diff --git a/doc/development/api/general.rst b/doc/development/api/general.rst
index 5c75a4185..109476ea5 100644
--- a/doc/development/api/general.rst
+++ b/doc/development/api/general.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Dashboards
 """"""""""
 
 .. automodule:: pretix.control.signals
-   :members: event_dashboard_widgets, user_dashboard_widgets
+   :members: event_dashboard_widgets, user_dashboard_widgets, event_dashboard_top
 
 Ticket designs
 """"""""""""""
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/signals.py b/src/pretix/control/signals.py
index aa2f90065..1c16d4ec8 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/signals.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/signals.py
@@ -92,6 +92,17 @@ This is no ``EventPluginSignal``, so you do not get the event in the ``sender``
 and you may get the signal regardless of whether your plugin is active.
 """
 
+event_dashboard_top = EventPluginSignal(
+    providing_args=['request']
+)
+"""
+This signal is sent out to include custom HTML in the top part of the the event dashboard.
+Receivers should return HTML.
+
+As with all plugin signals, the ``sender`` keyword argument will contain the event.
+An additional keyword argument ``subevent`` *can* contain a sub-event.
+"""
+
 event_dashboard_widgets = EventPluginSignal(
     providing_args=[]
 )
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
index 737c5103b..45ef51318 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 {% load eventurl %}
 {% load bootstrap3 %}
 {% load static %}
+{% load eventsignal %}
 {% block title %}{{ request.event.name }}{% endblock %}
 {% block content %}
     <h1>
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
                     class="btn btn-primary">{% trans "Show affected orders" %}</a>
         </div>
     {% endif %}
+    {% eventsignal request.event "pretix.control.signals.event_dashboard_top" request=request %}
     {% if actions|length > 0 %}
         <div class="panel panel-danger">
             <div class="panel-heading">