diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 33d84e4b6..0547ac640 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ For example, let's say we want to store all data that triggered an alert in Infl
 - [#426](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/426): Add `skip-format` query parameter to the `GET /task` endpoint so that returned TICKscript content is left unmodified from the user input.
 - [#388](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/issues/388): The duration of an alert is now tracked and exposed as part of the alert data as well as can be set as a field via `.durationField('duration')`.
 - [#486](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/486): Default config file location.
+- [#461](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/461): Make Alerta `event` property configurable.
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/alert.go b/alert.go
index 4cf828245..4650e748c 100644
--- a/alert.go
+++ b/alert.go
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ func newAlertNode(et *ExecutingTask, n *pipeline.AlertNode, l *log.Logger) (an *
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		evtmpl, err := text.New("event").Parse(alerta.Event)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		etmpl, err := text.New("environment").Parse(alerta.Environment)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -247,6 +251,7 @@ func newAlertNode(et *ExecutingTask, n *pipeline.AlertNode, l *log.Logger) (an *
 		ai := alertaHandler{
 			AlertaHandler:   alerta,
 			resourceTmpl:    rtmpl,
+			eventTmpl:       evtmpl,
 			environmentTmpl: etmpl,
 			groupTmpl:       gtmpl,
 			valueTmpl:       vtmpl,
@@ -873,6 +878,7 @@ type alertaHandler struct {
 	*pipeline.AlertaHandler
 
 	resourceTmpl    *text.Template
+	eventTmpl       *text.Template
 	environmentTmpl *text.Template
 	valueTmpl       *text.Template
 	groupTmpl       *text.Template
@@ -907,6 +913,22 @@ func (a *AlertNode) handleAlerta(alerta alertaHandler, ad *AlertData) {
 	resource := buf.String()
 	buf.Reset()
 
+	type eventData struct {
+		idInfo
+		ID string
+	}
+	data := eventData{
+		idInfo: ad.info.messageInfo.idInfo,
+		ID:     ad.ID,
+	}
+	err = alerta.eventTmpl.Execute(&buf, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		a.logger.Printf("E! failed to evaluate Alerta Event template %s", alerta.Event)
+		return
+	}
+	event := buf.String()
+	buf.Reset()
+
 	err = alerta.environmentTmpl.Execute(&buf, ad.info)
 	if err != nil {
 		a.logger.Printf("E! failed to evaluate Alerta Environment template %s", alerta.Environment)
@@ -938,7 +960,7 @@ func (a *AlertNode) handleAlerta(alerta alertaHandler, ad *AlertData) {
 	err = a.et.tm.AlertaService.Alert(
 		alerta.Token,
 		resource,
-		ad.ID,
+		event,
 		environment,
 		severity,
 		group,
diff --git a/integrations/streamer_test.go b/integrations/streamer_test.go
index 7777d6311..f14e60ca3 100644
--- a/integrations/streamer_test.go
+++ b/integrations/streamer_test.go
@@ -2707,6 +2707,9 @@ func TestStream_AlertAlerta(t *testing.T) {
 			if exp := "cpu"; pd.Resource != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected resource got %s exp %s", pd.Resource, exp)
 			}
+			if exp := "serverA"; pd.Event != exp {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected event got %s exp %s", pd.Event, exp)
+			}
 			if exp := "production"; pd.Environment != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected environment got %s exp %s", pd.Environment, exp)
 			}
@@ -2726,9 +2729,12 @@ func TestStream_AlertAlerta(t *testing.T) {
 			if exp := "/alert?api-key=anothertesttoken"; r.URL.String() != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected url got %s exp %s", r.URL.String(), exp)
 			}
-			if exp := "resource: cpu"; pd.Resource != exp {
+			if exp := "resource: serverA"; pd.Resource != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected resource got %s exp %s", pd.Resource, exp)
 			}
+			if exp := "event: TestStream_Alert"; pd.Event != exp {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected event got %s exp %s", pd.Event, exp)
+			}
 			if exp := "serverA"; pd.Environment != exp {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected environment got %s exp %s", pd.Environment, exp)
 			}
@@ -2745,9 +2751,6 @@ func TestStream_AlertAlerta(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected origin got %s exp %s", pd.Origin, exp)
 			}
 		}
-		if exp := "serverA"; pd.Event != exp {
-			t.Errorf("unexpected event got %s exp %s", pd.Event, exp)
-		}
 		if exp := "kapacitor/cpu/serverA is CRITICAL @1971-01-01 00:00:10 +0000 UTC"; pd.Text != exp {
 			t.Errorf("unexpected text got %s exp %s", pd.Text, exp)
 		}
@@ -2775,7 +2778,8 @@ stream
 			.environment('production')
 		.alerta()
 			.token('anothertesttoken')
-			.resource('resource: {{ .Name }}')
+			.resource('resource: {{ index .Tags "host" }}')
+			.event('event: {{ .TaskName }}')
 			.environment('{{ index .Tags "host" }}')
 			.origin('override')
 			.group('{{ .ID }}')
diff --git a/pipeline/alert.go b/pipeline/alert.go
index 8e2c9cf72..489d2091a 100644
--- a/pipeline/alert.go
+++ b/pipeline/alert.go
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ func (a *AlertNode) Alerta() *AlertaHandler {
 	alerta := &AlertaHandler{
 		AlertNode: a,
 		Resource:  defaultAlertaResource,
+		Event:     defaultAlertaEvent,
 		Group:     defaultAlertaGroup,
 	}
 	a.AlertaHandlers = append(a.AlertaHandlers, alerta)
@@ -758,6 +759,7 @@ func (a *AlertNode) Alerta() *AlertaHandler {
 }
 
 const defaultAlertaResource = "{{ .Name }}"
+const defaultAlertaEvent = "{{ .ID }}"
 const defaultAlertaGroup = "{{ .Group }}"
 
 // tick:embedded:AlertNode.Alerta
@@ -773,6 +775,11 @@ type AlertaHandler struct {
 	// Default: {{ .Name }}
 	Resource string
 
+	// Alerta event.
+	// Can be a template and has access to the same data as the idInfo property.
+	// Default: {{ .ID }}
+	Event string
+
 	// Alerta environment.
 	// Can be a template and has access to the same data as the AlertNode.Details property.
 	// Defaut is set from the configuration.