diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf1ebd8..f889aec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ The plugin fires events at various points during its lifecycle which users can h
 - `PersistedTelescopeLoadPost` - For _after_ a session is loaded via Telescope
 - `PersistedSavePre` - For _before_ a session is saved
 - `PersistedSavePost` - For _after_ a session is saved
+- `PersistedDeletePre` - For _before_ a session is deleted
+- `PersistedDeletePost` - For _after_ a session is deleted
+- `PersistedStateChange` - For when a session is _started_ or _stopped_
 
 For example, to ensure that the excellent [minimap](https://github.com/wfxr/minimap.vim) plugin is not saved into a session, an autocommand can be created to hook into the `PersistedSavePre` event:
 
diff --git a/lua/persisted/init.lua b/lua/persisted/init.lua
index 81d213e..1fe2804 100644
--- a/lua/persisted/init.lua
+++ b/lua/persisted/init.lua
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ end
 ---@return nil
 function M.start()
   vim.g.persisting = true
+  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedStateChange" })
 end
 
 ---Stop recording a session
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ end
 function M.stop()
   vim.g.persisting = false
   vim.g.persisting_session = nil
+  vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedStateChange" })
 end
 
 ---Save the session
@@ -172,10 +174,14 @@ end
 function M.delete()
   local session = get_current()
   if session and vim.loop.fs_stat(session) ~= 0 then
+    vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedDeletePre" })
+
     vim.schedule(function()
       M.stop()
       vim.fn.system("rm " .. e(session))
     end)
+
+    vim.api.nvim_exec_autocmds("User", { pattern = "PersistedDeletePost" })
   end
 end