diff --git a/generator/lua.ml b/generator/lua.ml
index fbb4e93a7..2b3e4a576 100644
--- a/generator/lua.ml
+++ b/generator/lua.ml
@@ -729,6 +729,16 @@ push_event (lua_State *L, uint64_t event)
   pr "  abort (); /* should never happen */
 }
 
+static const char *event_all[] = {
+";
+
+  List.iter (
+    fun (event, _) -> pr "  \"%s\",\n" event
+  ) events;
+
+  pr "  NULL
+};
+
 ";
 
   (* Code to push structs. *)
@@ -839,6 +849,11 @@ luaopen_guestfs (lua_State *L)
   lua_pushvalue (L, -1);
   lua_setfield (L, -1, \"__index\");
 
+  /* Globals in the Guestfs.* namespace. */
+  lua_pushliteral (L, \"event_all\");
+  push_string_list (L, (char **) event_all);
+  lua_settable (L, -3);
+
   /* Add _COPYRIGHT, etc. fields to the metatable. */
   lua_pushliteral (L, \"_COPYRIGHT\");
   lua_pushliteral (L, \"Copyright (C) %s Red Hat Inc.\");
diff --git a/lua/tests/400-events.lua b/lua/tests/400-events.lua
index c29cc62d9..47a86a5e0 100755
--- a/lua/tests/400-events.lua
+++ b/lua/tests/400-events.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 require "guestfs"
 
+for i, v in ipairs (Guestfs.event_all) do
+   print (i, v)
+end
+
 g = Guestfs.create ()
 
 function log_callback (g, event, eh, flags, buf, array)