diff --git a/src/event.c b/src/event.c
index 17b1aae8..ef75d588 100644
--- a/src/event.c
+++ b/src/event.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include "event_log.h"
 #include "event_exec.h"
 #include "event_url.h"
+#include "fastevent.h"
 #include "logging.h"
 #include "admin.h"
 #include "connection.h"
@@ -334,6 +335,7 @@ void event_registration_push(event_registration_t **er, event_registration_t *ta
 
 /* event signaling */
 void event_emit(event_t *event) {
+    fastevent_emit(FASTEVENT_TYPE_SLOWEVENT, FASTEVENT_FLAG_NONE, FASTEVENT_DATATYPE_EVENT, event);
     thread_mutex_lock(&event_lock);
     event_push(&event_queue, event);
     thread_mutex_unlock(&event_lock);
@@ -371,11 +373,13 @@ void event_emit_clientevent(const char *trigger, client_t *client, const char *u
      * We do this before inserting all the data into the object to avoid
      * all the strdups() and stuff in case they aren't needed.
      */
+#ifndef FASTEVENT_ENABLED
     if (event->reglist[0] == NULL) {
         /* we have no registrations, drop this event. */
         event_release(event);
         return;
     }
+#endif
 
     if (client) {
         const char *tmp;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a49b776a..b2e6ecb1 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -120,12 +120,35 @@ static void _stop_logging(void)
     log_close(playlistlog);
 }
 
+#ifndef FASTEVENT_ENABLED
+static void __fastevent_cb(const void *userdata, fastevent_type_t type, fastevent_flag_t flags, fastevent_datatype_t datatype, va_list ap)
+{
+    event_t *event;
+
+    if (datatype != FASTEVENT_DATATYPE_EVENT)
+        return;
+
+    event = va_arg(ap, event_t*);
+
+    if (event == NULL) {
+        ICECAST_LOG_DEBUG("event=%p", event);
+    } else {
+        ICECAST_LOG_DEBUG("event=%p{.trigger='%s', ...}", event, event->trigger);
+    }
+}
+
+static refobject_t fastevent_reg;
+#endif
+
 static void initialize_subsystems(void)
 {
     log_initialize();
     thread_initialize();
     global_initialize();
+#ifndef FASTEVENT_ENABLED
     fastevent_initialize();
+    fastevent_reg = fastevent_register(FASTEVENT_TYPE_SLOWEVENT, __fastevent_cb, NULL, NULL);
+#endif
     sock_initialize();
     resolver_initialize();
     config_initialize();
@@ -154,7 +177,10 @@ static void shutdown_subsystems(void)
     config_shutdown();
     resolver_shutdown();
     sock_shutdown();
+#ifndef FASTEVENT_ENABLED
+    refobject_unref(fastevent_reg);
     fastevent_shutdown();
+#endif
     global_shutdown();
     thread_shutdown();