diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 34395ac5..18029ea2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ The official release will have a defined and more stable API. If you are already
 ## 0.11.0
 
 * Improvements: 
-  * Keeps a history of pipeline structure if persistence component supports it (#131, #6); Implemented for default persistence 
+  * Keeps a history of pipeline structure if persistence component supports it (#131, #6); Implemented for default persistence
+  * Introduced event `:step-result-update-consumed` to indicate that a step update was consumed and is available in the pipeline state #136
 * Bug fixes:
   * Fix deadlock occurring when steps write a lot of step-results in quick succession and step results are inherited by their parents (as in chaining) (#135)
 * API changes:
diff --git a/src/clj/lambdacd/state/internal/pipeline_state_updater.clj b/src/clj/lambdacd/state/internal/pipeline_state_updater.clj
index fc30f81d..30a5c128 100644
--- a/src/clj/lambdacd/state/internal/pipeline_state_updater.clj
+++ b/src/clj/lambdacd/state/internal/pipeline_state_updater.clj
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
                 build-number (:build-number step-result-update)
                 step-id      (:step-id step-result-update)]
             (state/consume-step-result-update ctx build-number step-id step-result)
+            (event-bus/publish! ctx :step-result-update-consumed step-result-update)
             (recur)))))))
 
 (defn stop-pipeline-state-updater [ctx]
diff --git a/test/clj/lambdacd/state/internal/pipeline_state_updater_test.clj b/test/clj/lambdacd/state/internal/pipeline_state_updater_test.clj
index 3e59332d..36b0d0c5 100644
--- a/test/clj/lambdacd/state/internal/pipeline_state_updater_test.clj
+++ b/test/clj/lambdacd/state/internal/pipeline_state_updater_test.clj
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
       (is (= [[1 [1 2] {:status :running}]
               [2 [1 2] {:status :success}]
               [1 [1 2] {:status :running :foo :bar}]] @updates))))
+  (testing "that after a step result is consumed, an event is sent to inform about this"
+    (let [updates        (atom [])
+          pipeline-state (reify protocols/StepResultUpdateConsumer
+                           (consume-step-result-update [self build-number step-id step-result]
+                             (swap! updates #(conj %1 [build-number step-id step-result]))))
+          ctx            (some-ctx-with :pipeline-state-component pipeline-state)
+          consume-events (event-bus/only-payload
+                           (event-bus/subscribe ctx :step-result-update-consumed))
+          update-event   {:build-number 1 :step-id [1 2] :step-result {:status :running}}]
+
+      (event-bus/publish ctx :step-result-updated update-event)
+
+      (is (= [update-event] (slurp-chan-with-size 1 consume-events)))))
   (testing "shutdown behavior"
     (testing "that the pipeline-state-updater can be stopped with a message on the event bus"
       (let [pipeline-state      (reify protocols/StepResultUpdateConsumer