diff --git a/content/events.js b/content/events.js
index 60dcb5a6..7057292d 100644
--- a/content/events.js
+++ b/content/events.js
@@ -1405,6 +1405,8 @@ liberator.Events = function () //{{{
                         liberator.buffer.loaded = 0;
                         liberator.statusline.updateProgress(0);
 
+                        liberator.autocommands.trigger("PageLoadPre", liberator.buffer.URL);
+
                         // don't reset mode if a frame of the frameset gets reloaded which
                         // is not the focused frame
                         if (document.commandDispatcher.focusedWindow == webProgress.DOMWindow)
diff --git a/locale/en-US/autocommands.txt b/locale/en-US/autocommands.txt
index d5c12704..940972ee 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/autocommands.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/autocommands.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Available {events}:
 
 `----------------`--------------------------------------------
 *LocationChange* Triggered when changing tabs or when navigating to a new location
+*PageLoadPre*    Triggered after a page load is initiated.
 *PageLoad*       Triggered when a page gets (re)loaded/opened
 *Quit*           Triggered before exiting Firefox
 *Startup*        Triggered after Firefox starts