diff --git a/app/models/email_token.rb b/app/models/email_token.rb
index 4feea3fa5a1..00e91a4f95a 100644
--- a/app/models/email_token.rb
+++ b/app/models/email_token.rb
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class EmailToken < ActiveRecord::Base
         user.save!
         user.create_reviewable unless skip_reviewable
         user.set_automatic_groups
+        DiscourseEvent.trigger(:user_confirmed_email, user)
       end
 
       if user
diff --git a/config/initializers/012-web_hook_events.rb b/config/initializers/012-web_hook_events.rb
index 29e543982de..e7620933332 100644
--- a/config/initializers/012-web_hook_events.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/012-web_hook_events.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ end
   user_logged_in
   user_approved
   user_updated
+  user_confirmed_email
 ).each do |event|
   DiscourseEvent.on(event) do |user|
     WebHook.enqueue_object_hooks(:user, user, event)
diff --git a/config/locales/client.en.yml b/config/locales/client.en.yml
index 51f9e64b250..c9daee0143c 100644
--- a/config/locales/client.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/client.en.yml
@@ -3999,7 +3999,7 @@ en:
           details: "When there is a new reply, edit, deleted or recovered."
         user_event:
           name: "User Event"
-          details: "When a user logs in, logs out, is created, approved or updated."
+          details: "When a user logs in, logs out, confirms their email, is created, approved or updated."
         group_event:
           name: "Group Event"
           details: "When a group is created, updated or destroyed."
diff --git a/spec/models/web_hook_spec.rb b/spec/models/web_hook_spec.rb
index 6f67fce731c..f6b873aaee8 100644
--- a/spec/models/web_hook_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/web_hook_spec.rb
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ describe WebHook do
       Fabricate(:user_web_hook, active: true)
 
       user
-      user.activate
       Jobs::CreateUserReviewable.new.execute(user_id: user.id)
 
       job_args = Jobs::EmitWebHookEvent.jobs.last["args"].first
@@ -333,6 +332,14 @@ describe WebHook do
       payload = JSON.parse(job_args["payload"])
       expect(payload["id"]).to eq(user.id)
 
+      email_token = user.email_tokens.create(email: user.email)
+      EmailToken.confirm(email_token.token)
+      job_args = Jobs::EmitWebHookEvent.jobs.last["args"].first
+
+      expect(job_args["event_name"]).to eq("user_confirmed_email")
+      payload = JSON.parse(job_args["payload"])
+      expect(payload["id"]).to eq(user.id)
+
       admin
       job_args = Jobs::EmitWebHookEvent.jobs.last["args"].first
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/users_controller_spec.rb
index 938a7d34caf..31c8b0750fe 100644
--- a/spec/requests/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ describe UsersController do
         end
 
         expect(events.map { |event| event[:event_name] }).to contain_exactly(
-          :user_logged_in, :user_first_logged_in
+          :user_logged_in, :user_first_logged_in, :user_confirmed_email
         )
 
         expect(response.status).to eq(200)