diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/README.md b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/README.md
index 787bfcc433d30..ba0e83c2a82ba 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/README.md
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Currently supported are:
 * Put a record to a Kinesis stream
 * Log an event into a LogGroup
 * Put a record to a Kinesis Data Firehose stream
+* Put an event on an EventBridge bus
 
 See the README of the `@aws-cdk/aws-events` library for more information on
 EventBridge.
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/lib/event-bus.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/lib/event-bus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1d07261a8eace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/lib/event-bus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import * as events from '@aws-cdk/aws-events';
+import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
+import { singletonEventRole } from './util';
+
+/**
+ * Configuration properties of an Event Bus event
+ */
+export interface EventBusProps {
+  /**
+   * Role to be used to publish the event
+   *
+   * @default a new role is created.
+   */
+  readonly role?: iam.IRole;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Notify an existing Event Bus of an event
+ */
+export class EventBus implements events.IRuleTarget {
+  private readonly role?: iam.IRole;
+
+  constructor(private readonly eventBus: events.IEventBus, props: EventBusProps = {}) {
+    this.role = props.role;
+  }
+
+  bind(rule: events.IRule, id?: string): events.RuleTargetConfig {
+    if (this.role) {
+      this.role.addToPrincipalPolicy(this.putEventStatement());
+    }
+    const role = this.role ?? singletonEventRole(rule, [this.putEventStatement()]);
+    return {
+      id: id ?? '',
+      arn: this.eventBus.eventBusArn,
+      role,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private putEventStatement() {
+    return new iam.PolicyStatement({
+      actions: ['events:PutEvents'],
+      resources: [this.eventBus.eventBusArn],
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/lib/index.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/lib/index.ts
index bef8ce2463ffa..155791c195d1e 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/lib/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export * from './aws-api';
 export * from './lambda';
 export * from './ecs-task-properties';
 export * from './ecs-task';
+export * from './event-bus';
 export * from './state-machine';
 export * from './kinesis-stream';
 export * from './log-group';
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/event-rule-target.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/event-rule-target.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4c39a907210d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/event-rule-target.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import '@aws-cdk/assert/jest';
+import * as events from '@aws-cdk/aws-events';
+import * as iam from '@aws-cdk/aws-iam';
+import { Stack } from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as targets from '../../lib';
+
+test('Use EventBus as an event rule target', () => {
+  const stack = new Stack();
+  const rule = new events.Rule(stack, 'Rule', {
+    schedule: events.Schedule.expression('rate(1 min)'),
+  });
+
+  rule.addTarget(new targets.EventBus(events.EventBus.fromEventBusArn(
+    stack,
+    'External',
+    'arn:aws:events:us-east-1:111111111111:default',
+  ),
+  ));
+
+  expect(stack).toHaveResource('AWS::Events::Rule', {
+    Targets: [
+      {
+        Arn: 'arn:aws:events:us-east-1:111111111111:default',
+        Id: 'Target0',
+        RoleArn: {
+          'Fn::GetAtt': [
+            'RuleEventsRoleC51A4248',
+            'Arn',
+          ],
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  expect(stack).toHaveResource('AWS::IAM::Policy', {
+    PolicyDocument: {
+      Statement: [{
+        Effect: 'Allow',
+        Action: 'events:PutEvents',
+        Resource: 'arn:aws:events:us-east-1:111111111111:default',
+      }],
+      Version: '2012-10-17',
+    },
+    Roles: [{
+      Ref: 'RuleEventsRoleC51A4248',
+    }],
+  });
+});
+
+test('with supplied role', () => {
+  const stack = new Stack();
+  const rule = new events.Rule(stack, 'Rule', {
+    schedule: events.Schedule.expression('rate(1 min)'),
+  });
+  const role = new iam.Role(stack, 'Role', {
+    assumedBy: new iam.ServicePrincipal('events.amazonaws.com'),
+    roleName: 'GivenRole',
+  });
+
+  rule.addTarget(new targets.EventBus(
+    events.EventBus.fromEventBusArn(
+      stack,
+      'External',
+      'arn:aws:events:us-east-1:123456789012:default',
+    ),
+    { role },
+  ));
+
+  expect(stack).toHaveResource('AWS::Events::Rule', {
+    Targets: [{
+      Arn: 'arn:aws:events:us-east-1:123456789012:default',
+      Id: 'Target0',
+      RoleArn: {
+        'Fn::GetAtt': [
+          'Role1ABCC5F0',
+          'Arn',
+        ],
+      },
+    }],
+  });
+  expect(stack).toHaveResource('AWS::IAM::Policy', {
+    PolicyDocument: {
+      Statement: [{
+        Effect: 'Allow',
+        Action: 'events:PutEvents',
+        Resource: 'arn:aws:events:us-east-1:123456789012:default',
+      }],
+      Version: '2012-10-17',
+    },
+    Roles: [{
+      Ref: 'Role1ABCC5F0',
+    }],
+  });
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/integ.event-bus.expected.json b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/integ.event-bus.expected.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..632ddf1767598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/integ.event-bus.expected.json
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+{
+  "Resources": {
+    "Rule4C995B7F": {
+      "Type": "AWS::Events::Rule",
+      "Properties": {
+        "ScheduleExpression": "rate(1 minute)",
+        "State": "ENABLED",
+        "Targets": [
+          {
+            "Arn": {
+              "Fn::Join": [
+                "",
+                [
+                  "arn:aws:events:",
+                  {
+                    "Ref": "AWS::Region"
+                  },
+                  ":999999999999:event-bus/test-bus"
+                ]
+              ]
+            },
+            "Id": "Target0",
+            "RoleArn": {
+              "Fn::GetAtt": [
+                "RuleEventsRoleC51A4248",
+                "Arn"
+              ]
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    },
+    "RuleEventsRoleC51A4248": {
+      "Type": "AWS::IAM::Role",
+      "Properties": {
+        "AssumeRolePolicyDocument": {
+          "Statement": [
+            {
+              "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
+              "Effect": "Allow",
+              "Principal": {
+                "Service": "events.amazonaws.com"
+              }
+            }
+          ],
+          "Version": "2012-10-17"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "RuleEventsRoleDefaultPolicy0510525D": {
+      "Type": "AWS::IAM::Policy",
+      "Properties": {
+        "PolicyDocument": {
+          "Statement": [
+            {
+              "Action": "events:PutEvents",
+              "Effect": "Allow",
+              "Resource": {
+                "Fn::Join": [
+                  "",
+                  [
+                    "arn:aws:events:",
+                    {
+                      "Ref": "AWS::Region"
+                    },
+                    ":999999999999:event-bus/test-bus"
+                  ]
+                ]
+              }
+            }
+          ],
+          "Version": "2012-10-17"
+        },
+        "PolicyName": "RuleEventsRoleDefaultPolicy0510525D",
+        "Roles": [
+          {
+            "Ref": "RuleEventsRoleC51A4248"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/integ.event-bus.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/integ.event-bus.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c0ec2ea421b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-events-targets/test/event-bus/integ.event-bus.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/// !cdk-integ pragma:ignore-assets
+import * as events from '@aws-cdk/aws-events';
+import * as cdk from '@aws-cdk/core';
+import * as targets from '../../lib';
+
+const app = new cdk.App();
+
+class EventSourceStack extends cdk.Stack {
+  constructor(scope: cdk.App, id: string, props?: cdk.StackProps) {
+    super(scope, id, props);
+
+    const rule = new events.Rule(this, 'Rule', {
+      schedule: events.Schedule.expression('rate(1 minute)'),
+    });
+    rule.addTarget(new targets.EventBus(
+      events.EventBus.fromEventBusArn(
+        this,
+        'External',
+        `arn:aws:events:${this.region}:999999999999:event-bus/test-bus`,
+      ),
+    ));
+  }
+}
+
+new EventSourceStack(app, 'event-source-stack');
+app.synth();