diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Events/WorkerStarting.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Events/WorkerStarting.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89ada14873c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Events/WorkerStarting.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Illuminate\Queue\Events;
+
+class WorkerStarting
+{
+    /**
+     * Create a new event instance.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $connectionName
+     * @param  string  $queue
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Queue\WorkerOptions  $options
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        public $connectionName,
+        public $queue,
+        public $workerOptions
+    ) {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueManager.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueManager.php
index a809a736df00..9b57be09bbd4 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueManager.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueManager.php
@@ -98,6 +98,17 @@ public function failing($callback)
         $this->app['events']->listen(Events\JobFailed::class, $callback);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Register an event listener for the daemon queue starting.
+     *
+     * @param  mixed  $callback
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function starting($callback)
+    {
+        $this->app['events']->listen(Events\WorkerStarting::class, $callback);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Register an event listener for the daemon queue stopping.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
index 6ac69dcf5ec8..83df07eac618 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Worker.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobReleasedAfterException;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobTimedOut;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\Looping;
+use Illuminate\Queue\Events\WorkerStarting;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\WorkerStopping;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Throwable;
@@ -139,6 +140,8 @@ public function daemon($connectionName, $queue, WorkerOptions $options)
 
         [$startTime, $jobsProcessed] = [hrtime(true) / 1e9, 0];
 
+        $this->raiseWorkerStartingEvent($connectionName, $queue, $options);
+
         while (true) {
             // Before reserving any jobs, we will make sure this queue is not paused and
             // if it is we will just pause this worker for a given amount of time and
@@ -624,7 +627,20 @@ protected function calculateBackoff($job, WorkerOptions $options)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Raise the before job has been popped.
+     * Raise an event indicating the worker is starting.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $connectionName
+     * @param  string  $queue
+     * @param  \Illuminate\Queue\WorkerOptions  $options
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function raiseWorkerStartingEvent($connectionName, $queue, $options)
+    {
+        $this->events->dispatch(new WorkerStarting($connectionName, $queue, $options));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Raise an event indicating a job is being popped from the queue.
      *
      * @param  string  $connectionName
      * @return void
@@ -635,7 +651,7 @@ protected function raiseBeforeJobPopEvent($connectionName)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Raise the after job has been popped.
+     * Raise an event indicating a job has been popped from the queue.
      *
      * @param  string  $connectionName
      * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Job|null  $job
@@ -649,7 +665,7 @@ protected function raiseAfterJobPopEvent($connectionName, $job)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Raise the before queue job event.
+     * Raise an event indicating a job is being processed.
      *
      * @param  string  $connectionName
      * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Job  $job
@@ -663,7 +679,7 @@ protected function raiseBeforeJobEvent($connectionName, $job)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Raise the after queue job event.
+     * Raise an event indicating a job has been processed.
      *
      * @param  string  $connectionName
      * @param  \Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\Job  $job
diff --git a/tests/Queue/QueueWorkerTest.php b/tests/Queue/QueueWorkerTest.php
index a9eebdeae4b4..afbb7a2c4738 100755
--- a/tests/Queue/QueueWorkerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Queue/QueueWorkerTest.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobPopping;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobProcessed;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobProcessing;
+use Illuminate\Queue\Events\WorkerStarting;
 use Illuminate\Queue\MaxAttemptsExceededException;
 use Illuminate\Queue\QueueManager;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Worker;
@@ -386,6 +387,24 @@ public function testWorkerPicksJobUsingCustomCallbacks()
         Worker::popUsing('myworker', null);
     }
 
+    public function testWorkerStartingIsDispatched()
+    {
+        $workerOptions = new WorkerOptions();
+        $workerOptions->stopWhenEmpty = true;
+
+        $worker = $this->getWorker('default', ['queue' => [
+            $firstJob = new WorkerFakeJob(),
+            $secondJob = new WorkerFakeJob(),
+        ]]);
+
+        $worker->daemon('default', 'queue', $workerOptions);
+
+        $this->assertTrue($firstJob->fired);
+        $this->assertTrue($secondJob->fired);
+
+        $this->events->shouldHaveReceived('dispatch')->with(m::type(WorkerStarting::class))->once();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helpers...
      */