diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77cb38b4a..a6c89b72a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.gmail.nossr50.mcMMO</groupId>
     <artifactId>mcMMO</artifactId>
-    <version>2.1.166</version>
+    <version>2.1.167-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>mcMMO</name>
     <url>https://github.com/mcMMO-Dev/mcMMO</url>
     <scm>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/events/skills/SkillActivationPerkEvent.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/events/skills/SkillActivationPerkEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89c41dd6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/events/skills/SkillActivationPerkEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.gmail.nossr50.events.skills;
+
+import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
+import org.bukkit.event.Event;
+import org.bukkit.event.HandlerList;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+public class SkillActivationPerkEvent extends Event {
+
+
+
+
+    private static final HandlerList handlers = new HandlerList();
+    private final Player player;
+    private int ticks;
+    private final int maxTicks;
+
+    public SkillActivationPerkEvent(Player player, int ticks, int maxTicks) {
+
+        this.player = player;
+        this.ticks = ticks;
+        this.maxTicks = maxTicks;
+    }
+
+    public Player getPlayer() {
+        return player;
+    }
+
+    public int getTicks() {
+        return ticks;
+    }
+
+    public void setTicks(int ticks) {
+        this.ticks = ticks;
+    }
+
+    public int getMaxTicks() {
+        return maxTicks;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull HandlerList getHandlers() {
+        return handlers;
+    }
+
+    public static HandlerList getHandlerList() {
+        return handlers;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/skills/PerksUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/skills/PerksUtils.java
index 165008068..588b944e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/skills/PerksUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gmail/nossr50/util/skills/PerksUtils.java
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package com.gmail.nossr50.util.skills;
 
 import com.gmail.nossr50.config.experience.ExperienceConfig;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.datatypes.skills.PrimarySkillType;
+import com.gmail.nossr50.events.skills.SkillActivationPerkEvent;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.util.Permissions;
 import com.gmail.nossr50.util.player.UserManager;
+
+import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 
@@ -42,7 +45,9 @@ public final class PerksUtils {
             ticks += 4;
         }
 
-        return ticks;
+        final SkillActivationPerkEvent skillActivationPerkEvent = new SkillActivationPerkEvent(player, ticks, maxTicks);
+        Bukkit.getPluginManager().callEvent(skillActivationPerkEvent);
+        return skillActivationPerkEvent.getTicks();
     }
 
     public static float handleXpPerks(Player player, float xp, PrimarySkillType skill) {