diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/events.xml b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/events.xml
index f85e3ea1..068367e 100644
--- a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/events.xml
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/events.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,13 @@
     <daemon>false</daemon>
   </event>
   <event>
+    <type>directory_copy</type>
+    <script>file/dir_copy.sh</script>
+    <description>Copies a directory (and its contents) from the remove file system to the local file system</description>
+    <args>destination_node destination_path local_source_path</args>
+    <daemon>false</daemon>
+  </event>
+  <event>
     <type>file_delete</type>
     <script>file/delete.sh</script>
     <description>Deletes a file on the local file system to a remote node</description>
diff --git a/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/file/dir_copy.sh b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/file/dir_copy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6015dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-events/src/main/resources/events/file/dir_copy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+USERNAME=$1
+SRC_HOST=$2
+SRC_DIR=$3
+DEST_DIR=$4
+mkdir -p $DEST_DIR
+echo "scp -r $USERNAME@$SRC_HOST:$SRC_DIR $DEST_DIR"
+scp -r $USERNAME@$SRC_HOST:$SRC_DIR $DEST_DIR