diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/rest/action/RestExecuteWatchAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/rest/action/RestExecuteWatchAction.java
index 89e6a0fcb78..fef5868456a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/rest/action/RestExecuteWatchAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/watcher/rest/action/RestExecuteWatchAction.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public class RestExecuteWatchAction extends WatcherRestHandler {
         if (triggerEvent == null) {
             throw new WatcherException("[{}] is a required field.",TRIGGER_EVENT_FIELD.getPreferredName());
         }
-
+        executeWatchRequestBuilder.setTriggerEvent(triggerEvent);
         return executeWatchRequestBuilder.request();
     }