diff --git a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php
index 219142e7254e9..bb2ad7972fb92 100644
--- a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php
+++ b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/BaseDatabaseModel.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Joomla\CMS\MVC\Factory\LegacyFactory;
 use Joomla\CMS\MVC\Factory\MVCFactoryInterface;
 use Joomla\Utilities\ArrayHelper;
+use Joomla\CMS\Plugin\PluginHelper;
 
 /**
  * Base class for a database aware Joomla Model
@@ -620,4 +621,27 @@ protected function cleanCache($group = null, $clientId = 0)
 		// Trigger the onContentCleanCache event.
 		\JEventDispatcher::getInstance()->trigger($this->event_clean_cache, $options);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Trigger an event.
+	 *
+	 * @param   string  $event  The event to trigger.
+	 * @param   array   $args   An array of arguments.
+	 * @param   string  $group  The name of the plugin group to import
+	 *
+	 * @return  array  An array of results from each event call.
+	 *
+	 * @since   3.0
+	 */
+
+	protected function triggerEvent($event, $args = array(), $group = null)
+	{
+		if(isset($group))
+		{
+			PluginHelper::importPlugin($group);
+		}
+
+		$dispatcher = \JEventDispatcher::getInstance();
+		return $dispatcher->trigger($event, $args);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/ListModel.php b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/ListModel.php
index fa972b3c725c3..257e9b920757a 100644
--- a/libraries/src/MVC/Model/ListModel.php
+++ b/libraries/src/MVC/Model/ListModel.php
@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ class ListModel extends BaseDatabaseModel
 	 */
 	protected $listBlacklist = array('select');
 
+	/**
+	 * The event that is triggered after the request is created
+	 *
+	 * @var    string
+	 * @since  1.6
+	 */
+	protected $event_prepare_list_query = null;
+
 	/**
 	 * Constructor.
 	 *
@@ -106,6 +114,15 @@ public function __construct($config = array(), MVCFactoryInterface $factory = nu
 	{
 		parent::__construct($config, $factory);
 
+		if (isset($config['event_prepare_list_query']))
+		{
+			$this->event_prepare_list_query = $config['event_prepare_list_query'];
+		}
+		elseif (empty($this->event_prepare_list_query))
+		{
+			$this->event_prepare_list_query = 'onPrepareListQuery';
+		}
+
 		// Add the ordering filtering fields whitelist.
 		if (isset($config['filter_fields']))
 		{
@@ -190,8 +207,13 @@ public function getItems()
 
 		try
 		{
+			$query = $this->_getListQuery();
+			$args = [$this->context, &$query, $this];
+
+			$this->triggerEvent($this->event_prepare_list_query, $args);
+
 			// Load the list items and add the items to the internal cache.
-			$this->cache[$store] = $this->_getList($this->_getListQuery(), $this->getStart(), $this->getState('list.limit'));
+			$this->cache[$store] = $this->_getList($query, $this->getStart(), $this->getState('list.limit'));
 		}
 		catch (\RuntimeException $e)
 		{
@@ -285,8 +307,13 @@ public function getTotal()
 
 		try
 		{
+			$query = $this->_getListQuery();
+			$args = [$this->context, &$query, $this];
+
+			$this->triggerEvent($this->event_prepare_list_query, $args);
+
 			// Load the total and add the total to the internal cache.
-			$this->cache[$store] = (int) $this->_getListCount($this->_getListQuery());
+			$this->cache[$store] = (int) $this->_getListCount($query);
 		}
 		catch (\RuntimeException $e)
 		{