diff --git a/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index c5bf5b0a4..e7c65a8c5 100644
--- a/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
             <action id="MagentoCreateCrontabFile" class="com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.xml.NewCrontabXmlAction"/>
             <action id="MagentoCreateDiFile" class="com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.xml.NewDiXmlAction"/>
             <action id="MagentoCreateEmailTemplatesFile" class="com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.xml.NewEmailTemplatesXmlAction"/>
+            <action id="MagentoCreateEventsFile" class="com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.xml.NewEventsXmlAction"/>
             <action id="MagentoCreateExtensionAttributesFile" class="com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.xml.NewExtensionAttributesXmlAction"/>
             <action id="MagentoCreateFieldsetFile" class="com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.xml.NewFieldsetXmlAction"/>
             <action id="MagentoCreateIndexerFile" class="com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.xml.NewIndexerXmlAction"/>
diff --git a/src/com/magento/idea/magento2plugin/actions/context/xml/NewEventsXmlAction.java b/src/com/magento/idea/magento2plugin/actions/context/xml/NewEventsXmlAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88ccf6359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/magento/idea/magento2plugin/actions/context/xml/NewEventsXmlAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ */
+
+package com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.xml;
+
+import com.intellij.ide.fileTemplates.actions.AttributesDefaults;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiDirectory;
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
+import com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.actions.context.AbstractContextAction;
+import com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.magento.files.ModuleEventsXml;
+import com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.magento.packages.Areas;
+import com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.magento.packages.ComponentType;
+import com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.magento.packages.Package;
+import com.magento.idea.magento2plugin.util.magento.GetMagentoModuleUtil;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public class NewEventsXmlAction extends AbstractContextAction {
+
+    public static final String ACTION_NAME = "Magento 2 Events File";
+    public static final String ACTION_DESCRIPTION = "Create a new Magento 2 events.xml file";
+
+    /**
+     * New events.xml file generation action constructor.
+     */
+    public NewEventsXmlAction() {
+        super(ACTION_NAME, ACTION_DESCRIPTION, new ModuleEventsXml());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isVisible(
+            final @NotNull GetMagentoModuleUtil.MagentoModuleData moduleData,
+            final PsiDirectory targetDirectory,
+            final PsiFile targetFile
+    ) {
+        final PsiDirectory configDir = moduleData.getConfigDir();
+        final PsiDirectory globalScopeDir = getGlobalScopeDir(targetDirectory);
+
+        if (configDir == null || globalScopeDir == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        final List<String> allowedDirectories = Arrays.asList(
+                Package.moduleBaseAreaDir,
+                Areas.adminhtml.toString(),
+                Areas.crontab.toString(),
+                Areas.frontend.toString(),
+                Areas.graphql.toString(),
+                Areas.webapi_rest.toString(),
+                Areas.webapi_soap.toString()
+        );
+
+        return allowedDirectories.contains(targetDirectory.getName())
+                && globalScopeDir.equals(configDir)
+                && moduleData.getType().equals(ComponentType.module);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected AttributesDefaults getProperties(
+            final @NotNull AttributesDefaults defaults,
+            final @NotNull GetMagentoModuleUtil.MagentoModuleData moduleData,
+            final PsiDirectory targetDirectory,
+            final PsiFile targetFile
+    ) {
+        return defaults;
+    }
+}