diff --git a/src/mixins/event.js b/src/mixins/event.js
index 066e14a5e4..3dede8e681 100644
--- a/src/mixins/event.js
+++ b/src/mixins/event.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function upperCase(name) {
 }
 
 export default function(service) {
+  const app = this;
   const isEmitter = typeof service.on === 'function' &&
     typeof service.emit === 'function';
   const emitter = service._rubberDuck = rubberduck.emitter(service);
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ export default function(service) {
           const hook = hookObject(method, 'after', args);
           const data = Array.isArray(results[1]) ? results[1] : [ results[1] ];
 
+          hook.app = app;
           data.forEach(current => service.emit(event, current, hook));
         } else {
           service.emit('serviceError', results[0]);
diff --git a/test/mixins/event.test.js b/test/mixins/event.test.js
index be80cb76c9..d26b50b0e1 100644
--- a/test/mixins/event.test.js
+++ b/test/mixins/event.test.js
@@ -209,4 +209,29 @@ describe('Event mixin', () => {
       instance.emit('created', { custom: 'event' });
     });
   });
+
+  it('sets hook.app', done => {
+      const FixtureService = Proto.extend({
+          update(id, data, params, cb) {
+              setTimeout(function () {
+                  cb(null, {
+                      id: id,
+                      name: data.name
+                  });
+              }, 20);
+          }
+      });
+
+      const instance = create.call(FixtureService);
+      const dummyApp = { isApp: true };
+
+      mixinEvent.call(dummyApp, instance);
+
+      instance.on('updated', function (data, hook) {
+          assert.deepEqual(hook.app, dummyApp);
+          done();
+      });
+
+      instance.update(12, { name: 'Updated tester' }, {}, function () {});
+  });
 });