diff --git a/command/agent/event_endpoint.go b/command/agent/event_endpoint.go
index d0ba9ed68c..b0078b5b07 100644
--- a/command/agent/event_endpoint.go
+++ b/command/agent/event_endpoint.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) EventFire(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (int
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
+	// Get the datacenter
+	var dc string
+	s.parseDC(req, &dc)
+
 	event := &UserEvent{}
 	event.Name = strings.TrimPrefix(req.URL.Path, "/v1/event/fire/")
 	if event.Name == "" {
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ func (s *HTTPServer) EventFire(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) (int
 	}
 
 	// Try to fire the event
-	if err := s.agent.UserEvent(event); err != nil {
+	if err := s.agent.UserEvent(dc, event); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/command/agent/event_endpoint_test.go b/command/agent/event_endpoint_test.go
index 6c64a44159..acdb1464a1 100644
--- a/command/agent/event_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/event_endpoint_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestEventFire(t *testing.T) {
 func TestEventList(t *testing.T) {
 	httpTest(t, func(srv *HTTPServer) {
 		p := &UserEvent{Name: "test"}
-		if err := srv.agent.UserEvent(p); err != nil {
+		if err := srv.agent.UserEvent("", p); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestEventList(t *testing.T) {
 func TestEventList_Blocking(t *testing.T) {
 	httpTest(t, func(srv *HTTPServer) {
 		p := &UserEvent{Name: "test"}
-		if err := srv.agent.UserEvent(p); err != nil {
+		if err := srv.agent.UserEvent("", p); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func TestEventList_Blocking(t *testing.T) {
 		go func() {
 			time.Sleep(50 * time.Millisecond)
 			p := &UserEvent{Name: "second"}
-			if err := srv.agent.UserEvent(p); err != nil {
+			if err := srv.agent.UserEvent("", p); err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 			}
 		}()
diff --git a/command/agent/user_event.go b/command/agent/user_event.go
index 6004a1bda9..be1037d51d 100644
--- a/command/agent/user_event.go
+++ b/command/agent/user_event.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/consul/structs"
 	"github.com/ugorji/go/codec"
 )
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ func validateUserEventParams(params *UserEvent) error {
 }
 
 // UserEvent is used to fire an event via the Serf layer on the LAN
-func (a *Agent) UserEvent(params *UserEvent) error {
+func (a *Agent) UserEvent(dc string, params *UserEvent) error {
 	// Validate the params
 	if err := validateUserEventParams(params); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -82,10 +83,27 @@ func (a *Agent) UserEvent(params *UserEvent) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("UserEvent encoding failed: %v", err)
 	}
-	if a.server != nil {
-		return a.server.UserEvent(params.Name, payload)
+
+	// Check if this is the local DC, fire locally
+	if dc == "" || dc == a.config.Datacenter {
+		if a.server != nil {
+			return a.server.UserEvent(params.Name, payload)
+		} else {
+			return a.client.UserEvent(params.Name, payload)
+		}
 	} else {
-		return a.client.UserEvent(params.Name, payload)
+		// Send an RPC to remote datacenter to service this
+		args := structs.EventFireRequest{
+			Datacenter: dc,
+			Name:       params.Name,
+			Payload:    payload,
+		}
+
+		// Any server can process in the remote DC, since the
+		// gossip will take over anyways
+		args.AllowStale = true
+		var out structs.EventFireResponse
+		return a.RPC("Internal.EventFire", &args, &out)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/command/agent/user_event_test.go b/command/agent/user_event_test.go
index 76a3e4bf62..3c2fcbe34e 100644
--- a/command/agent/user_event_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/user_event_test.go
@@ -162,13 +162,13 @@ func TestFireReceiveEvent(t *testing.T) {
 	agent.state.AddService(srv1)
 
 	p1 := &UserEvent{Name: "deploy", ServiceFilter: "web"}
-	err := agent.UserEvent(p1)
+	err := agent.UserEvent("", p1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	p2 := &UserEvent{Name: "deploy"}
-	err = agent.UserEvent(p2)
+	err = agent.UserEvent("", p2)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/consul/internal_endpoint.go b/consul/internal_endpoint.go
index 53252e78ee..5a38b31a22 100644
--- a/consul/internal_endpoint.go
+++ b/consul/internal_endpoint.go
@@ -46,3 +46,19 @@ func (m *Internal) NodeDump(args *structs.DCSpecificRequest,
 			return nil
 		})
 }
+
+// EventFire is a bit of an odd endpoint, but it allows for a cross-DC RPC
+// call to fire an event. The primary use case is to enable user events being
+// triggered in a remote DC.
+func (m *Internal) EventFire(args *structs.EventFireRequest,
+	reply *structs.EventFireResponse) error {
+	if done, err := m.srv.forward("Internal.EventFire", args, args, reply); done {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Set the query meta data
+	m.srv.setQueryMeta(&reply.QueryMeta)
+
+	// Fire the event
+	return m.srv.UserEvent(args.Name, args.Payload)
+}
diff --git a/consul/structs/structs.go b/consul/structs/structs.go
index 95f273f4fc..910a1d3e05 100644
--- a/consul/structs/structs.go
+++ b/consul/structs/structs.go
@@ -493,6 +493,29 @@ type ACLPolicy struct {
 	QueryMeta
 }
 
+// EventFireRequest is used to ask a server to fire
+// a Serf event. It is a bit odd, since it doesn't depend on
+// the catalog or leader. Any node can respond, so it's not quite
+// like a standard write request. This is used only internally.
+type EventFireRequest struct {
+	Datacenter string
+	Name       string
+	Payload    []byte
+
+	// Not using WriteRequest so that any server can process
+	// the request. It is a bit unusual...
+	QueryOptions
+}
+
+func (r *EventFireRequest) RequestDatacenter() string {
+	return r.Datacenter
+}
+
+// EventFireResponse is used to respond to a fire request.
+type EventFireResponse struct {
+	QueryMeta
+}
+
 // msgpackHandle is a shared handle for encoding/decoding of structs
 var msgpackHandle = &codec.MsgpackHandle{}