diff --git a/doc/development/api/general.rst b/doc/development/api/general.rst
index edb2deef9..d28dec001 100644
--- a/doc/development/api/general.rst
+++ b/doc/development/api/general.rst
@@ -78,3 +78,6 @@ Ticket designs
 
 .. automodule:: pretix.base.signals
    :members: layout_text_variables
+
+.. automodule:: pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.signals
+   :members: override_layout
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/signals.py b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/signals.py
index 1ed475692..df0e3c03c 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/signals.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/signals.py
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from pretix.base.channels import get_all_sales_channels
 from pretix.base.signals import (  # NOQA: legacy import
-    event_copy_data, item_copy_data, layout_text_variables, logentry_display,
-    logentry_object_link, register_data_exporters, register_ticket_outputs,
+    EventPluginSignal, event_copy_data, item_copy_data, layout_text_variables,
+    logentry_display, logentry_object_link, register_data_exporters,
+    register_ticket_outputs,
 )
 from pretix.control.signals import item_forms
 from pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.forms import TicketLayoutItemForm
@@ -122,3 +123,17 @@ def pdf_logentry_object_link(sender, logentry, **kwargs):
     }
     a_map['val'] = '<a href="{href}">{val}</a>'.format_map(a_map)
     return a_text.format_map(a_map)
+
+
+override_layout = EventPluginSignal(
+    providing_args=["position", "layout"]
+)
+"""
+This signal allows you to forcefully override the ticket layout that is being used to create the ticket PDF. Use with
+care, as this will render any specifically by the organizer selected templates useless.
+
+The ``position`` keyword argument will contain the ``OrderPosition`` which is being generated, the ``layout`` keyword
+argument will contain the layout which has been originally selected by the system.
+
+As with all plugin signals, the ``sender`` keyword will contain the event.
+"""
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/ticketoutput.py b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/ticketoutput.py
index c72d0cd20..e2dad709d 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/ticketoutput.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/ticketoutputpdf/ticketoutput.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from pretix.base.ticketoutput import BaseTicketOutput
 from pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.models import (
     TicketLayout, TicketLayoutItem,
 )
+from pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf.signals import override_layout
 
 logger = logging.getLogger('pretix.plugins.ticketoutputpdf')
 
@@ -78,11 +79,13 @@ class PdfTicketOutput(BaseTicketOutput):
         merger = PdfFileMerger()
         with language(order.locale):
             for op in order.positions_with_tickets:
-                layout = self.layout_map.get(
-                    (op.item_id, order.sales_channel),
-                    self.layout_map.get(
-                        (op.item_id, 'web'),
-                        self.default_layout
+                layout = override_layout.send_chained(
+                    order.event, 'layoutoverride', orderposition=op, layout=self.layout_map.get(
+                        (op.item_id, order.sales_channel),
+                        self.layout_map.get(
+                            (op.item_id, 'web'),
+                            self.default_layout
+                        )
                     )
                 )
                 outbuffer = self._draw_page(layout, op, order)
@@ -96,11 +99,14 @@ class PdfTicketOutput(BaseTicketOutput):
 
     def generate(self, op):
         order = op.order
-        layout = self.layout_map.get(
-            (op.item_id, order.sales_channel),
-            self.layout_map.get(
-                (op.item_id, 'web'),
-                self.default_layout
+
+        layout = override_layout.send_chained(
+            order.event, 'layoutoverride', orderposition=op, layout=self.layout_map.get(
+                (op.item_id, order.sales_channel),
+                self.layout_map.get(
+                    (op.item_id, 'web'),
+                    self.default_layout
+                )
             )
         )
         with language(order.locale):