diff --git a/pkg/models/events.go b/pkg/models/events.go
index c18f4c4b0..6c0605035 100644
--- a/pkg/models/events.go
+++ b/pkg/models/events.go
@@ -59,3 +59,17 @@ func (t *TaskAssigneeCreatedEvent) TopicName() string {
 func (t *TaskAssigneeCreatedEvent) Message() interface{} {
 	return t
 }
+
+type TaskCommentCreatedEvent struct {
+	Task    *Task
+	Comment *TaskComment
+	Doer    *user.User
+}
+
+func (t *TaskCommentCreatedEvent) TopicName() string {
+	return "task.comment.created"
+}
+
+func (t *TaskCommentCreatedEvent) Message() interface{} {
+	return t
+}
diff --git a/pkg/models/task_comments.go b/pkg/models/task_comments.go
index f1c4486ee..38babdb7c 100644
--- a/pkg/models/task_comments.go
+++ b/pkg/models/task_comments.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package models
 
 import (
+	"code.vikunja.io/api/pkg/events"
 	"time"
 
 	"xorm.io/xorm"
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func (tc *TaskComment) TableName() string {
 // @Router /tasks/{taskID}/comments [put]
 func (tc *TaskComment) Create(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth) (err error) {
 	// Check if the task exists
-	_, err = GetTaskSimple(s, &Task{ID: tc.TaskID})
+	task, err := GetTaskSimple(s, &Task{ID: tc.TaskID})
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -70,6 +71,20 @@ func (tc *TaskComment) Create(s *xorm.Session, a web.Auth) (err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
+
+	doer, err := user.GetFromAuth(a)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = events.Publish(&TaskCommentCreatedEvent{
+		Task:    &task,
+		Comment: tc,
+		Doer:    doer,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	tc.Author, err = user.GetUserByID(s, a.GetID())
 	return
 }