diff --git a/contracts/ownership/Secondary.sol b/contracts/ownership/Secondary.sol
index 02d2982a3..67d2250d5 100644
--- a/contracts/ownership/Secondary.sol
+++ b/contracts/ownership/Secondary.sol
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ pragma solidity ^0.4.24;
 contract Secondary {
   address private _primary;
 
+  event PrimaryTransferred(
+    address recipient
+  );
+
   /**
    * @dev Sets the primary account to the one that is creating the Secondary contract.
    */
   constructor() internal {
     _primary = msg.sender;
+    emit PrimaryTransferred(_primary);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -22,13 +27,20 @@ contract Secondary {
     _;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return the address of the primary.
+   */
   function primary() public view returns (address) {
     return _primary;
   }
-
+  
+  /**
+   * @dev Transfers contract to a new primary.
+   * @param recipient The address of new primary. 
+   */
   function transferPrimary(address recipient) public onlyPrimary {
     require(recipient != address(0));
-
     _primary = recipient;
+    emit PrimaryTransferred(_primary);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/ownership/Secondary.test.js b/test/ownership/Secondary.test.js
index 55283963b..c8772db1f 100644
--- a/test/ownership/Secondary.test.js
+++ b/test/ownership/Secondary.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const shouldFail = require('../helpers/shouldFail');
+const expectEvent = require('../helpers/expectEvent');
 const { ZERO_ADDRESS } = require('../helpers/constants');
 
 const SecondaryMock = artifacts.require('SecondaryMock');
@@ -27,7 +28,8 @@ contract('Secondary', function ([_, primary, newPrimary, anyone]) {
 
   describe('transferPrimary', function () {
     it('makes the recipient the new primary', async function () {
-      await this.secondary.transferPrimary(newPrimary, { from: primary });
+      const { logs } = await this.secondary.transferPrimary(newPrimary, { from: primary });
+      expectEvent.inLogs(logs, 'PrimaryTransferred', { recipient: newPrimary });
       (await this.secondary.primary()).should.equal(newPrimary);
     });