diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Database/Events/Migration.php b/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Database/Events/Migration.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e8becbbbca3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Contracts/Database/Events/Migration.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Events;
+
+interface Migration
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationEnded.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationEnded.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a90a4cc4c9c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationEnded.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Database\Events;
+
+class MigrationEnded extends MigrationEvent
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationEvent.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18c01cb1b70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Database\Events;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Events\Migration as MigrationContract;
+
+abstract class MigrationEvent implements MigrationContract
+{
+    /**
+     * An instance of the migration.
+     *
+     * @var \Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration
+     */
+    public $migration;
+
+    /**
+     * The direction of the migration.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    public $direction;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new event instance.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration  $migration
+     * @param  string  $direction
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct(Migration $migration, $direction)
+    {
+        $this->migration = $migration;
+        $this->direction = $direction;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationStarted.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationStarted.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f206b4c826a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationStarted.php
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Database\Events;
+
+class MigrationStarted extends MigrationEvent
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationsEnded.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationsEnded.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7bd9ecd344a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationsEnded.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Database\Events;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Events\Migration as MigrationContract;
+
+class MigrationsEnded implements MigrationContract
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationsStarted.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationsStarted.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3accbdcb5948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Events/MigrationsStarted.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Database\Events;
+
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Events\Migration as MigrationContract;
+
+class MigrationsStarted implements MigrationContract
+{
+    //
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/MigrationServiceProvider.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/MigrationServiceProvider.php
index dc4b4b71407d..212827c7d12e 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/MigrationServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/MigrationServiceProvider.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ protected function registerMigrator()
         $this->app->singleton('migrator', function ($app) {
             $repository = $app['migration.repository'];
 
-            return new Migrator($repository, $app['db'], $app['files']);
+            return new Migrator($repository, $app['db'], $app['files'], $app['events']);
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Migrations/Migrator.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Migrations/Migrator.php
index 9689da90ee36..181e154994df 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Migrations/Migrator.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Migrations/Migrator.php
@@ -7,10 +7,22 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Console\OutputStyle;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\MigrationEnded;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\MigrationsEnded;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\MigrationStarted;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\MigrationsStarted;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionResolverInterface as Resolver;
 
 class Migrator
 {
+    /**
+     * The event dispatcher instance.
+     *
+     * @var \Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher
+     */
+    protected $events;
+
     /**
      * The migration repository implementation.
      *
@@ -59,13 +71,16 @@ class Migrator
      * @param  \Illuminate\Database\Migrations\MigrationRepositoryInterface  $repository
      * @param  \Illuminate\Database\ConnectionResolverInterface  $resolver
      * @param  \Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem  $files
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Events\Dispatcher  $dispatcher
      * @return void
      */
     public function __construct(MigrationRepositoryInterface $repository,
                                 Resolver $resolver,
-                                Filesystem $files)
+                                Filesystem $files,
+                                Dispatcher $dispatcher = null)
     {
         $this->files = $files;
+        $this->events = $dispatcher;
         $this->resolver = $resolver;
         $this->repository = $repository;
     }
@@ -140,6 +155,8 @@ public function runPending(array $migrations, array $options = [])
 
         $step = $options['step'] ?? false;
 
+        $this->fireMigrationEvent(new MigrationsStarted);
+
         // Once we have the array of migrations, we will spin through them and run the
         // migrations "up" so the changes are made to the databases. We'll then log
         // that the migration was run so we don't repeat it next time we execute.
@@ -150,6 +167,8 @@ public function runPending(array $migrations, array $options = [])
                 $batch++;
             }
         }
+
+        $this->fireMigrationEvent(new MigrationsEnded);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -239,6 +258,8 @@ protected function rollbackMigrations(array $migrations, $paths, array $options)
 
         $this->requireFiles($files = $this->getMigrationFiles($paths));
 
+        $this->fireMigrationEvent(new MigrationsStarted);
+
         // Next we will run through all of the migrations and call the "down" method
         // which will reverse each migration in order. This getLast method on the
         // repository already returns these migration's names in reverse order.
@@ -259,6 +280,8 @@ protected function rollbackMigrations(array $migrations, $paths, array $options)
             );
         }
 
+        $this->fireMigrationEvent(new MigrationsEnded);
+
         return $rolledBack;
     }
 
@@ -357,7 +380,11 @@ protected function runMigration($migration, $method)
 
         $callback = function () use ($migration, $method) {
             if (method_exists($migration, $method)) {
+                $this->fireMigrationEvent(new MigrationStarted($migration, $method));
+
                 $migration->{$method}();
+
+                $this->fireMigrationEvent(new MigrationEnded($migration, $method));
             }
         };
 
@@ -591,4 +618,17 @@ protected function note($message)
             $this->output->writeln($message);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Fire the given event for the migration.
+     *
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Events\Migration $event
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function fireMigrationEvent($event)
+    {
+        if ($this->events) {
+            $this->events->dispatch($event);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Database/MigrateWithRealpathTest.php b/tests/Integration/Database/MigrateWithRealpathTest.php
index bb117d452f26..00a031f131e8 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Database/MigrateWithRealpathTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Database/MigrateWithRealpathTest.php
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Tests\Integration\Database;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\MigrationEnded;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\MigrationsEnded;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\MigrationStarted;
+use Illuminate\Database\Events\MigrationsStarted;
 
 class MigrateWithRealpathTest extends DatabaseTestCase
 {
@@ -35,4 +40,27 @@ public function test_migrations_has_the_migrated_table()
             'batch' => 1,
         ]);
     }
+
+    public function test_migration_events_are_fired()
+    {
+        Event::fake();
+
+        Event::listen(MigrationsStarted::class, function ($event) {
+            return $this->assertInstanceOf(MigrationsStarted::class, $event);
+        });
+
+        Event::listen(MigrationsEnded::class, function ($event) {
+            return $this->assertInstanceOf(MigrationsEnded::class, $event);
+        });
+
+        Event::listen(MigrationStarted::class, function ($event) {
+            return $this->assertInstanceOf(MigrationStarted::class, $event);
+        });
+
+        Event::listen(MigrationEnded::class, function ($event) {
+            return $this->assertInstanceOf(MigrationEnded::class, $event);
+        });
+
+        $this->artisan('migrate');
+    }
 }