diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rpc/DiscordRpcClient.Events.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rpc/DiscordRpcClient.Events.cs
index 2a9ae21bf..f58f03c52 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rpc/DiscordRpcClient.Events.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rpc/DiscordRpcClient.Events.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ namespace Discord.Rpc
     public partial class DiscordRpcClient
     {
         //General
+        public event Func<Task> Connecting
+        {
+            add { _connectingEvent.Add(value); }
+            remove { _connectingEvent.Remove(value); }
+        }
+        private readonly AsyncEvent<Func<Task>> _connectingEvent = new AsyncEvent<Func<Task>>();
         public event Func<Task> Connected
         {
             add { _connectedEvent.Add(value); }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rpc/DiscordRpcClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rpc/DiscordRpcClient.cs
index b1bba17b7..19d7e9dfc 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rpc/DiscordRpcClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rpc/DiscordRpcClient.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace Discord.Rpc
             _rpcLogger = LogManager.CreateLogger("RPC");
             _connection = new ConnectionManager(_stateLock, _rpcLogger, config.ConnectionTimeout,
                 ConnectAsync, DisconnectAsync, x => ApiClient.Disconnected += x);
+            _connection.Connecting += () => _connectingEvent.InvokeAsync();
             _connection.Connected += () => _connectedEvent.InvokeAsync();
             _connection.Disconnected += (ex, recon) => _disconnectedEvent.InvokeAsync(ex);
 
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/ConnectionManager.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/ConnectionManager.cs
index 0a222e491..d7682a2af 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/ConnectionManager.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/ConnectionManager.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ namespace Discord
 {
     internal class ConnectionManager
     {
+        public event Func<Task> Connecting { add { _connectingEvent.Add(value); } remove { _connectingEvent.Remove(value); } }
+        private readonly AsyncEvent<Func<Task>> _connectingEvent = new AsyncEvent<Func<Task>>();
         public event Func<Task> Connected { add { _connectedEvent.Add(value); } remove { _connectedEvent.Remove(value); } }
         private readonly AsyncEvent<Func<Task>> _connectedEvent = new AsyncEvent<Func<Task>>();
         public event Func<Exception, bool, Task> Disconnected { add { _disconnectedEvent.Add(value); } remove { _disconnectedEvent.Remove(value); } }
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@ namespace Discord
 
             try
             {
+                await _connectingEvent.InvokeAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+
                 var readyPromise = new TaskCompletionSource<bool>();
                 _readyPromise = readyPromise;
 
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.Events.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.Events.cs
index fb155e535..cabdf98ee 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.Events.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.Events.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
     public partial class DiscordSocketClient
     {
         //General
+        public event Func<Task> Connecting
+        {
+            add { _connectingEvent.Add(value); }
+            remove { _connectingEvent.Remove(value); }
+        }
+        private readonly AsyncEvent<Func<Task>> _connectingEvent = new AsyncEvent<Func<Task>>();
         public event Func<Task> Connected
         {
             add { _connectedEvent.Add(value); }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
index dcd61a52f..89502eb03 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
             _gatewayLogger = LogManager.CreateLogger(ShardId == 0 && TotalShards == 1 ? "Gateway" : $"Shard #{ShardId}");
             _connection = new ConnectionManager(_stateLock, _gatewayLogger, config.ConnectionTimeout,
                 ConnectAsync, DisconnectAsync, x => ApiClient.Disconnected += x);
+            _connection.Connecting += () => TimedInvokeAsync(_connectingEvent, nameof(Connecting));
             _connection.Connected += () => TimedInvokeAsync(_connectedEvent, nameof(Connected));
             _connection.Disconnected += (ex, recon) => TimedInvokeAsync(_disconnectedEvent, nameof(Disconnected), ex);