diff --git a/lib/features/rules/BpmnRules.js b/lib/features/rules/BpmnRules.js
index 895421b8..c3eab9ff 100644
--- a/lib/features/rules/BpmnRules.js
+++ b/lib/features/rules/BpmnRules.js
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ BpmnRules.prototype.init = function() {
         return canConnect(element.source, element.target, element);
       }
 
+      if (element.host) {
+        return canAttach(element, element.host, null, position);
+      }
+
       return canCreate(element, target, null, position);
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/spec/features/rules/BpmnRulesSpec.js b/test/spec/features/rules/BpmnRulesSpec.js
index a0bd74cf..3fe6e2b5 100644
--- a/test/spec/features/rules/BpmnRulesSpec.js
+++ b/test/spec/features/rules/BpmnRulesSpec.js
@@ -81,6 +81,36 @@ describe('features/modeling/rules - BpmnRules', function() {
       expectCanCreate([ task1, task2, sequenceFlow ], 'Process', false);
     }));
 
+
+    it('create task and non-interrupting boundary event', inject(function(elementFactory) {
+
+      // given
+      var task = elementFactory.createShape({ type: 'bpmn:Task' }),
+          boundaryEvent = elementFactory.createShape({
+            type: 'bpmn:BoundaryEvent',
+            eventDefinitionType: 'bpmn:EscalationEventDefinition',
+            cancelActivity: false,
+            host: task
+          });
+
+      // then
+      expectCanCreate([ task, boundaryEvent ], 'Process', true);
+    }));
+
+
+    it('create task and interrupting boundary event', inject(function(elementFactory) {
+
+      // given
+      var task = elementFactory.createShape({ type: 'bpmn:Task' }),
+          boundaryEvent = elementFactory.createShape({
+            type: 'bpmn:BoundaryEvent',
+            eventDefinitionType: 'bpmn:EscalationEventDefinition',
+            host: task
+          });
+
+      // then
+      expectCanCreate([ task, boundaryEvent ], 'Process', true);
+    }));
   });