diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index e1550ef85d..0887052f5e 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ render((
 
 #### Form submission
 
-You can pass a function as the `onSubmit` prop of your `Form` component to listen to when the form is submitted and its data are valid. It will be passed a result object having a `formData` attribute, which is the valid form data you're usually after:
+You can pass a function as the `onSubmit` prop of your `Form` component to listen to when the form is submitted and its data are valid. It will be passed a result object having a `formData` attribute, which is the valid form data you're usually after. The original event will also be passed as a second parameter:
 
 ```js
-const onSubmit = ({formData}) => console.log("Data submitted: ",  formData);
+const onSubmit = ({formData}, e) => console.log("Data submitted: ",  formData);
 
 render((
   <Form schema={schema}
diff --git a/playground/app.js b/playground/app.js
index 2a8dffdb61..f8c972517e 100644
--- a/playground/app.js
+++ b/playground/app.js
@@ -476,9 +476,10 @@ class App extends Component {
               uiSchema={uiSchema}
               formData={formData}
               onChange={this.onFormDataChange}
-              onSubmit={({ formData }) =>
-                console.log("submitted formData", formData)
-              }
+              onSubmit={({ formData }, e) => {
+                console.log("submitted formData", formData);
+                console.log("submit event", e);
+              }}
               fields={{ geo: GeoPosition }}
               validate={validate}
               onBlur={(id, value) =>
diff --git a/src/components/Form.js b/src/components/Form.js
index 87b96c0e08..182f56af38 100644
--- a/src/components/Form.js
+++ b/src/components/Form.js
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ export default class Form extends Component {
 
   onSubmit = event => {
     event.preventDefault();
+    event.persist();
 
     if (!this.props.noValidate) {
       const { errors, errorSchema } = this.validate(this.state.formData);
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ export default class Form extends Component {
 
     this.setState({ errors: [], errorSchema: {} }, () => {
       if (this.props.onSubmit) {
-        this.props.onSubmit({ ...this.state, status: "submitted" });
+        this.props.onSubmit({ ...this.state, status: "submitted" }, event);
       }
     });
   };
diff --git a/test/Form_test.js b/test/Form_test.js
index 23b6ea8169..3933f570d3 100644
--- a/test/Form_test.js
+++ b/test/Form_test.js
@@ -774,15 +774,15 @@ describe("Form", () => {
         foo: "bar",
       };
       const onSubmit = sandbox.spy();
+      const event = { type: "submit" };
       const { comp, node } = createFormComponent({
         schema,
         formData,
         onSubmit,
       });
 
-      Simulate.submit(node);
-
-      sinon.assert.calledWithMatch(onSubmit, comp.state);
+      Simulate.submit(node, event);
+      sinon.assert.calledWithMatch(onSubmit, comp.state, event);
     });
 
     it("should not call provided submit handler on validation errors", () => {