diff --git a/pkg/utils/util.go b/pkg/utils/util.go
index 408d93227c..2b8d13bc2d 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/util.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/util.go
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ var (
 		"^ALTER\\s+TABLESPACE",
 		"^DROP\\s+TABLESPACE",
 
+		// event
+		"^CREATE\\s+(DEFINER\\s?=.+?)?EVENT",
+		"^ALTER\\s+(DEFINER\\s?=.+?)?EVENT",
+		"^DROP\\s+EVENT",
+
 		// account management
 		"^GRANT",
 		"^REVOKE",
diff --git a/syncer/filter_test.go b/syncer/filter_test.go
index 1a6bc3b1b7..5dce9f42cc 100644
--- a/syncer/filter_test.go
+++ b/syncer/filter_test.go
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ END`, true},
 		{"ALTER TABLESPACE `ts1` DROP DATAFILE 'ts1.idb' ENGIEN=NDB", true},
 		{"DROP TABLESPACE ts1", true},
 
+		// event
+		{"CREATE DEFINER=CURRENT_USER EVENT myevent ON SCHEDULE AT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + INTERVAL 1 HOUR DO UPDATE myschema.mytable SET mycol = mycol + 1;", true},
+		{"ALTER DEFINER = CURRENT_USER EVENT myevent ON SCHEDULE EVERY 12 HOUR STARTS CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + INTERVAL 4 HOUR;", true},
+		{"DROP EVENT myevent;", true},
+
 		// account management
 		{"CREATE USER 't'@'%' IDENTIFIED WITH 'mysql_native_password' AS '*93E34F4B81FEC9E8271655EA87646ED01AF377CC'", true},
 		{"ALTER USER 't'@'%' IDENTIFIED WITH 'mysql_native_password' AS '*1114744159A0EF13B12FC371C94877763F9512D0'", true},