diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/ga.service.spec.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/ga.service.spec.ts
index be3c80cc59..ffd95fbc45 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/ga.service.spec.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/ga.service.spec.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ describe('GaService', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('sendEvent', () => {
+    it('should send "event" with associated data', () => {
+      gaService.sendEvent('some source', 'some campaign', 'a label', 45);
+      expect(gaSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('send', 'event', 'some source', 'some campaign', 'a label', 45);
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should support replacing the `window.ga` function', () => {
     const gaSpy2 = jasmine.createSpy('new ga');
     mockWindow.ga = gaSpy2;
diff --git a/aio/src/app/shared/ga.service.ts b/aio/src/app/shared/ga.service.ts
index 122bfa4a93..65318f2a20 100644
--- a/aio/src/app/shared/ga.service.ts
+++ b/aio/src/app/shared/ga.service.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ export class GaService {
     this.ga('send', 'pageview');
   }
 
+  sendEvent(source: string, action: string, label?: string, value?: number) {
+    this.ga('send', 'event', source, action, label, value);
+  }
+
   ga(...args: any[]) {
     const gaFn = (this.window as any)['ga'];
     if (gaFn) {