diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CopyTemplateCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CopyTemplateCmd.java
index a08aba599d7..b5d771a166f 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CopyTemplateCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CopyTemplateCmd.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.cloud.exception.ResourceAllocationException;
 import com.cloud.exception.StorageUnavailableException;
 import com.cloud.template.VirtualMachineTemplate;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
+import com.cloud.user.UserContext;
 
 @Implementation(description="Copies a template from one zone to another.", responseObject=TemplateResponse.class)
 public class CopyTemplateCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ public class CopyTemplateCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
     @Override
     public void execute() throws ResourceAllocationException{
         try {
+        	UserContext.current().setEventDetails(getEventDescription());
             VirtualMachineTemplate template = _templateService.copyTemplate(this);
             
             if (template != null){
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
index 21aa7935933..7bdf9404bd8 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ public class TemplateManagerImpl implements TemplateManager, Manager, TemplateSe
   
     
     @Override
+    @ActionEvent(eventType = EventTypes.EVENT_TEMPLATE_COPY, eventDescription = "copying template", async = true)
     public VirtualMachineTemplate copyTemplate(CopyTemplateCmd cmd) throws StorageUnavailableException, ResourceAllocationException {
     	Long templateId = cmd.getId();
     	Long userId = UserContext.current().getCallerUserId();