diff --git a/phpBB/includes/functions.php b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
index 4ad1ba5c82..f31a657687 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/functions.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/functions.php
@@ -5069,6 +5069,17 @@ function page_footer($run_cron = true)
 {
 	global $db, $config, $template, $user, $auth, $cache, $starttime, $phpbb_root_path, $phpEx;
 	global $request;
+	global $phpbb_dispatcher;
+
+	// A listener can set this variable to `true` when it overrides this function
+	$page_footer_override = false;
+
+	$vars = array('run_cron', 'page_footer_override');
+	extract($phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.page_footer_override', compact($vars)));
+	if ($page_footer_override)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
 
 	// Output page creation time
 	if (defined('DEBUG'))