diff --git a/test/integration/BUILD b/test/integration/BUILD
index 4d657752613..138752de4bd 100644
--- a/test/integration/BUILD
+++ b/test/integration/BUILD
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ filegroup(
         "//test/integration/disruption:all-srcs",
         "//test/integration/dryrun:all-srcs",
         "//test/integration/etcd:all-srcs",
+        "//test/integration/events:all-srcs",
         "//test/integration/evictions:all-srcs",
         "//test/integration/examples:all-srcs",
         "//test/integration/framework:all-srcs",
diff --git a/test/integration/client/client_test.go b/test/integration/client/client_test.go
index 3edbf8d0d15..57031679bb7 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/client_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/client/client_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	apierrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/fields"
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+
 	kubeapiservertesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/version"
diff --git a/test/integration/events/BUILD b/test/integration/events/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48290ba3b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/events/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+load("@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl", "go_test")
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = [
+        "events_test.go",
+        "main_test.go",
+    ],
+    tags = ["integration"],
+    deps = [
+        "//cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/events:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/record:go_default_library",
+        "//staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference:go_default_library",
+        "//test/integration/framework:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "package-srcs",
+    srcs = glob(["**"]),
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
+)
+
+filegroup(
+    name = "all-srcs",
+    srcs = [":package-srcs"],
+    tags = ["automanaged"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/test/integration/events/events_test.go b/test/integration/events/events_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3df8c3b2d56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/events/events_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package events
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+	typedv1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/events"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
+	ref "k8s.io/client-go/tools/reference"
+	kubeapiservertesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-apiserver/app/testing"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
+)
+
+func TestEventCompatibility(t *testing.T) {
+	result := kubeapiservertesting.StartTestServerOrDie(t, nil, []string{"--disable-admission-plugins", "ServiceAccount"}, framework.SharedEtcd())
+	defer result.TearDownFn()
+
+	client := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(result.ClientConfig)
+
+	testPod := &v1.Pod{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			SelfLink:  "/api/version/pods/foo",
+			Name:      "foo",
+			Namespace: "default",
+			UID:       "bar",
+		},
+	}
+
+	regarding, err := ref.GetReference(scheme.Scheme, testPod)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	related, err := ref.GetPartialReference(scheme.Scheme, testPod, ".spec.containers[0]")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	oldBroadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
+	oldRecorder := oldBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, v1.EventSource{Component: "integration"})
+	oldBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(&typedv1.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.CoreV1().Events("")})
+	oldRecorder.Eventf(regarding, v1.EventTypeNormal, "started", "note")
+
+	newBroadcaster := events.NewBroadcaster(&events.EventSinkImpl{Interface: client.EventsV1beta1().Events("")})
+	newRecorder := newBroadcaster.NewRecorder(scheme.Scheme, "k8s.io/kube-scheduler")
+	newBroadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(stopCh)
+	newRecorder.Eventf(regarding, related, v1.EventTypeNormal, "memoryPressure", "killed", "memory pressure")
+	err = wait.PollImmediate(100*time.Millisecond, 20*time.Second, func() (done bool, err error) {
+		v1beta1Events, err := client.EventsV1beta1().Events("").List(metav1.ListOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		if len(v1beta1Events.Items) != 2 {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+
+		events, err := client.CoreV1().Events("").List(metav1.ListOptions{})
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+
+		if len(events.Items) != 2 {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+		return true, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected err: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/events/main_test.go b/test/integration/events/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1574b8c91b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/events/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package events
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/integration/framework"
+)
+
+func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
+	framework.EtcdMain(m.Run)
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index e7e68f3cf5f..39ea9492cdc 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1514,6 +1514,7 @@ k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd
 k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api
 k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api/latest
 k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/api/v1
+k8s.io/client-go/tools/events
 k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection
 k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock
 k8s.io/client-go/tools/metrics