diff --git a/mayan/apps/cabinets/apps.py b/mayan/apps/cabinets/apps.py
index cc609b40b4..5a45775ed3 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/cabinets/apps.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/cabinets/apps.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class CabinetsApp(MayanAppConfig):
 
     def ready(self):
         super(CabinetsApp, self).ready()
+        from actstream import registry
 
         Document = apps.get_model(
             app_label='documents', model_name='Document'
@@ -126,3 +127,5 @@ class CabinetsApp(MayanAppConfig):
                 'cabinets:document_cabinet_remove'
             )
         )
+
+        registry.register(Cabinet)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/cabinets/events.py b/mayan/apps/cabinets/events.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63ed2fb8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/cabinets/events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+
+from events.classes import Event
+
+event_cabinets_add_document = Event(
+    name='cabinets_add_document',
+    label=_('Document added to cabinet')
+)
+event_cabinets_remove_document = Event(
+    name='cabinets_remove_document',
+    label=_('Document removed from cabinet')
+)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/cabinets/models.py b/mayan/apps/cabinets/models.py
index 20d5162a03..d2d54598e6 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/cabinets/models.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/cabinets/models.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from acls.models import AccessControlList
 from documents.models import Document
 from documents.permissions import permission_document_view
 
+from .events import event_cabinets_add_document, event_cabinets_remove_document
 from .search import cabinet_search  # NOQA
 
 
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ class Cabinet(MPTTModel):
     def __str__(self):
         return self.get_full_path()
 
+    def add_document(self, document, user=None):
+        self.documents.add(document)
+        event_cabinets_add_document.commit(
+            action_object=self, actor=user, target=document
+        )
+
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return reverse('cabinets:cabinet_view', args=(self.pk,))
 
@@ -57,6 +64,12 @@ class Cabinet(MPTTModel):
 
         return ' / '.join(result)
 
+    def remove_document(self, document, user=None):
+        self.documents.remove(document)
+        event_cabinets_remove_document.commit(
+            action_object=self, actor=user, target=document
+        )
+
     def validate_unique(self, exclude=None):
         # Explicit validation of uniqueness of parent+label as the provided
         # unique_together check in Meta is not working for all 100% cases
diff --git a/mayan/apps/cabinets/tests/test_events.py b/mayan/apps/cabinets/tests/test_events.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff4cc0523e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mayan/apps/cabinets/tests/test_events.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from actstream.models import Action
+
+from documents.tests.test_models import GenericDocumentTestCase
+
+from ..events import (
+    event_cabinets_add_document, event_cabinets_remove_document
+)
+from ..models import Cabinet
+
+from .literals import TEST_CABINET_LABEL
+
+
+class CabinetsEventsTestCase(GenericDocumentTestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(CabinetsEventsTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self._create_cabinet()
+
+    def _create_cabinet(self):
+        self.cabinet = Cabinet.objects.create(label=TEST_CABINET_LABEL)
+
+    def test_document_cabinet_add_event(self):
+        Action.objects.all().delete()
+        self.cabinet.add_document(document=self.document)
+
+        self.assertEqual(Action.objects.last().target, self.document)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            Action.objects.last().verb,
+            event_cabinets_add_document.name
+        )
+
+    def test_document_cabinet_remove_event(self):
+        self.cabinet.add_document(document=self.document)
+        Action.objects.all().delete()
+        self.cabinet.remove_document(document=self.document)
+
+        self.assertEqual(Action.objects.first().target, self.document)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            Action.objects.first().verb,
+            event_cabinets_remove_document.name
+        )
diff --git a/mayan/apps/cabinets/views.py b/mayan/apps/cabinets/views.py
index bd879cb041..6b418ca7ac 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/cabinets/views.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/cabinets/views.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from .permissions import (
 )
 from .widgets import jstree_data
 
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -257,7 +256,9 @@ class DocumentAddToCabinetView(MultipleObjectFormActionView):
                     }
                 )
             else:
-                cabinet.documents.add(instance)
+                cabinet.add_document(
+                    document=instance, user=self.request.user
+                )
                 messages.success(
                     self.request, _(
                         'Document: %(document)s added to cabinet: '
@@ -343,7 +344,9 @@ class DocumentRemoveFromCabinetView(MultipleObjectFormActionView):
                     }
                 )
             else:
-                cabinet.documents.remove(instance)
+                cabinet.remove_document(
+                    document=instance, user=self.request.user
+                )
                 messages.success(
                     self.request, _(
                         'Document: %(document)s removed from cabinet: '