diff --git a/apps/app_directed_pickup.c b/apps/app_directed_pickup.c
index bc25defe2dfdf2cb671a2da53695c1f2fa80e7c2..92e2938f4a026aeda0d045568503728ee789a943 100644
--- a/apps/app_directed_pickup.c
+++ b/apps/app_directed_pickup.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ASTERISK_FILE_VERSION(__FILE__, "$Revision$")
 #include "asterisk/lock.h"
 #include "asterisk/app.h"
 #include "asterisk/features.h"
+#include "asterisk/manager.h"
 #include "asterisk/callerid.h"
 #include "asterisk/cel.h"
 
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ static int pickup_do(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_channel *target)
 {
 	int res = 0;
 	struct ast_party_connected_line connected_caller;
+	struct ast_channel *chans[2] = { chan, target };
 
 	ast_debug(1, "Call pickup on '%s' by '%s'\n", target->name, chan->name);
 	ast_cel_report_event(target, AST_CEL_PICKUP, NULL, NULL, chan);
@@ -128,6 +130,10 @@ static int pickup_do(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_channel *target)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/* If you want UniqueIDs, set channelvars in manager.conf to CHANNEL(uniqueid) */
+	ast_manager_event_multichan(EVENT_FLAG_CALL, "Pickup", 2, chans,
+		"Channel: %s\r\nTargetChannel: %s\r\n", chan->name, target->name);
+
 	return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/asterisk/manager.h b/include/asterisk/manager.h
index f67b678a854db0debbf5f99316526161272cb89d..35fea8e02f77e2234879411fdfba4508026d323f 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/manager.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/manager.h
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ int astman_verify_session_writepermissions(uint32_t ident, int perm);
 	__ast_manager_event_multichan(category, event, nchans, chans, __FILE__, __LINE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, contents , ## __VA_ARGS__);
 
 /*! External routines may send asterisk manager events this way
- * \param chan1 First channel related to this event (or NULL if none are relevant)
- * \param chan2 Second channel related to this event (or NULL if none are relevant)
  * \param category Event category, matches manager authorization
  * \param event Event name
+ * \param chancount Number of channels in chans parameter
+ * \param chans A pointer to an array of channels involved in the event
  * \param contents Format string describing event
  * \since 1.8
 */
diff --git a/main/features.c b/main/features.c
index 68f2f858abf972d130b5f600164b4abc5bc0f7e0..3e8255de6ad2ffbcae53a7770fbcea15bfc98681 100644
--- a/main/features.c
+++ b/main/features.c
@@ -4734,7 +4734,7 @@ static int find_channel_by_group(void *obj, void *arg, void *data, int flags)
 */
 int ast_pickup_call(struct ast_channel *chan)
 {
-	struct ast_channel *cur;
+	struct ast_channel *cur, *chans[2] = { chan, };
 	struct ast_party_connected_line connected_caller;
 	int res;
 	const char *chan_name;
@@ -4748,6 +4748,8 @@ int ast_pickup_call(struct ast_channel *chan)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	chans[1] = cur;
+
 	ast_channel_lock_both(cur, chan);
 
 	cur_name = ast_strdupa(cur->name);
@@ -4784,6 +4786,10 @@ int ast_pickup_call(struct ast_channel *chan)
 		ast_stream_and_wait(cur, pickupsound, "");
 	}
 
+	/* If you want UniqueIDs, set channelvars in manager.conf to CHANNEL(uniqueid) */
+	ast_manager_event_multichan(EVENT_FLAG_CALL, "Pickup", 2, chans,
+		"Channel: %s\r\nTargetChannel: %s\r\n", chan->name, cur->name);
+
 	cur = ast_channel_unref(cur);
 
 	return res;