diff --git a/include/ignition/gui/GuiEvents.hh b/include/ignition/gui/GuiEvents.hh
index 057035cdc..1dc0ba227 100644
--- a/include/ignition/gui/GuiEvents.hh
+++ b/include/ignition/gui/GuiEvents.hh
@@ -323,6 +323,29 @@ namespace ignition
         /// \brief Private data pointer
         IGN_UTILS_IMPL_PTR(dataPtr)
       };
+
+      /// \brief Event which is called to broadcast the 2D coordinates of a
+      /// user's mouse hover within the scene.
+      class IGNITION_GUI_VISIBLE HoverOnScene : public QEvent
+      {
+        /// \brief Constructor
+        /// \param[in] _point The point at which the mouse is hovering within
+        /// the scene
+        public: explicit HoverOnScene(const common::MouseEvent &_mouse);
+
+        /// \brief Unique type for this event.
+        static const QEvent::Type kType = QEvent::Type(QEvent::MaxUser - 13);
+
+        /// \brief Get the point within the scene over which the user is
+        /// hovering.
+        /// \return The 2D point
+        public: common::MouseEvent Mouse() const;
+
+        /// \internal
+        /// \brief Private data pointer
+        IGN_UTILS_IMPL_PTR(dataPtr)
+      };
+
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/GuiEvents.cc b/src/GuiEvents.cc
index 8138c02f3..9cd1322d2 100644
--- a/src/GuiEvents.cc
+++ b/src/GuiEvents.cc
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ class ignition::gui::events::HoverToScene::Implementation
   public: math::Vector3d point;
 };
 
+class ignition::gui::events::HoverOnScene::Implementation
+{
+  /// \brief The 2D point over which the user is hovering.
+  public: common::MouseEvent mouse;
+};
+
 class ignition::gui::events::LeftClickToScene::Implementation
 {
   /// \brief The 3D point that the user clicked within the scene.
@@ -170,6 +176,19 @@ math::Vector3d HoverToScene::Point() const
   return this->dataPtr->point;
 }
 
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////
+HoverOnScene::HoverOnScene(const common::MouseEvent &_mouse)
+    : QEvent(kType), dataPtr(utils::MakeImpl<Implementation>())
+{
+  this->dataPtr->mouse = _mouse;
+}
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////
+common::MouseEvent HoverOnScene::Mouse() const
+{
+  return this->dataPtr->mouse;
+}
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////
 LeftClickToScene::LeftClickToScene(const math::Vector3d &_point)
     : QEvent(kType), dataPtr(utils::MakeImpl<Implementation>())
diff --git a/src/GuiEvents_TEST.cc b/src/GuiEvents_TEST.cc
index 4574c5239..dde569693 100644
--- a/src/GuiEvents_TEST.cc
+++ b/src/GuiEvents_TEST.cc
@@ -69,6 +69,25 @@ TEST(GuiEventsTest, HoverToScene)
   EXPECT_EQ(math::Vector3d(1, 2, 3), event.Point());
 }
 
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////
+TEST(GuiEventsTest, HoverOnScene)
+{
+
+  ignition::common::MouseEvent mouse;
+  mouse.SetAlt(true);
+  mouse.SetShift(true);
+  mouse.SetDragging(false);
+  mouse.SetType(common::MouseEvent::MOVE);
+  events::HoverOnScene event(mouse);
+
+  EXPECT_LT(QEvent::User, event.type());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(event.Mouse().Control());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(event.Mouse().Dragging());
+  EXPECT_EQ(event.Mouse().Type(), common::MouseEvent::MOVE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(event.Mouse().Alt());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(event.Mouse().Shift());
+}
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////
 TEST(GuiEventsTest, LeftClickToScene)
 {
diff --git a/src/plugins/minimal_scene/MinimalScene.cc b/src/plugins/minimal_scene/MinimalScene.cc
index 50bd0fd47..76347c2f7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/minimal_scene/MinimalScene.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/minimal_scene/MinimalScene.cc
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ void IgnRenderer::BroadcastHoverPos()
 
   events::HoverToScene hoverToSceneEvent(pos);
   App()->sendEvent(App()->findChild<MainWindow *>(), &hoverToSceneEvent);
+
+  common::MouseEvent hoverMouseEvent = this->dataPtr->mouseEvent;
+  hoverMouseEvent.SetPos(this->dataPtr->mouseHoverPos);
+  hoverMouseEvent.SetDragging(false);
+  hoverMouseEvent.SetType(common::MouseEvent::MOVE);
+  events::HoverOnScene hoverOnSceneEvent(hoverMouseEvent);
+  App()->sendEvent(App()->findChild<MainWindow *>(), &hoverOnSceneEvent);
 }
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////