diff --git a/drivers/core/Kconfig b/drivers/core/Kconfig
index 8f7703c..5c34004 100644
--- a/drivers/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/core/Kconfig
@@ -77,6 +77,16 @@
 	  it causes unplugged devices to linger around in the dm-tree, and it
 	  causes USB host controllers to not be stopped when booting the OS.
 
+config DM_EVENT
+	bool "Support events with driver model"
+	depends on DM
+	imply EVENT
+	default y if SANDBOX
+	help
+	  This enables support for generating events related to driver model
+	  operations, such as prbing or removing a device. Subsystems can
+	  register a 'spy' function that is called when the event occurs.
+
 config SPL_DM_DEVICE_REMOVE
 	bool "Support device removal in SPL"
 	depends on SPL_DM
diff --git a/drivers/core/device-remove.c b/drivers/core/device-remove.c
index e6ec6ff..73d2e9e 100644
--- a/drivers/core/device-remove.c
+++ b/drivers/core/device-remove.c
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@
 	if (!(dev_get_flags(dev) & DM_FLAG_ACTIVATED))
 		return 0;
 
+	ret = device_notify(dev, EVT_DM_PRE_REMOVE);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	/*
 	 * If the child returns EKEYREJECTED, continue. It just means that it
 	 * didn't match the flags.
@@ -256,6 +260,10 @@
 
 	dev_bic_flags(dev, DM_FLAG_ACTIVATED);
 
+	ret = device_notify(dev, EVT_DM_POST_REMOVE);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_remove;
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_remove:
diff --git a/drivers/core/device.c b/drivers/core/device.c
index 901c1e2..1b356f1 100644
--- a/drivers/core/device.c
+++ b/drivers/core/device.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <common.h>
 #include <cpu_func.h>
+#include <event.h>
 #include <log.h>
 #include <asm/global_data.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
@@ -493,6 +494,10 @@
 	if (dev_get_flags(dev) & DM_FLAG_ACTIVATED)
 		return 0;
 
+	ret = device_notify(dev, EVT_DM_PRE_PROBE);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	drv = dev->driver;
 	assert(drv);
 
@@ -597,6 +602,10 @@
 				  dev->name, ret, errno_str(ret));
 	}
 
+	ret = device_notify(dev, EVT_DM_POST_PROBE);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return 0;
 fail_uclass:
 	if (device_remove(dev, DM_REMOVE_NORMAL)) {