diff --git a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_ban.php b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_ban.php
index e6fac3b80c..8cd3b6b2cc 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_ban.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/mcp/mcp_ban.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class mcp_ban
 
 	function main($id, $mode)
 	{
-		global $config, $db, $user, $auth, $template, $cache;
+		global $config, $db, $user, $auth, $template, $cache, $phpbb_dispatcher;
 		global $phpbb_root_path, $phpEx;
 
 		include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_user.' . $phpEx);
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ class mcp_ban
 				$ban = utf8_normalize_nfc($ban);
 			}
 
-			$ban_len			= request_var('banlength', 0);
-			$ban_len_other		= request_var('banlengthother', '');
+			$ban_length			= request_var('banlength', 0);
+			$ban_length_other	= request_var('banlengthother', '');
 			$ban_exclude		= request_var('banexclude', 0);
 			$ban_reason			= utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('banreason', '', true));
 			$ban_give_reason	= utf8_normalize_nfc(request_var('bangivereason', '', true));
@@ -61,21 +61,90 @@ class mcp_ban
 			{
 				if (confirm_box(true))
 				{
-					user_ban($mode, $ban, $ban_len, $ban_len_other, $ban_exclude, $ban_reason, $ban_give_reason);
+					$abort_ban = false;
+					/**
+					* Use this event to modify the ban details before the ban is performed
+					*
+					* @event core.mcp_ban_before
+					* @var	string	mode				One of the following: user, ip, email
+					* @var	string	ban					Either string or array with usernames, ips or email addresses
+					* @var	int		ban_length			Ban length in minutes
+					* @var	string	ban_length_other	Ban length as a date (YYYY-MM-DD)
+					* @var	bool	ban_exclude			Are we banning or excluding from another ban
+					* @var	string	ban_reason			Ban reason displayed to moderators
+					* @var	string	ban_give_reason		Ban reason displayed to the banned user
+					* @var	mixed	abort_ban			Either false, or an error message that is displayed to the user.
+					*									If a string is given the bans are not issued.
+					* @since 3.1.0-RC5
+					*/
+					$vars = array(
+						'mode',
+						'ban',
+						'ban_length',
+						'ban_length_other',
+						'ban_exclude',
+						'ban_reason',
+						'ban_give_reason',
+						'abort_ban',
+					);
+					extract($phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.mcp_ban_before', compact($vars)));
+
+					if ($abort_ban)
+					{
+						trigger_error($abort_ban);
+					}
+					user_ban($mode, $ban, $ban_length, $ban_length_other, $ban_exclude, $ban_reason, $ban_give_reason);
+
+					/**
+					* Use this event to perform actions after the ban has been performed
+					*
+					* @event core.mcp_ban_after
+					* @var	string	mode				One of the following: user, ip, email
+					* @var	string	ban					Either string or array with usernames, ips or email addresses
+					* @var	int		ban_length			Ban length in minutes
+					* @var	string	ban_length_other	Ban length as a date (YYYY-MM-DD)
+					* @var	bool	ban_exclude			Are we banning or excluding from another ban
+					* @var	string	ban_reason			Ban reason displayed to moderators
+					* @var	string	ban_give_reason		Ban reason displayed to the banned user
+					* @since 3.1.0-RC5
+					*/
+					$vars = array(
+						'mode',
+						'ban',
+						'ban_length',
+						'ban_length_other',
+						'ban_exclude',
+						'ban_reason',
+						'ban_give_reason',
+					);
+					extract($phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.mcp_ban_after', compact($vars)));
 
 					trigger_error($user->lang['BAN_UPDATE_SUCCESSFUL'] . '<br /><br /><a href="' . $this->u_action . '">&laquo; ' . $user->lang['BACK_TO_PREV'] . '</a>');
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					confirm_box(false, $user->lang['CONFIRM_OPERATION'], build_hidden_fields(array(
+					$hidden_fields = array(
 						'mode'				=> $mode,
 						'ban'				=> $ban,
 						'bansubmit'			=> true,
-						'banlength'			=> $ban_len,
-						'banlengthother'	=> $ban_len_other,
+						'banlength'			=> $ban_length,
+						'banlengthother'	=> $ban_length_other,
 						'banexclude'		=> $ban_exclude,
 						'banreason'			=> $ban_reason,
-						'bangivereason'		=> $ban_give_reason)));
+						'bangivereason'		=> $ban_give_reason,
+					);
+
+					/**
+					* Use this event to pass data from the ban form to the confirmation screen
+					*
+					* @event core.mcp_ban_confirm
+					* @var	array	hidden_fields	Hidden fields that are passed through the confirm screen
+					* @since 3.1.0-RC5
+					*/
+					$vars = array('hidden_fields');
+					extract($phpbb_dispatcher->trigger_event('core.mcp_ban_confirm', compact($vars)));
+
+					confirm_box(false, $user->lang['CONFIRM_OPERATION'], build_hidden_fields($hidden_fields));
 				}
 			}
 		}