diff --git a/include/asterisk/event.h b/include/asterisk/event.h
index 5ffef1f35c48b99990f916f9c68aac41fd245dde..c5805f31a2a60b68ac12cdacfb6ea1482a2b95b2 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/event.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/event.h
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ void ast_event_dump_cache(const struct ast_event_sub *event_sub);
  * because it makes no sense to do so.  So, a payload must also be specified
  * after the IE payload type.
  *
+ * \note The EID IE will be appended automatically when this function is used
+ *       with at least one IE specified.
+ *
  * \return This returns the event that has been created.  If there is an error
  *         creating the event, NULL will be returned.
  *
@@ -508,6 +511,19 @@ int ast_event_append_ie_bitflags(struct ast_event **event, enum ast_event_ie_typ
 int ast_event_append_ie_raw(struct ast_event **event, enum ast_event_ie_type ie_type,
 	const void *data, size_t data_len);
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Append the global EID IE
+ *
+ * \param event the event to append IE to
+ *
+ * \note For ast_event_new() that includes IEs, this is done automatically
+ *       for you.
+ *
+ * \retval 0 success
+ * \retval -1 failure
+ */
+int ast_event_append_eid(struct ast_event **event);
+
 /*!
  * \brief Get the value of an information element that has an integer payload
  *
diff --git a/main/event.c b/main/event.c
index 7a953c5087151220d48816218928b6da3000dd23..673f8a11cb6691167d06fe94c0fa4e89deba1bfa 100644
--- a/main/event.c
+++ b/main/event.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ struct ast_event_sub *ast_event_unsubscribe(struct ast_event_sub *sub)
 
 void ast_event_iterator_init(struct ast_event_iterator *iterator, const struct ast_event *event)
 {
-	iterator->event_len = ntohs(event->event_len);
+	iterator->event_len = ast_event_get_size(event);
 	iterator->event = event;
 	iterator->ie = (struct ast_event_ie *) ( ((char *) event) + sizeof(*event) );
 }
@@ -1159,12 +1159,18 @@ struct ast_event *ast_event_new(enum ast_event_type type, ...)
 	if (has_ie && !ast_event_get_ie_raw(event, AST_EVENT_IE_EID)) {
 		/* If the event is originating on this server, add the server's
 		 * entity ID to the event. */
-		ast_event_append_ie_raw(&event, AST_EVENT_IE_EID, &ast_eid_default, sizeof(ast_eid_default));
+		ast_event_append_eid(&event);
 	}
 
 	return event;
 }
 
+int ast_event_append_eid(struct ast_event **event)
+{
+	return ast_event_append_ie_raw(event, AST_EVENT_IE_EID,
+			&ast_eid_default, sizeof(ast_eid_default));
+}
+
 void ast_event_destroy(struct ast_event *event)
 {
 	ast_free(event);
diff --git a/tests/test_event.c b/tests/test_event.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..77a641726e9f85698d32067be7584582b4eb89b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_event.c
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+/*
+ * Asterisk -- An open source telephony toolkit.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010, Digium, Inc.
+ *
+ * Russell Bryant <russell@digium.com>
+ *
+ * See http://www.asterisk.org for more information about
+ * the Asterisk project. Please do not directly contact
+ * any of the maintainers of this project for assistance;
+ * the project provides a web site, mailing lists and IRC
+ * channels for your use.
+ *
+ * This program is free software, distributed under the terms of
+ * the GNU General Public License Version 2. See the LICENSE file
+ * at the top of the source tree.
+ */
+
+/*!
+ * \file
+ * \brief Tests for the ast_event API
+ *
+ * \author Russell Bryant <russell@digium.com>
+ *
+ * \ingroup tests
+ */
+
+/*** MODULEINFO
+	<depend>TEST_FRAMEWORK</depend>
+ ***/
+
+#include "asterisk.h"
+
+ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
+
+#include "asterisk/module.h"
+#include "asterisk/utils.h"
+#include "asterisk/test.h"
+#include "asterisk/event.h"
+
+static int check_event(struct ast_event *event, struct ast_test *test,
+		enum ast_event_type expected_type, const char *str,
+		uint32_t uint)
+{
+	enum ast_event_type type;
+	const void *foo;
+
+	/* Check #1: Ensure event type is set properly. */
+	type = ast_event_get_type(event);
+	if (ast_event_get_type(event) != type) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Expected event type: '%d', got '%d'\n",
+				expected_type, type);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Check #2: Check for automatically included EID */
+	if (memcmp(&ast_eid_default, ast_event_get_ie_raw(event, AST_EVENT_IE_EID), sizeof(ast_eid_default))) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Failed to get EID\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Check #3: Check for the string IE */
+	if (strcmp(str, ast_event_get_ie_str(event, AST_EVENT_IE_MAILBOX))) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Failed to get string IE.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Check #4: Check for the uint IE */
+	if (uint != ast_event_get_ie_uint(event, AST_EVENT_IE_NEWMSGS)) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Failed to get uint IE.\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Check #5: Check if a check for a str IE that isn't there works */
+	if ((foo = ast_event_get_ie_str(event, AST_EVENT_IE_DEVICE))) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "DEVICE IE check returned non-NULL %p\n", foo);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Check #6: Check if a check for a uint IE that isn't there returns 0 */
+	if (ast_event_get_ie_uint(event, AST_EVENT_IE_OLDMSGS)) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "OLDMSGS IE should be 0\n");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ast_test_status_update(test, "Event looks good.\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+AST_TEST_DEFINE(event_new_test)
+{
+	enum ast_test_result_state res = AST_TEST_PASS;
+	struct ast_event *event = NULL;
+
+	static const enum ast_event_type type = AST_EVENT_CUSTOM;
+	static const char str[] = "SIP/alligatormittens";
+	static const uint32_t uint = 0xb00bface;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case TEST_INIT:
+		info->name = "ast_event_new_test";
+		info->category = "main/event/";
+		info->summary = "Test event creation";
+		info->description =
+			"This test exercises the API calls that allow allocation "
+			"of an ast_event."
+			"\n";
+		return AST_TEST_NOT_RUN;
+	case TEST_EXECUTE:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Test 2 methods of event creation:
+	 *
+	 * 1) Dynamic via appending each IE individually.
+	 * 2) Statically, with all IEs in ast_event_new().
+	 */
+
+	ast_test_status_update(test, "First, test dynamic event creation...\n");
+
+	if (!(event = ast_event_new(type, AST_EVENT_IE_END))) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Failed to allocate ast_event object.\n");
+		res = AST_TEST_FAIL;
+		goto return_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (ast_event_append_ie_str(&event, AST_EVENT_IE_MAILBOX, str)) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Failed to append str IE\n");
+		res = AST_TEST_FAIL;
+		goto return_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (ast_event_append_ie_uint(&event, AST_EVENT_IE_NEWMSGS, uint)) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Failed to append uint IE\n");
+		res = AST_TEST_FAIL;
+		goto return_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (ast_event_append_eid(&event)) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Failed to append EID\n");
+		res = AST_TEST_FAIL;
+		goto return_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (check_event(event, test, type, str, uint)) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Dynamically generated event broken\n");
+		res = AST_TEST_FAIL;
+		goto return_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	ast_event_destroy(event);
+	event = NULL;
+
+	event = ast_event_new(type,
+			AST_EVENT_IE_MAILBOX, AST_EVENT_IE_PLTYPE_STR, str,
+			AST_EVENT_IE_NEWMSGS, AST_EVENT_IE_PLTYPE_UINT, uint,
+			AST_EVENT_IE_END);
+
+	if (!event) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Failed to allocate ast_event object.\n");
+		res = AST_TEST_FAIL;
+		goto return_cleanup;
+	}
+
+	if (check_event(event, test, type, str, uint)) {
+		ast_test_status_update(test, "Statically generated event broken\n");
+		res = AST_TEST_FAIL;
+		goto return_cleanup;
+	}
+
+return_cleanup:
+	if (event) {
+		ast_event_destroy(event);
+		event = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+static int unload_module(void)
+{
+	AST_TEST_UNREGISTER(event_new_test);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int load_module(void)
+{
+	AST_TEST_REGISTER(event_new_test);
+	return AST_MODULE_LOAD_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+AST_MODULE_INFO_STANDARD(ASTERISK_GPL_KEY, "ast_event API Tests");