diff --git a/core/appmodule/event.go b/core/appmodule/event.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0622d6b5a975
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+++ b/core/appmodule/event.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package appmodule
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoiface"
+)
+
+// HasEventListeners is the extension interface that modules should implement to register
+// event listeners.
+type HasEventListeners interface {
+	AppModule
+
+	// RegisterEventListeners registers the module's events listeners.
+	RegisterEventListeners(registrar *EventListenerRegistrar)
+}
+
+// EventListenerRegistrar allows registering event listeners.
+type EventListenerRegistrar struct {
+	listeners []any
+}
+
+// GetListeners gets the event listeners that have been registered
+func (e *EventListenerRegistrar) GetListeners() []any {
+	return e.listeners
+}
+
+// RegisterEventListener registers an event listener for event type E. If a non-nil error is returned by the listener,
+// it will cause the process which emitted the event to fail.
+func RegisterEventListener[E protoiface.MessageV1](registrar *EventListenerRegistrar, listener func(context.Context, E) error) {
+	registrar.listeners = append(registrar.listeners, listener)
+}
diff --git a/core/appmodule/event_test.go b/core/appmodule/event_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..739bfa6fb3c9
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+++ b/core/appmodule/event_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package appmodule
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
+)
+
+func TestEventListenerRegistrar(t *testing.T) {
+	registrar := &EventListenerRegistrar{}
+	RegisterEventListener(registrar, func(ctx context.Context, dummy *timestamppb.Timestamp) error { return nil })
+	require.Len(t, registrar.listeners, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, reflect.Func, reflect.TypeOf(registrar.listeners[0]).Kind())
+}