diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98b03b6..ff2d3bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ A [neovim] plugin and configuration management plugin, highly inspired by [lazy]
 - [X] Lazy load your plugins
   - [X] on command
   - [X] on filetype
-  - [ ] on event
+  - [X] on event
   - [ ] on keybinding
 - [X] load plugins in order (via plugin `dependencies` property)
 - [X] Have a `:Sloth` command to load or query your plugins
@@ -164,8 +164,9 @@ The Plugin configuration object accepts the following properties:
 | `config`       | `null`  | Lua code (as string of path) to call after loading the plugin  |
 | `dependencies` | `[]`    | The plugin dependencies³                                       |
 | `lazy`         | `false` | Should the plugin be loaded lazily                             |
-| `cmd`          | `[]`    | Command to put as place_holder to lazy load the plugin⁴        |
-| `ft`           | `[]`    | Filetype to watch to lazy load the plugin⁴                     |
+| `cmd`          | `[]`    | Command to put as place_holder to load the lazy plugin⁴        |
+| `ft`           | `[]`    | Filetype to watch to load the lazy plugin⁴                     |
+| `events`       | `[]`    | Events to watch to load the lazy plugin⁴⁵                      |
 
 > ² The plugin can be either a nix package or an object with only `name` and
 > `src` as properties. The latter will be used to create a nix package of your
@@ -178,6 +179,17 @@ The Plugin configuration object accepts the following properties:
 
 > ⁴ Setting this property implicitly set `lazy` to `true`.
 
+> ⁵ Events can be a string, an Event object or a list of either. You can
+> represent a simple event name and pattern with the following string format :
+> "BufRead *.md".
+
+The Event configuration object accepts the following properties:
+
+| name      | default | description                                                    |
+|-----------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `name`    | N/A     | The name of the event as string or list of string **REQUIRED** |
+| `pattern` | `null`  | Pattern (as string or list of string) associated to the event  |
+
 ### neovim (lua)
 
 #### Using default `init.lua`
diff --git a/lib/deps.nix b/lib/deps.nix
index 73d5773..33bda61 100644
--- a/lib/deps.nix
+++ b/lib/deps.nix
@@ -6,14 +6,19 @@
   types,
   ...
 }: let
-  inherit (builtins) isPath foldl';
+  inherit (builtins) foldl' isPath isList isString mapAttrs match elemAt;
   inherit (lib.attrsets) attrNames optionalAttrs;
   inherit (lib.lists) concatMap;
-  inherit (lib.strings) fileContents;
+  inherit (lib.strings) fileContents splitString;
   lua = callPackage ./lua.nix {};
-
   callPackage = lib.callPackageWith (pkgs // dependenciesExtraArgs);
 
+  hasMatch = pattern: str: isList (match pattern str);
+  wrapArray = value:
+    if isList value
+    then value
+    else [value];
+
   defaultPlugin = {
     enabled = true;
     init = null;
@@ -22,6 +27,7 @@
     lazy = false;
     cmd = [];
     ft = [];
+    events = [];
   };
 
   remotePluginToNeovimPlugin = p:
@@ -30,6 +36,26 @@
       pname = name;
     };
 
+  normalizeEvent = event: let
+    value =
+      if ! isString event
+      then event
+      else
+        if ! hasMatch ".* .*" event
+        then {name = event;}
+        else let
+          part = elemAt (splitString " " event);
+        in {
+          name = part 0;
+          pattern = part 1;
+        };
+  in
+    mapAttrs (_: wrapArray) value;
+  normalizeEvents = events:
+    if isList events
+    then map normalizeEvent events
+    else [(normalizeEvent events)];
+
   withPluginDefaults = dep: defaultPlugin // dep;
   normalizePlugin = d: let
     dep = types.dependency d;
@@ -48,7 +74,9 @@
     // rec {
       hasCommands = p.cmd != [];
       hasFileTypes = p.ft != [];
-      lazy = p.lazy || hasCommands || hasFileTypes;
+      events = normalizeEvents p.events;
+      hasEvents = p.events != [];
+      lazy = p.lazy || hasCommands || hasFileTypes || hasEvents;
       optional = lazy || p.init != null;
     };
 
@@ -137,6 +165,9 @@
         })
         // (optionalAttrs plugin.hasFileTypes {
           inherit (plugin) ft;
+        })
+        // (optionalAttrs plugin.hasEvents {
+          inherit (plugin) events;
         });
     };
   pluginsLuaDef = plugins:
diff --git a/lib/types.nix b/lib/types.nix
index 9ad29cb..de8bd55 100644
--- a/lib/types.nix
+++ b/lib/types.nix
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
       src = any;
     };
 
+  eventType = with yants;
+    struct "event" {
+      name = either string stringList;
+      pattern = either string stringList;
+    };
+
   # The plugin type of dependencies
   pluginType = with yants; let
     stringList = list string;
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@
       lazy = option bool;
 
       # List of events on which the plugin should be loaded
-      # events = option stringList;
+      events = option (eitherN [string eventType (list (either string eventType))]);
 
       # List of commands on which the plugin should be loaded
       cmd = option stringList;
diff --git a/lua/sloth-flake/dep.lua b/lua/sloth-flake/dep.lua
index 1550cbb..d3a12ee 100644
--- a/lua/sloth-flake/dep.lua
+++ b/lua/sloth-flake/dep.lua
@@ -28,15 +28,29 @@ function M.new(values)
           end
         end
 
-        if self.ft then
+        if self.has_events then
           local group_id = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup(self.augroup_name, {
             clear = true,
           })
-          vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('FileType', {
-            group = group_id,
-            pattern = self.ft,
-            callback = self:lazy_load_ft()
-          })
+
+          if self.ft then
+            vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('FileType', {
+              group = group_id,
+              pattern = self.ft,
+              callback = self:lazy_load_event('FileType')
+            })
+          end
+
+          if self.events then
+            for _, event in ipairs(self.events) do
+              -- print("register event", event.name, "for pattern", event.pattern)
+              vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd(event.name, {
+                group = group_id,
+                pattern = event.pattern,
+                callback = self:lazy_load_event(event.name)
+              })
+            end
+          end
         end
       end,
       [State.Inited] = function()
@@ -73,7 +87,7 @@ function M.new(values)
           end
         end
 
-        if self.ft then
+        if self.has_events then
           vim.api.nvim_del_augroup_by_name(self.augroup_name)
         end
       end,
@@ -134,6 +148,10 @@ function M:get_ft()
   return self.values.ft
 end
 
+function M:get_events()
+  return self.values.events
+end
+
 function M:get_is_lazy()
   return self.values.lazy or false
 end
@@ -150,6 +168,10 @@ function M:get_is_loaded()
   return self.state >= State.Loaded
 end
 
+function M:get_has_events()
+  return self.ft or self.events
+end
+
 function M:get_augroup_name()
   return "Sloth-plugin-" .. self.name
 end
@@ -187,10 +209,10 @@ function M:lazy_load_cmd(cmd)
   end
 end
 
-function M:lazy_load_ft()
+function M:lazy_load_event(name)
   return function(param)
     self:load()
-    vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds('FileType', {
+    vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds(name, {
       pattern = param.match,
     })
   end