diff --git a/admin/tool/monitor/classes/event/rule_deleted.php b/admin/tool/monitor/classes/event/rule_deleted.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..988a5b63cbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/admin/tool/monitor/classes/event/rule_deleted.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?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/>.
+
+/**
+ * The tool_monitor rule deleted event.
+ *
+ * @package    tool_monitor
+ * @copyright  2014 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace tool_monitor\event;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * The tool_monitor rule deleted event class.
+ *
+ * @package    tool_monitor
+ * @since      Moodle 2.8
+ * @copyright  2014 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class rule_deleted extends \core\event\base {
+
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['objecttable'] = 'tool_monitor_rules';
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'd';
+        $this->data['edulevel'] = self::LEVEL_TEACHING;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventruledeleted', 'tool_monitor');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return "The user with id '$this->userid' deleted the event monitor rule with id '$this->objectid'.";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get URL related to the action
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+        return new \moodle_url('/admin/tool/monitor/managerules.php', array('courseid' => $this->courseid));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/admin/tool/monitor/classes/eventobservers.php b/admin/tool/monitor/classes/eventobservers.php
index 27d3d296adc..1d6ca54528d 100644
--- a/admin/tool/monitor/classes/eventobservers.php
+++ b/admin/tool/monitor/classes/eventobservers.php
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ class eventobservers {
      */
     public static function course_deleted(\core\event\course_deleted $event) {
         $rules = rule_manager::get_rules_by_courseid($event->courseid);
+        $context = null;
+        if ($event->contextlevel == CONTEXT_COURSE) {
+            $context = $event->get_context();
+        }
         foreach ($rules as $rule) {
-            rule_manager::delete_rule($rule->id);
+            rule_manager::delete_rule($rule->id, $context);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/admin/tool/monitor/classes/rule_manager.php b/admin/tool/monitor/classes/rule_manager.php
index 201a36dca55..fa2cbd80405 100644
--- a/admin/tool/monitor/classes/rule_manager.php
+++ b/admin/tool/monitor/classes/rule_manager.php
@@ -105,14 +105,47 @@ class rule_manager {
      * Delete a rule and associated subscriptions, by rule id.
      *
      * @param int $ruleid id of rule to be deleted.
+     * @param \context|null $coursecontext the context of the course - this is passed when we
+     *      can not get the context via \context_course as the course has been deleted.
      *
      * @return bool
      */
-    public static function delete_rule($ruleid) {
+    public static function delete_rule($ruleid, $coursecontext = null) {
         global $DB;
 
         subscription_manager::remove_all_subscriptions_for_rule($ruleid);
-        return $DB->delete_records('tool_monitor_rules', array('id' => $ruleid));
+
+        // Retrieve the rule from the DB before we delete it, so we have a record when we trigger a rule deleted event.
+        $rule = $DB->get_record('tool_monitor_rules', array('id' => $ruleid));
+
+        $success = $DB->delete_records('tool_monitor_rules', array('id' => $ruleid));
+
+        // If successful trigger a rule deleted event.
+        if ($success) {
+            // It is possible that we are deleting rules associated with a deleted course, so we should be
+            // passing the context as the second parameter.
+            if (!is_null($coursecontext)) {
+                $context = $coursecontext;
+                $courseid = $rule->courseid;
+            } else if (!empty($rule->courseid) && ($context = \context_course::instance($rule->courseid,
+                    IGNORE_MISSING))) {
+                $courseid = $rule->courseid;
+            } else {
+                $courseid = 0;
+                $context = \context_system::instance();
+            }
+
+            $params = array(
+                'objectid' => $rule->id,
+                'courseid' => $courseid,
+                'context' => $context
+            );
+            $event = \tool_monitor\event\rule_deleted::create($params);
+            $event->add_record_snapshot('tool_monitor_rules', $rule);
+            $event->trigger();
+        }
+
+        return $success;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/admin/tool/monitor/lang/en/tool_monitor.php b/admin/tool/monitor/lang/en/tool_monitor.php
index 176d0ab4f97..43913cab050 100644
--- a/admin/tool/monitor/lang/en/tool_monitor.php
+++ b/admin/tool/monitor/lang/en/tool_monitor.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ $string['duplicaterule'] = 'Duplicate rule';
 $string['editrule'] = 'Edit rule';
 $string['eventnotfound'] = 'Event not found';
 $string['eventrulecreated'] = 'Rule created';
+$string['eventruledeleted'] = 'Rule deleted';
 $string['eventruleupdated'] = 'Rule updated';
 $string['errorincorrectevent'] = 'Please select an event related to the selected plugin';
 $string['freqdesc'] = '{$a->freq} times in {$a->mins} minutes';
diff --git a/admin/tool/monitor/tests/events_test.php b/admin/tool/monitor/tests/events_test.php
index 7b82cc6d5fc..dcd04508abc 100644
--- a/admin/tool/monitor/tests/events_test.php
+++ b/admin/tool/monitor/tests/events_test.php
@@ -129,4 +129,47 @@ class tool_monitor_events_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertInstanceOf('\tool_monitor\event\rule_updated', $event);
         $this->assertEquals(context_system::instance(), $event->get_context());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the rule deleted event.
+     */
+    public function test_rule_deleted() {
+        // Create the items we need.
+        $monitorgenerator = $this->getDataGenerator()->get_plugin_generator('tool_monitor');
+        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course();
+
+        // Create the rule we are going to delete.
+        $createrule = new stdClass();
+        $createrule->courseid = $course->id;
+        $rule = $monitorgenerator->create_rule($createrule);
+
+        // Trigger and capture the event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        \tool_monitor\rule_manager::delete_rule($rule->id);
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $this->assertCount(1, $events);
+        $event = reset($events);
+
+        // Confirm that the event contains the expected values.
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\tool_monitor\event\rule_deleted', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_course::instance($course->id), $event->get_context());
+        $this->assertEquals($rule->id, $event->objectid);
+        $this->assertEventContextNotUsed($event);
+
+        // Now let's delete a system rule (courseid = 0).
+        $createrule = new stdClass();
+        $createrule->courseid = 0;
+        $rule = $monitorgenerator->create_rule($createrule);
+
+        // Trigger and capture the event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        \tool_monitor\rule_manager::delete_rule($rule->id);
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $this->assertCount(1, $events);
+        $event = reset($events);
+
+        // Confirm that the event uses the system context.
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\tool_monitor\event\rule_deleted', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_system::instance(), $event->get_context());
+    }
 }