diff --git a/UI/obs-frontend-api/obs-frontend-api.h b/UI/obs-frontend-api/obs-frontend-api.h
index 864422982..b4be8db4c 100644
--- a/UI/obs-frontend-api/obs-frontend-api.h
+++ b/UI/obs-frontend-api/obs-frontend-api.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ enum obs_frontend_event {
 	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_PROFILE_RENAMED,
 	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_SCENE_COLLECTION_RENAMED,
 	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_THEME_CHANGED,
+	OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_SCREENSHOT_TAKEN,
 };
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main-screenshot.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main-screenshot.cpp
index 306d41ca0..a4fa6c3bd 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main-screenshot.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main-screenshot.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ ScreenshotObj::~ScreenshotObj()
 			main->ShowStatusBarMessage(
 				QTStr("Basic.StatusBar.ScreenshotSavedTo")
 					.arg(QT_UTF8(path.c_str())));
+
+			if (main->api)
+				main->api->on_event(
+					OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_SCREENSHOT_TAKEN);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
index 37d377978..f34243fbb 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ class OBSBasic : public OBSMainWindow {
 	friend class OBSPermissions;
 	friend struct BasicOutputHandler;
 	friend struct OBSStudioAPI;
+	friend class ScreenshotObj;
 
 	enum class MoveDir { Up, Down, Left, Right };
 
diff --git a/docs/sphinx/reference-frontend-api.rst b/docs/sphinx/reference-frontend-api.rst
index 6beada0f2..e9d3fff6e 100644
--- a/docs/sphinx/reference-frontend-api.rst
+++ b/docs/sphinx/reference-frontend-api.rst
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ Structures/Enumerations
 
      Triggered when the theme is changed.
 
+   - **OBS_FRONTEND_EVENT_SCREENSHOT_TAKEN**
+
+     Triggered when a screenshot is taken.
 
 .. struct:: obs_frontend_source_list