diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap b/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
index 2cb21e9c38b0..592643d2c580 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/__snapshots__/posts.test.js.snap
@@ -1183,3 +1183,243 @@ Header Level 3
   },
 }
 `;
+
+exports[`post.* events post.unpublished event is triggered 1: [headers] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "accept-encoding": "gzip, deflate",
+  "content-length": Any<Number>,
+  "content-type": "application/json",
+  "content-version": StringMatching /v\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+/,
+  "user-agent": StringMatching /Ghost\\\\/\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+\\\\\\.\\\\d\\+\\\\s\\\\\\(https:\\\\/\\\\/github\\.com\\\\/TryGhost\\\\/Ghost\\\\\\)/,
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`post.* events post.unpublished event is triggered 2: [body] 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "post": Object {
+    "current": Object {
+      "authors": Array [
+        Object {
+          "accessibility": null,
+          "bio": "bio",
+          "comment_notifications": true,
+          "cover_image": null,
+          "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "email": "jbloggs@example.com",
+          "facebook": null,
+          "free_member_signup_notification": true,
+          "id": "1",
+          "last_seen": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "location": "location",
+          "meta_description": null,
+          "meta_title": null,
+          "name": "Joe Bloggs",
+          "paid_subscription_canceled_notification": false,
+          "paid_subscription_started_notification": true,
+          "profile_image": "https://example.com/super_photo.jpg",
+          "roles": Array [
+            Object {
+              "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+              "description": "Blog Owner",
+              "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+              "name": "Owner",
+              "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+            },
+          ],
+          "slug": "joe-bloggs",
+          "status": "active",
+          "tour": null,
+          "twitter": null,
+          "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "url": "http://127.0.0.1:2369/author/joe-bloggs/",
+          "website": null,
+        },
+      ],
+      "canonical_url": null,
+      "codeinjection_foot": null,
+      "codeinjection_head": null,
+      "comment_id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "count": Object {
+        "clicks": 0,
+        "paid_conversions": 0,
+        "positive_feedback": 0,
+        "sentiment": 0,
+        "signups": 0,
+      },
+      "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "custom_excerpt": null,
+      "custom_template": null,
+      "email": Object {
+        "opened_count": null,
+      },
+      "email_only": false,
+      "email_segment": "all",
+      "email_subject": null,
+      "excerpt": "HTML Ipsum Presents
+
+Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum o",
+      "feature_image": null,
+      "feature_image_alt": null,
+      "feature_image_caption": null,
+      "featured": false,
+      "frontmatter": null,
+      "html": "<!--kg-card-begin: markdown--><h1>HTML Ipsum Presents</h1><img src=\\"http://127.0.0.1:2369/content/images/lol.jpg\\"><p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href=\\\\\\"#\\\\\\">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p><h2>Header Level 2</h2><ol><li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li><li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li></ol><blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote><h3>Header Level 3</h3><ul><li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li><li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li></ul><pre><code>#header h1 a{display: block;width: 300px;height: 80px;}</code></pre><!--kg-card-end: markdown-->",
+      "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+      "meta_description": null,
+      "meta_title": null,
+      "mobiledoc": "{\\"version\\":\\"0.3.1\\",\\"markups\\":[],\\"atoms\\":[],\\"cards\\":[[\\"markdown\\",{\\"markdown\\":\\"<h1>HTML Ipsum Presents</h1><img src=\\\\\\"http://127.0.0.1:2369/content/images/lol.jpg\\\\\\"><p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"#\\\\\\\\\\\\\\">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p><h2>Header Level 2</h2><ol><li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li><li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li></ol><blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote><h3>Header Level 3</h3><ul><li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li><li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li></ul><pre><code>#header h1 a{display: block;width: 300px;height: 80px;}</code></pre>\\"}]],\\"sections\\":[[10,0]]}",
+      "og_description": null,
+      "og_image": null,
+      "og_title": null,
+      "plaintext": "HTML Ipsum Presents
+
+Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.
+
+
+Header Level 2
+
+ 1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
+ 2. Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.
+
+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.
+
+
+Header Level 3
+
+ * Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.
+ * Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.
+
+#header h1 a{display: block;width: 300px;height: 80px;}",
+      "primary_author": Object {
+        "accessibility": null,
+        "bio": "bio",
+        "comment_notifications": true,
+        "cover_image": null,
+        "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+        "email": "jbloggs@example.com",
+        "facebook": null,
+        "free_member_signup_notification": true,
+        "id": "1",
+        "last_seen": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+        "location": "location",
+        "meta_description": null,
+        "meta_title": null,
+        "name": "Joe Bloggs",
+        "paid_subscription_canceled_notification": false,
+        "paid_subscription_started_notification": true,
+        "profile_image": "https://example.com/super_photo.jpg",
+        "roles": Array [
+          Object {
+            "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+            "description": "Blog Owner",
+            "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+            "name": "Owner",
+            "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          },
+        ],
+        "slug": "joe-bloggs",
+        "status": "active",
+        "tour": null,
+        "twitter": null,
+        "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+        "url": "http://127.0.0.1:2369/author/joe-bloggs/",
+        "website": null,
+      },
+      "primary_tag": null,
+      "published_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "reading_time": 1,
+      "slug": "webhookz-2",
+      "status": "draft",
+      "tags": Array [],
+      "tiers": Array [
+        Object {
+          "active": true,
+          "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "currency": "usd",
+          "description": null,
+          "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+          "monthly_price": 500,
+          "monthly_price_id": null,
+          "name": "Default Product",
+          "slug": "default-product",
+          "trial_days": 0,
+          "type": "paid",
+          "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "visibility": "public",
+          "welcome_page_url": null,
+          "yearly_price": 5000,
+          "yearly_price_id": null,
+        },
+        Object {
+          "active": true,
+          "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "currency": null,
+          "description": null,
+          "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+          "monthly_price": null,
+          "monthly_price_id": null,
+          "name": "Free",
+          "slug": "free",
+          "trial_days": 0,
+          "type": "free",
+          "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "visibility": "public",
+          "welcome_page_url": null,
+          "yearly_price": null,
+          "yearly_price_id": null,
+        },
+      ],
+      "title": "webhookz",
+      "twitter_description": null,
+      "twitter_image": null,
+      "twitter_title": null,
+      "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+      "url": StringMatching /http:\\\\/\\\\/127\\.0\\.0\\.1:2369\\\\/\\\\w\\+\\\\//,
+      "uuid": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{8\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{4\\}-\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{12\\}/,
+      "visibility": "public",
+    },
+    "previous": Object {
+      "status": "published",
+      "tiers": Array [
+        Object {
+          "active": true,
+          "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "currency": "usd",
+          "description": null,
+          "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+          "monthly_price": 500,
+          "monthly_price_id": null,
+          "name": "Default Product",
+          "slug": "default-product",
+          "trial_days": 0,
+          "type": "paid",
+          "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "visibility": "public",
+          "welcome_page_url": null,
+          "yearly_price": 5000,
+          "yearly_price_id": null,
+        },
+        Object {
+          "active": true,
+          "created_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "currency": null,
+          "description": null,
+          "id": StringMatching /\\[a-f0-9\\]\\{24\\}/,
+          "monthly_price": null,
+          "monthly_price_id": null,
+          "name": "Free",
+          "slug": "free",
+          "trial_days": 0,
+          "type": "free",
+          "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+          "visibility": "public",
+          "welcome_page_url": null,
+          "yearly_price": null,
+          "yearly_price_id": null,
+        },
+      ],
+      "updated_at": StringMatching /\\\\d\\{4\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}-\\\\d\\{2\\}T\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}:\\\\d\\{2\\}\\\\\\.000Z/,
+    },
+  },
+}
+`;
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/posts.test.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/posts.test.js
index 6b98198284e3..be8d918f0511 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/posts.test.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-webhooks/posts.test.js
@@ -168,6 +168,59 @@ describe('post.* events', function () {
             });
     });
 
+    it('post.unpublished event is triggered', async function () {
+        const webhookURL = 'https://test-webhook-receiver.com/post-unpublished/';
+        await webhookMockReceiver.mock(webhookURL);
+        await fixtureManager.insertWebhook({
+            event: 'post.unpublished',
+            url: webhookURL
+        });
+
+        const res = await adminAPIAgent
+            .post('posts/')
+            .body({
+                posts: [
+                    {
+                        title: 'webhookz',
+                        status: 'published',
+                        mobiledoc: fixtureManager.get('posts', 1).mobiledoc
+                    }
+                ]
+            })
+            .expectStatus(201);
+
+        const id = res.body.posts[0].id;
+        const updatedPost = res.body.posts[0];
+        updatedPost.status = 'draft';
+
+        await adminAPIAgent
+            .put('posts/' + id)
+            .body({
+                posts: [updatedPost]
+            })
+            .expectStatus(200);
+
+        await webhookMockReceiver.receivedRequest();
+
+        webhookMockReceiver
+            .matchHeaderSnapshot({
+                'content-version': anyContentVersion,
+                'content-length': anyNumber,
+                'user-agent': anyGhostAgent
+            })
+            .matchBodySnapshot({
+                post: {
+                    current: buildPostSnapshotWithTiers({
+                        published: true,
+                        tiersCount: 2
+                    }),
+                    previous: buildPreviousPostSnapshotWithTiers({
+                        tiersCount: 2
+                    })
+                }
+            });
+    });
+
     it('post.added event is triggered', async function () {
         const webhookURL = 'https://test-webhook-receiver.com/post-added/';
         await webhookMockReceiver.mock(webhookURL);