diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index 87be24e31a8d3f460459055cf8ba29361888ef9a..cae7f0be85b4b8be0127bc5a55ac2e64f146a25a 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
       true
     elsif membership_changed?
       true
+    elsif created_project?
+      true
     else
       (issue? || merge_request? || note? || milestone?) && target
     end
@@ -114,6 +116,14 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
     joined? || left?
   end
 
+  def created_project?
+    created? && !target
+  end
+
+  def created_target?
+    created? && target
+  end
+
   def milestone?
     target_type == "Milestone"
   end
@@ -165,6 +175,8 @@ class Event < ActiveRecord::Base
       'left'
     elsif commented?
       "commented on"
+    elsif created_project?
+      "created"
     else
       "opened"
     end
diff --git a/app/models/members/project_member.rb b/app/models/members/project_member.rb
index ff05ab1590fb43d97917b6e62557310adfd31331..e4791d0f0aaf9643943467a3ad04c351081ed4d3 100644
--- a/app/models/members/project_member.rb
+++ b/app/models/members/project_member.rb
@@ -114,9 +114,11 @@ class ProjectMember < Member
   end
 
   def post_create_hook
-
-    event_service.join_project(self.project, self.user)
-    notification_service.new_team_member(self) unless owner?
+    unless owner?
+      event_service.join_project(self.project, self.user)
+      notification_service.new_team_member(self)
+    end
+    
     system_hook_service.execute_hooks_for(self, :create)
   end
 
diff --git a/app/services/event_create_service.rb b/app/services/event_create_service.rb
index bb3c37023a0be94675713be181286bc7b0293c48..ba9547b9242cb0b6c4af80a71e8752bad7bd7da2 100644
--- a/app/services/event_create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/event_create_service.rb
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ class EventCreateService
     create_event(project, current_user, Event::LEFT)
   end
 
+  def create_project(project, current_user)
+    create_event(project, current_user, Event::CREATED)
+  end
+
   def push_ref(project, current_user, ref, action = 'add', prefix = 'refs/heads')
     commit = project.repository.commit(ref.target)
 
diff --git a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
index 139de70114b37f419fef2434556bfb8491f234ab..4fe790b98f13abe9a3876dce6f4c026a5675d64d 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
@@ -52,13 +52,7 @@ module Projects
         end
       end
 
-      if @project.persisted?
-        if @project.wiki_enabled?
-          @project.create_wiki
-        end
-
-        after_create_actions
-      end
+      after_create_actions if @project.persisted?
 
       @project
     rescue => ex
@@ -79,6 +73,10 @@ module Projects
 
     def after_create_actions
       log_info("#{@project.owner.name} created a new project \"#{@project.name_with_namespace}\"")
+
+      @project.create_wiki if @project.wiki_enabled?
+
+      event_service.create_project(@project, current_user)
       system_hook_service.execute_hooks_for(@project, :create)
 
       unless @project.group