diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/audit.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/audit.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3a855e9ff93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/audit.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/user"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/localpath"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/out/register"
+)
+
+// getUser pulls the user flag, if empty gets the os user
+func getUser() string {
+	u := viper.GetString(userFlag)
+	if u != "" {
+		return u
+	}
+	osUser, err := user.Current()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "unable to get user"
+	}
+	return osUser.Username
+}
+
+// getArgs concats the args into space delimited string
+func getArgs() string {
+	if len(os.Args) < 3 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return strings.Join(os.Args[2:], " ")
+}
+
+// audit logs details about the executed command
+func audit(startTime time.Time) {
+	register.SetEventLogPath(localpath.EventLog("audit"))
+	register.RecordAudit(os.Args[1], getArgs(), getUser(), startTime, time.Now())
+}
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
index 7bfe9bfda21e..ef19d80eb703 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnerror"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/go-ps"
@@ -129,6 +130,9 @@ func runDelete(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	if len(args) > 0 {
 		exit.Message(reason.Usage, "Usage: minikube delete")
 	}
+
+	defer audit(time.Now())
+
 	// register.SetEventLogPath(localpath.EventLog(ClusterFlagValue()))
 	register.Reg.SetStep(register.Deleting)
 
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
index 1c1d7b6c6a52..de3f4a4817e7 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/ssh"
@@ -129,6 +130,8 @@ func platform() string {
 
 // runStart handles the executes the flow of "minikube start"
 func runStart(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	defer audit(time.Now())
+
 	register.SetEventLogPath(localpath.EventLog(ClusterFlagValue()))
 
 	out.SetJSON(outputFormat == "json")
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
index 8cd3fdc6acc0..687dc76642bc 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ const (
 	network                 = "network"
 	startNamespace          = "namespace"
 	trace                   = "trace"
+	userFlag                = "user"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ func initMinikubeFlags() {
 	startCmd.Flags().StringP(network, "", "", "network to run minikube with. Only available with the docker/podman drivers. If left empty, minikube will create a new network.")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&outputFormat, "output", "o", "text", "Format to print stdout in. Options include: [text,json]")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringP(trace, "", "", "Send trace events. Options include: [gcp]")
+	startCmd.Flags().String(userFlag, "", "Sets who will be logged as executing the command, will use os user if none provided")
 }
 
 // initKubernetesFlags inits the commandline flags for Kubernetes related options
diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
index 4fd0fadabc49..3cdf608a39b7 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/stop.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ func init() {
 
 // runStop handles the executes the flow of "minikube stop"
 func runStop(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+	defer audit(time.Now())
+
 	out.SetJSON(outputFormat == "json")
 	register.Reg.SetStep(register.Stopping)
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/out/register/json.go b/pkg/minikube/out/register/json.go
index 14f9449666fc..b52ad9de6755 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/out/register/json.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/out/register/json.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 package register
 
+import "time"
+
 // PrintStep prints a Step type in JSON format
 func PrintStep(message string) {
 	s := NewStep(message)
@@ -69,3 +71,9 @@ func PrintWarning(warning string) {
 	w := NewWarning(warning)
 	printAndRecordCloudEvent(w, w.data)
 }
+
+// RecordAudit records an Audit type in JSON format
+func RecordAudit(command string, args string, user string, startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time) {
+	a := NewAudit(command, args, user, startTime, endTime)
+	recordCloudEvent(a, a.data)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/out/register/log.go b/pkg/minikube/out/register/log.go
index 9d340d6b4b2c..8fa51edeac1f 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/out/register/log.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/out/register/log.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package register
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 // Log represents the different types of logs that can be output as JSON
@@ -154,3 +155,26 @@ func NewErrorExitCode(err string, exitcode int, additionalData ...map[string]str
 func (s *Error) Type() string {
 	return "io.k8s.sigs.minikube.error"
 }
+
+// Audit represents the execution of a command
+type Audit struct {
+	data map[string]string
+}
+
+// Type returns the cloud events compatible type of this struct
+func (a *Audit) Type() string {
+	return "io.k8s.sigs.minikube.audit"
+}
+
+// NewAudit returns a new audit type
+func NewAudit(command string, args string, user string, startTime time.Time, endTime time.Time) *Audit {
+	return &Audit{
+		map[string]string{
+			"args":      args,
+			"command":   command,
+			"endTime":   endTime.String(),
+			"startTime": startTime.String(),
+			"user":      user,
+		},
+	}
+}