diff --git a/autoload/airline.vim b/autoload/airline.vim
index bd14a97f..2093cbe3 100644
--- a/autoload/airline.vim
+++ b/autoload/airline.vim
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ function! airline#switch_theme(name)
   let w:airline_lastmode = ''
   call airline#load_theme()
 
+  silent doautocmd User AirlineAfterTheme
+
   " this is required to prevent clobbering the startup info message, i don't know why...
   call airline#check_mode(winnr())
 endfunction
diff --git a/doc/airline.txt b/doc/airline.txt
index 4b4a7f3a..bc36157f 100644
--- a/doc/airline.txt
+++ b/doc/airline.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ Airline comes with some user-defined autocommands.
 
 |AirlineAfterInit|     after plugin is initialized, but before the statusline
                     is replaced
+|AirlineAfterTheme|   after theme of the statusline has been changed
 |AirlineToggledOn|    after airline is activated and replaced the statusline
 |AirlineToggledOff|   after airline is deactivated and the statusline is
                     restored to the original