diff --git a/include/asterisk/event_defs.h b/include/asterisk/event_defs.h
index d1e88360c7b88a9be50bdd1f9bd9e6984bc606c2..d3514f59c76a3008af983ea45c5be3957e90d182 100644
--- a/include/asterisk/event_defs.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/event_defs.h
@@ -58,8 +58,10 @@ enum ast_event_type {
 	AST_EVENT_PRESENCE_STATE      = 0x0a,
 	/*! Used to alert listeners when a named ACL has changed. */
 	AST_EVENT_ACL_CHANGE          = 0x0b,
+	/*! Send out a ping for debugging distributed events */
+	AST_EVENT_PING                = 0x0c,
 	/*! Number of event types.  This should be the last event type + 1 */
-	AST_EVENT_TOTAL               = 0x0c,
+	AST_EVENT_TOTAL               = 0x0d,
 };
 
 /*! \brief Event Information Element types */
diff --git a/main/event.c b/main/event.c
index f9cf2f4b3a802310d9b9813c0d640787ab0c840d..7470eadddccd2b05a1b6b995d11f1169284e2406 100644
--- a/main/event.c
+++ b/main/event.c
@@ -663,6 +663,10 @@ static int dump_cache_cb(void *obj, void *arg, int flags)
 /*! \brief Dump the event cache for the subscribed event type */
 void ast_event_dump_cache(const struct ast_event_sub *event_sub)
 {
+	if (!ast_event_cache[event_sub->type].container) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	ao2_callback(ast_event_cache[event_sub->type].container, OBJ_NODATA,
 			dump_cache_cb, (void *) event_sub);
 }
@@ -1211,7 +1215,6 @@ struct ast_event *ast_event_new(enum ast_event_type type, ...)
 	struct ast_event *event;
 	enum ast_event_ie_type ie_type;
 	struct ast_event_ie_val *ie_val;
-	int has_ie = 0;
 	AST_LIST_HEAD_NOLOCK_STATIC(ie_vals, ast_event_ie_val);
 
 	/* Invalid type */
@@ -1262,7 +1265,6 @@ struct ast_event *ast_event_new(enum ast_event_type type, ...)
 
 		if (insert) {
 			AST_LIST_INSERT_TAIL(&ie_vals, ie_value, entry);
-			has_ie = 1;
 		} else {
 			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "Unsupported PLTYPE(%d)\n", ie_value->ie_pltype);
 		}
@@ -1302,7 +1304,7 @@ 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 (!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_eid(&event);
diff --git a/res/res_corosync.c b/res/res_corosync.c
index 72c3b6511ec5d1767139c3c5dc053a47ab1a090a..e6044c30557eaeccb7b8a6e82185093d6b34210b 100644
--- a/res/res_corosync.c
+++ b/res/res_corosync.c
@@ -50,10 +50,13 @@ static struct {
 	const char *name;
 	struct ast_event_sub *sub;
 	unsigned char publish;
+	unsigned char publish_default;
 	unsigned char subscribe;
+	unsigned char subscribe_default;
 } event_types[] = {
 	[AST_EVENT_MWI] = { .name = "mwi", },
 	[AST_EVENT_DEVICE_STATE_CHANGE] = { .name = "device_state", },
+	[AST_EVENT_PING] = { .name = "ping", .publish_default = 1, .subscribe_default = 1 },
 };
 
 static struct {
@@ -143,7 +146,18 @@ static void cpg_deliver_cb(cpg_handle_t handle, const struct cpg_name *group_nam
 
 	memcpy(event, msg, msg_len);
 
-	ast_event_queue_and_cache(event);
+	if (ast_event_get_type(event) == AST_EVENT_PING) {
+		const struct ast_eid *eid;
+		char buf[128] = "";
+
+		eid = ast_event_get_ie_raw(event, AST_EVENT_IE_EID);
+		ast_eid_to_str(buf, sizeof(buf), (struct ast_eid *) eid);
+		ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "(cpg_deliver_cb) Got event PING from server with EID: '%s'\n", buf);
+
+		ast_event_queue(event);
+	} else {
+		ast_event_queue_and_cache(event);
+	}
 }
 
 static void cpg_confchg_cb(cpg_handle_t handle, const struct cpg_name *group_name,
@@ -280,6 +294,15 @@ static void ast_event_cb(const struct ast_event *event, void *data)
 		.iov_len = ast_event_get_size(event),
 	};
 
+	if (ast_event_get_type(event) == AST_EVENT_PING) {
+		const struct ast_eid *eid;
+		char buf[128] = "";
+
+		eid = ast_event_get_ie_raw(event, AST_EVENT_IE_EID);
+		ast_eid_to_str(buf, sizeof(buf), (struct ast_eid *) eid);
+		ast_log(LOG_NOTICE, "(ast_event_cb) Got event PING from server with EID: '%s'\n", buf);
+	}
+
 	if (ast_eid_cmp(&ast_eid_default,
 			ast_event_get_ie_raw(event, AST_EVENT_IE_EID))) {
 		/* If the event didn't originate from this server, don't send it back out. */
@@ -368,6 +391,40 @@ static char *corosync_show_members(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_
 	return CLI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+static char *corosync_ping(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a)
+{
+	struct ast_event *event;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case CLI_INIT:
+		e->command = "corosync ping";
+		e->usage =
+			"Usage: corosync ping\n"
+			"       Send a test ping to the cluster.\n"
+			"A NOTICE will be in the log for every ping received\n"
+			"on a server.\n  If you send a ping, you should see a NOTICE\n"
+			"in the log for every server in the cluster.\n";
+		return NULL;
+
+	case CLI_GENERATE:
+		return NULL;	/* no completion */
+	}
+
+	if (a->argc != e->args) {
+		return CLI_SHOWUSAGE;
+	}
+
+	event = ast_event_new(AST_EVENT_PING, AST_EVENT_IE_END);
+
+	if (!event) {
+		return CLI_FAILURE;
+	}
+
+	ast_event_queue(event);
+
+	return CLI_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 static char *corosync_show_config(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_cli_args *a)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -417,6 +474,7 @@ static char *corosync_show_config(struct ast_cli_entry *e, int cmd, struct ast_c
 static struct ast_cli_entry corosync_cli[] = {
 	AST_CLI_DEFINE(corosync_show_config, "Show configuration"),
 	AST_CLI_DEFINE(corosync_show_members, "Show cluster members"),
+	AST_CLI_DEFINE(corosync_ping, "Send a test ping to the cluster"),
 };
 
 enum {
@@ -457,8 +515,8 @@ static int load_general_config(struct ast_config *cfg)
 	ast_rwlock_wrlock(&event_types_lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN(event_types); i++) {
-		event_types[i].publish = 0;
-		event_types[i].subscribe = 0;
+		event_types[i].publish = event_types[i].publish_default;
+		event_types[i].subscribe = event_types[i].subscribe_default;
 	}
 
 	for (v = ast_variable_browse(cfg, "general"); v && !res; v = v->next) {