diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/ingress_controller.go b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/ingress_controller.go
index 685e837301b..296d9f52114 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/ingress_controller.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/ingress_controller.go
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ import (
 	federation_api "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/apis/federation/v1beta1"
 	federation_release_1_4 "k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/client/clientset_generated/federation_release_1_4"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/federation/pkg/federation-controller/util/eventsink"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	extensions_v1beta1 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions/v1beta1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/cache"
 	kube_release_1_4 "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/clientset_generated/release_1_4"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/client/record"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/controller/framework"
 	pkg_runtime "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/runtime"
@@ -67,6 +69,9 @@ type IngressController struct {
 	// Backoff manager for ingresses
 	ingressBackoff *flowcontrol.Backoff
 
+	// For events
+	eventRecorder record.EventRecorder
+
 	ingressReviewDelay    time.Duration
 	clusterAvailableDelay time.Duration
 	smallDelay            time.Duration
@@ -75,6 +80,10 @@ type IngressController struct {
 
 // NewIngressController returns a new ingress controller
 func NewIngressController(client federation_release_1_4.Interface) *IngressController {
+	broadcaster := record.NewBroadcaster()
+	broadcaster.StartRecordingToSink(eventsink.NewFederatedEventSink(client))
+	recorder := broadcaster.NewRecorder(api.EventSource{Component: "federated-ingress-controller"})
+
 	ic := &IngressController{
 		federatedApiClient:    client,
 		ingressReviewDelay:    time.Second * 10,
@@ -82,6 +91,7 @@ func NewIngressController(client federation_release_1_4.Interface) *IngressContr
 		smallDelay:            time.Second * 3,
 		updateTimeout:         time.Second * 30,
 		ingressBackoff:        flowcontrol.NewBackOff(5*time.Second, time.Minute),
+		eventRecorder:         recorder,
 	}
 
 	// Build deliverers for triggering reconcilations.
@@ -287,6 +297,9 @@ func (ic *IngressController) reconcileIngress(ingress types.NamespacedName) {
 			// We can't supply server-created fields when creating a new object.
 			desiredIngress.ObjectMeta.ResourceVersion = ""
 			desiredIngress.ObjectMeta.UID = ""
+			ic.eventRecorder.Eventf(baseIngress, api.EventTypeNormal, "CreateInCluster",
+				"Creating ingress in cluster %s", cluster.Name)
+
 			// We always first create an ingress in the first available cluster.  Once that ingress
 			// has been created and allocated a global IP (visible via an annotation),
 			// we record that annotation on the federated ingress, and create all other cluster
@@ -332,6 +345,9 @@ func (ic *IngressController) reconcileIngress(ingress types.NamespacedName) {
 				for key, val := range baseIngress.ObjectMeta.Annotations {
 					desiredIngress.ObjectMeta.Annotations[key] = val
 				}
+				ic.eventRecorder.Eventf(baseIngress, api.EventTypeNormal, "UpdateCluster",
+					"Updating ingress in cluster %s", cluster.Name)
+
 				operations = append(operations, util.FederatedOperation{
 					Type:        util.OperationTypeUpdate,
 					Obj:         desiredIngress,
@@ -346,7 +362,10 @@ func (ic *IngressController) reconcileIngress(ingress types.NamespacedName) {
 		return
 	}
 	glog.V(4).Infof("Calling federatedUpdater.Update() - operations: %v", operations)
-	err = ic.federatedUpdater.Update(operations, ic.updateTimeout)
+	err = ic.federatedUpdater.UpdateWithOnError(operations, ic.updateTimeout, func(op util.FederatedOperation, operror error) {
+		ic.eventRecorder.Eventf(baseIngress, api.EventTypeNormal, "FailedClusterUpdate",
+			"Update ingress in cluster %s failed: %v", op.ClusterName, operror)
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Errorf("Failed to execute updates for %s: %v", ingress, err)
 		ic.deliverIngress(ingress, ic.ingressReviewDelay, true)
diff --git a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/ingress_controller_test.go b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/ingress_controller_test.go
index a2be3d68be9..ab8a9ab1d37 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/ingress_controller_test.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/federation-controller/ingress/ingress_controller_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func TestIngressController(t *testing.T) {
 		ObjectMeta: api_v1.ObjectMeta{
 			Name:      "test-ingress",
 			Namespace: "mynamespace",
+			SelfLink:  "/api/v1/namespaces/mynamespaces/ingress/test-ingress",
 		},
 	}