diff --git a/bigchaindb/config_utils.py b/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
index e5c58495..d4657769 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/config_utils.py
@@ -289,14 +289,14 @@ def load_consensus_plugin(name=None):
     return plugin
 
 
-def load_block_publisher_plugins(names):
+def load_events_plugins(names=None):
     plugins = []
 
     if names is None:
-        return
+        return plugins
 
     for name in names:
-        for entry_point in iter_entry_points('bigchaindb.block_publisher', name):
+        for entry_point in iter_entry_points('bigchaindb.events', name):
             plugins.append((name, entry_point.load()))
 
     return plugins
diff --git a/bigchaindb/events.py b/bigchaindb/events.py
index 43969803..da464ec0 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/events.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/events.py
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-from enum import Enum
+from collections import defaultdict
 from multiprocessing import Queue
 
 
 POISON_PILL = 'POISON_PILL'
 
 
-class EventTypes(Enum):
+class EventTypes:
+
+    ALL = ~0
     BLOCK_VALID = 1
     BLOCK_INVALID = 2
+    # NEW_EVENT = 4
+    # NEW_EVENT = 8
+    # NEW_EVENT = 16...
 
 
 class Event:
@@ -21,19 +26,22 @@ class PubSub:
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.publisher_queue = Queue()
-        self.queues = []
+        # Map <event_types -> queues>
+        self.queues = defaultdict(list)
 
     def get_publisher_queue(self):
         return self.publisher_queue
 
-    def get_subscriber_queue(self):
+    def get_subscriber_queue(self, event_types=EventTypes.ALL):
         queue = Queue()
-        self.queues.append(queue)
+        self.queues[event_types].append(queue)
         return queue
 
     def publish(self, event):
-        for queue in self.queues:
-            queue.put(event)
+        for event_types, queues in self.queues.items():
+            if event.type & event_types:
+                for queue in queues:
+                    queue.put(event)
 
     def run(self):
         while True:
diff --git a/bigchaindb/pipelines/election.py b/bigchaindb/pipelines/election.py
index 70642e4c..47d5c248 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/pipelines/election.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/pipelines/election.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from bigchaindb import backend
 from bigchaindb.backend.changefeed import ChangeFeed
 from bigchaindb.models import Block
 from bigchaindb import Bigchain
-from bigchaindb.events import Event, EventTypes
+from bigchaindb.events import EventTypes, Event
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
diff --git a/bigchaindb/processes.py b/bigchaindb/processes.py
index 1bb7e2f6..08c72472 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/processes.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/processes.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import multiprocessing as mp
 
 import bigchaindb
-from bigchaindb.config_utils import load_block_publisher_plugins
+from bigchaindb.config_utils import load_events_plugins
 from bigchaindb.pipelines import vote, block, election, stale
 from bigchaindb.events import PubSub
 from bigchaindb.web import server, websocket_server
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ BANNER = """
 """
 
 
+def start_events_plugins(pubsub):
+    plugins = load_events_plugins(bigchaindb.config.get('events_plugins'))
+
+    for name, plugin in plugins:
+        logger.info('Loading events plugin %s', name)
+
+        event_types = getattr(plugin, 'event_types', None)
+        queue = pubsub.get_subscriber_queue(event_types)
+
+        mp.Process(name='events_plugin_{}'.format(name),
+                   target=plugin.run,
+                   args=(queue, )).start()
+
+
 def start():
     logger.info('Initializing BigchainDB...')
 
@@ -61,10 +75,6 @@ def start():
     # start message
     logger.info(BANNER.format(bigchaindb.config['server']['bind']))
 
-    for name, plugin in load_block_publisher_plugins(bigchaindb.config.get('block_publishers', [])):
-        logger.info('Loading block publisher plugin %s', name)
-        mp.Process(name='block_publisher_{}'.format(name),
-                   target=plugin.run,
-                   args=(pubsub.get_subscriber_queue(),)).start()
+    start_events_plugins(pubsub)
 
     pubsub.run()
diff --git a/tests/test_events.py b/tests/test_events.py
index b195a1ca..fdeef7df 100644
--- a/tests/test_events.py
+++ b/tests/test_events.py
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ def test_event_handler():
     # create the events pub sub
     pubsub = PubSub()
 
-    sub0 = pubsub.get_subscriber_queue()
-    sub1 = pubsub.get_subscriber_queue()
+    sub0 = pubsub.get_subscriber_queue(EventTypes.BLOCK_VALID)
+    sub1 = pubsub.get_subscriber_queue(EventTypes.BLOCK_VALID |
+                                       EventTypes.BLOCK_INVALID)
+    # Subscribe to all events
+    sub2 = pubsub.get_subscriber_queue()
+    sub3 = pubsub.get_subscriber_queue(EventTypes.BLOCK_INVALID)
 
     # push and event to the queue
     pubsub.publish(event)
@@ -17,9 +21,15 @@ def test_event_handler():
     # get the event from the queue
     event_sub0 = sub0.get()
     event_sub1 = sub1.get()
+    event_sub2 = sub2.get()
 
     assert event_sub0.type == event.type
     assert event_sub0.data == event.data
 
     assert event_sub1.type == event.type
     assert event_sub1.data == event.data
+
+    assert event_sub2.type == event.type
+    assert event_sub2.data == event.data
+
+    assert sub3.qsize() == 0