diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 59c7981181e..3ae37a3d6d1 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   after_save :expire_old_email_tokens
   after_save :index_search
   after_commit :trigger_user_created_event, on: :create
+  after_commit :trigger_user_updated_event, on: :update
 
   before_destroy do
     # These tables don't have primary keys, so destroying them with activerecord is tricky:
@@ -1092,6 +1093,11 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
     true
   end
 
+  def trigger_user_updated_event
+    DiscourseEvent.trigger(:user_updated, self)
+    true
+  end
+
 end
 
 # == Schema Information
diff --git a/app/services/user_updater.rb b/app/services/user_updater.rb
index 758c019c2a0..8b36ce94252 100644
--- a/app/services/user_updater.rb
+++ b/app/services/user_updater.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ class UserUpdater
       end
     end
 
-    DiscourseEvent.trigger(:user_updated, user) if saved
     saved
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index 4f5524ec9d4..138835a39e9 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -90,12 +90,15 @@ describe User do
       user.approve(admin)
     end
 
-    it 'triggers a extensibility event' do
+    it 'triggers extensibility events' do
       user && admin # bypass the user_created event
-      event = DiscourseEvent.track_events { user.approve(admin) }.first
+      user_updated_event, user_approved_event = DiscourseEvent.track_events { user.approve(admin) }
 
-      expect(event[:event_name]).to eq(:user_approved)
-      expect(event[:params].first).to eq(user)
+      expect(user_updated_event[:event_name]).to eq(:user_updated)
+      expect(user_updated_event[:params].first).to eq(user)
+
+      expect(user_approved_event[:event_name]).to eq(:user_approved)
+      expect(user_approved_event[:params].first).to eq(user)
     end
 
     context 'after approval' do