::BuildQueued->new($build->id);
+
+    $event->load($db);
+
+    is($event->{"build"}->id, $build->id, "The build record matches.");
+
+    # Create a fake "plugin" with a buildQueued sub, the sub sets this
+    # global passedBuild variable.
+    my $passedBuild;
+    my $plugin = {};
+    my $mock = mock_obj $plugin => (
+        add => [
+            "buildQueued" => sub {
+                my ($self, $build) = @_;
+                $passedBuild = $build;
+            }
+        ]
+    );
+
+    $event->execute($db, $plugin);
+
+    is($passedBuild->id, $build->id, "The plugin's buildQueued hook is called with the proper build");
+};
+
+done_testing;