diff --git a/src/events.js b/src/events.js
index f6fe006d02..1c6aeae09c 100644
--- a/src/events.js
+++ b/src/events.js
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ events.types = [
 	'topic-purge',
 	'topic-rename',
 	'password-reset',
+	'user-makeAdmin',
+	'user-removeAdmin',
 	'user-ban',
 	'user-unban',
 	'user-delete',
diff --git a/src/socket.io/admin/user.js b/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
index 02ade56a89..87b6b798ca 100644
--- a/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
+++ b/src/socket.io/admin/user.js
@@ -28,8 +28,20 @@ User.makeAdmins = function (socket, uids, callback) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			async.each(uids, function (uid, next) {
-				groups.join('administrators', uid, next);
+			async.eachSeries(uids, function (uid, next) {
+				async.waterfall([
+					function (next) {
+						groups.join('administrators', uid, next);
+					},
+					function (next) {
+						events.log({
+							type: 'user-makeAdmin',
+							uid: socket.uid,
+							targetUid: uid,
+							ip: socket.ip,
+						}, next);
+					},
+				], next);
 			}, next);
 		},
 	], callback);
@@ -52,6 +64,14 @@ User.removeAdmins = function (socket, uids, callback) {
 
 				groups.leave('administrators', uid, next);
 			},
+			function (next) {
+				events.log({
+					type: 'user-removeAdmin',
+					uid: socket.uid,
+					targetUid: uid,
+					ip: socket.ip,
+				}, next);
+			},
 		], next);
 	}, callback);
 };