diff --git a/mod/wiki/classes/event/page_version_viewed.php b/mod/wiki/classes/event/page_version_viewed.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8239c43f1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod/wiki/classes/event/page_version_viewed.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?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/>.
+
+/**
+ * mod_wiki version viewed event.
+ *
+ * @package    mod_wiki
+ * @copyright  2013 Rajesh Taneja <rajesh@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace mod_wiki\event;
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * mod_wiki version viewed event.
+ *
+ * @package    mod_wiki
+ * @copyright  2013 Rajesh Taneja <rajesh@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class page_version_viewed extends \core\event\base {
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'r';
+        $this->data['level'] = self::LEVEL_PARTICIPATING;
+        $this->data['objecttable'] = 'wiki_pages';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventversionviewed', 'mod_wiki');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return 'User with id ' . $this->userid . ' viewed versionid ' . $this->other['versionid'] .
+                ' for page id ' . $this->objectid;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the legacy event log data.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return(array($this->courseid, 'wiki', 'history',
+            'viewversion.php?pageid=' . $this->objectid . '&versionid=' . $this->other['versionid'],
+            $this->objectid, $this->context->instanceid));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get URL related to the action.
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+        return new \moodle_url('/mod/wiki/viewversion.php', array('pageid' => $this->objectid,
+            'versionid' => $this->other['versionid']));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom validation.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function validate_data() {
+        if (!isset($this->other['versionid'])) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('The versionid need to be set in $other');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mod/wiki/lang/en/wiki.php b/mod/wiki/lang/en/wiki.php
index 2cdfb2812e9..c4407de94b9 100644
--- a/mod/wiki/lang/en/wiki.php
+++ b/mod/wiki/lang/en/wiki.php
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ $string['eventpageviewed'] = 'Wiki page viewed';
 $string['eventpageupdated'] = 'Wiki page updated';
 $string['eventpageversiondeleted'] = 'Wiki page version deleted';
 $string['eventversionrestored'] = 'Wiki version restored';
+$string['eventversionviewed'] = 'Wiki page version viewed';
 $string['files'] = 'Files';
 $string['filenotuploadederror'] = 'File \'{$a}\' could not be uploaded correctly.';
 $string['filtername'] = 'Wiki auto-linking';
diff --git a/mod/wiki/viewversion.php b/mod/wiki/viewversion.php
index ecdd6504bcc..bc2af3887cb 100644
--- a/mod/wiki/viewversion.php
+++ b/mod/wiki/viewversion.php
@@ -65,7 +65,18 @@ $wikipage = new page_wiki_viewversion($wiki, $subwiki, $cm);
 $wikipage->set_page($page);
 $wikipage->set_versionid($versionid);
 
-add_to_log($course->id, "wiki", "history", "viewversion.php?pageid=".$pageid."&versionid=".$versionid, $pageid, $cm->id);
+$event = \mod_wiki\event\page_version_viewed::create(
+        array(
+            'context' => context_module::instance($cm->id),
+            'objectid' => $pageid,
+            'other' => array(
+                'versionid' => $versionid
+                )
+            ));
+$event->add_record_snapshot('wiki_pages', $page);
+$event->add_record_snapshot('wiki', $wiki);
+$event->add_record_snapshot('wiki_subwikis', $subwiki);
+$event->trigger();
 
 // Print the page header
 $wikipage->print_header();