diff --git a/auth/tests/auth_test.php b/auth/tests/auth_test.php
index 0b2b8ae00e8..c80ab385fb2 100644
--- a/auth/tests/auth_test.php
+++ b/auth/tests/auth_test.php
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class auth_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEquals('2', $event->objectid);
         $this->assertEquals(context_system::instance()->id, $event->contextid);
         $this->assertEquals($user, $event->get_record_snapshot('user', 2));
+
+        $this->assertEventLegacyData(null, $event);
+        $expectedlog = array(SITEID, 'user', 'login', "view.php?id=$USER->id&course=".SITEID, $user->id, 0, $user->id);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expectedlog, $event);
     }
 
     public function test_user_loggedin_event_exceptions() {
diff --git a/lib/phpunit/classes/advanced_testcase.php b/lib/phpunit/classes/advanced_testcase.php
index 418a9a996c3..93296120aa2 100644
--- a/lib/phpunit/classes/advanced_testcase.php
+++ b/lib/phpunit/classes/advanced_testcase.php
@@ -306,6 +306,54 @@ abstract class advanced_testcase extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals(0, $count, $message);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Assert that an event legacy data is equal to the expected value.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $expected expected data.
+     * @param \core\event\base $event the event object.
+     * @param string $message
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function assertEventLegacyData($expected, \core\event\base $event, $message = '') {
+        $legacydata = phpunit_event_mock::testable_get_legacy_eventdata($event);
+        if ($message === '') {
+            $message = 'Event legacy data does not match expected value.';
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $legacydata, $message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Assert that an event legacy log data is equal to the expected value.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $expected expected data.
+     * @param \core\event\base $event the event object.
+     * @param string $message
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, \core\event\base $event, $message = '') {
+        $legacydata = phpunit_event_mock::testable_get_legacy_logdata($event);
+        if ($message === '') {
+            $message = 'Event legacy log data does not match expected value.';
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $legacydata, $message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Assert that an event legacy name is equal to the expected value.
+     *
+     * @param mixed $expected expected name.
+     * @param \core\event\base $event the event object.
+     * @param string $message
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function assertEventLegacyName($expected, \core\event\base $event, $message = '') {
+        $legacydata = phpunit_event_mock::testable_get_legacy_eventname($event);
+        if ($message === '') {
+            $message = 'Event legacy name does not match expected value.';
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $legacydata, $message);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Starts message redirection.
      *
diff --git a/lib/phpunit/classes/event_mock.php b/lib/phpunit/classes/event_mock.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82445ed86fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/phpunit/classes/event_mock.php
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Event mock.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @category   phpunit
+ * @copyright  2013 Frédéric Massart
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+require_once(__DIR__ . '/../../classes/event/base.php');
+
+/**
+ * Event mock class.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @category   phpunit
+ * @copyright  2013 Frédéric Massart
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+abstract class phpunit_event_mock extends \core\event\base {
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the log data of the event.
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function testable_get_legacy_eventname($event) {
+        return $event->get_legacy_eventname();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the log data of the event.
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function testable_get_legacy_eventdata($event) {
+        return $event->get_legacy_eventdata();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the log data of the event.
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function testable_get_legacy_logdata($event) {
+        return $event->get_legacy_logdata();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/phpunit/lib.php b/lib/phpunit/lib.php
index 5dfdeab7c65..9f087609258 100644
--- a/lib/phpunit/lib.php
+++ b/lib/phpunit/lib.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ require_once('PHPUnit/Autoload.php');
 require_once('PHPUnit/Extensions/Database/Autoload.php');
 
 require_once(__DIR__.'/classes/util.php');
+require_once(__DIR__.'/classes/event_mock.php');
 require_once(__DIR__.'/classes/event_sink.php');
 require_once(__DIR__.'/classes/message_sink.php');
 require_once(__DIR__.'/classes/basic_testcase.php');
diff --git a/lib/tests/accesslib_test.php b/lib/tests/accesslib_test.php
index 49966c7e0ce..6091362591a 100644
--- a/lib/tests/accesslib_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/accesslib_test.php
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ class core_accesslib_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEquals($raid, $event->other['id']);
         $this->assertSame('', $event->other['component']);
         $this->assertEquals(0, $event->other['itemid']);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyName('role_assigned', $event);
     }
 
     /**