diff --git a/lib/event-types.h b/lib/event-types.h
index dc5af429f..51b590e13 100644
--- a/lib/event-types.h
+++ b/lib/event-types.h
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ typedef struct
     gboolean ret;
 } ev_clipboard_text_from_file_t;
 
+/* MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE:help */
+typedef struct
+{
+    const char *filename;
+    const char *node;
+} ev_help_t;
+
 
 /*** global variables defined in .c file *********************************************************/
 
diff --git a/lib/widget/dialog.c b/lib/widget/dialog.c
index bf0a75224..1ccee95dc 100644
--- a/lib/widget/dialog.c
+++ b/lib/widget/dialog.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "lib/tty/key.h"
 #include "lib/strutil.h"
 #include "lib/widget.h"
+#include "lib/event.h"          /* mc_event_raise() */
 
 /* TODO: these includes should be removed! */
 #include "src/help.h"           /* interactive_display() */
@@ -266,8 +267,11 @@ dlg_execute_cmd (Dlg_head * h, unsigned long command)
         break;
 
     case CK_Help:
-        interactive_display (NULL, h->help_ctx);
-        do_refresh ();
+        {
+            ev_help_t event_data = { NULL, h->help_ctx };
+            mc_event_raise (MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "help", &event_data);
+            do_refresh ();
+        }
         break;
 
     case CK_Suspend:
diff --git a/lib/widget/menu.c b/lib/widget/menu.c
index ad513cf72..11f7f986b 100644
--- a/lib/widget/menu.c
+++ b/lib/widget/menu.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "lib/tty/key.h"        /* key macros */
 #include "lib/strutil.h"
 #include "lib/widget.h"
+#include "lib/event.h"          /* mc_event_raise() */
 
 /* TODO: these includes should be removed! */
 #include "src/keybind-defaults.h"       /* CK_IgnoreKey */
@@ -422,15 +423,19 @@ menubar_handle_key (WMenuBar * menubar, int key)
     switch (key)
     {
     case KEY_F (1):
-        if (menubar->is_dropped)
-            interactive_display (NULL,
-                                 ((Menu *) g_list_nth_data (menubar->menu,
-                                                            menubar->selected))->help_node);
-        else
-            interactive_display (NULL, "[Menu Bar]");
-        menubar_draw (menubar);
-        return 1;
+        {
+            ev_help_t event_data = { NULL, NULL };
 
+            if (menubar->is_dropped)
+                event_data.node =
+                    ((Menu *) g_list_nth_data (menubar->menu, menubar->selected))->help_node;
+            else
+                event_data.node = "[Menu Bar]";
+
+            mc_event_raise (MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "help", &event_data);
+            menubar_draw (menubar);
+            return 1;
+        }
     case KEY_LEFT:
     case XCTRL ('b'):
         menubar_left (menubar);
diff --git a/src/diffviewer/ydiff.c b/src/diffviewer/ydiff.c
index 8fce0872a..18cb96eae 100644
--- a/src/diffviewer/ydiff.c
+++ b/src/diffviewer/ydiff.c
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
 #include "lib/util.h"
 #include "lib/widget.h"
 #include "lib/charsets.h"
+#include "lib/event.h"          /* mc_event_raise() */
 
 #include "src/filemanager/cmd.h"
 #include "src/filemanager/midnight.h"   /* Needed for current_panel and other_panel */
 #include "src/filemanager/layout.h"     /* Needed for get_current_index and get_other_panel */
 
 #include "src/keybind-defaults.h"
-#include "src/help.h"
 #include "src/history.h"
 #include "src/selcodepage.h"
 
@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ dview_set_codeset (WDiff * dview)
     const char *encoding_id = NULL;
 
     dview->utf8 = TRUE;
-    encoding_id = get_codepage_id (mc_global.source_codepage >= 0 ? mc_global.source_codepage : mc_global.display_codepage);
+    encoding_id =
+        get_codepage_id (mc_global.source_codepage >=
+                         0 ? mc_global.source_codepage : mc_global.display_codepage);
     if (encoding_id != NULL)
     {
         GIConv conv;
@@ -2980,7 +2982,10 @@ dview_execute_cmd (WDiff * dview, unsigned long command)
     switch (command)
     {
     case CK_Help:
-        interactive_display (NULL, "[Diff Viewer]");
+        {
+            ev_help_t event_data = { NULL, "[Diff Viewer]" };
+            mc_event_raise (MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "help", &event_data);
+        }
         break;
     case CK_ShowSymbols:
         dview->display_symbols ^= 1;
diff --git a/src/editor/editcmd.c b/src/editor/editcmd.c
index 2eb0154cd..fc027e112 100644
--- a/src/editor/editcmd.c
+++ b/src/editor/editcmd.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 
 #include "src/history.h"
 #include "src/setup.h"          /* option_tab_spacing */
-#include "src/help.h"           /* interactive_display() */
 #include "src/selcodepage.h"
 #include "src/keybind-defaults.h"
 #include "src/util.h"           /* check_for_default() */
@@ -1146,7 +1145,9 @@ edit_collect_completions (WEdit * edit, long start, gsize word_len,
 void
 edit_help_cmd (WEdit * edit)
 {
-    interactive_display (NULL, "[Internal File Editor]");
+    ev_help_t event_data = { NULL, "[Internal File Editor]" };
+    mc_event_raise (MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "help", &event_data);
+
     edit->force |= REDRAW_COMPLETELY;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/events_init.c b/src/events_init.c
index 956870fbd..7724640a3 100644
--- a/src/events_init.c
+++ b/src/events_init.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "lib/event.h"
 
 #include "clipboard.h"          /* clipboard events */
+#include "help.h"               /* help_interactive_display() */
 
 #include "events_init.h"
 
@@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ events_init (GError ** error)
         {MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "clipboard_text_to_file", clipboard_text_to_file, NULL},
         {MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "clipboard_text_from_file", clipboard_text_from_file, NULL},
 
+        {MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "help", help_interactive_display, NULL},
+
         {NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL}
     };
     /* *INDENT-ON* */
diff --git a/src/filemanager/cmd.c b/src/filemanager/cmd.c
index 27df89ac6..8d1f76026 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/cmd.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/cmd.c
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
 #include "lib/util.h"
 #include "lib/widget.h"
 #include "lib/keybind.h"        /* CK_Down, CK_History */
+#include "lib/event.h"          /* mc_event_raise() */
 
 #include "src/viewer/mcviewer.h"
-#include "src/help.h"           /* interactive_display() */
 #include "src/setup.h"
 #include "src/execute.h"        /* toggle_panels() */
 #include "src/history.h"
@@ -1322,10 +1322,14 @@ edit_symlink_cmd (void)
 void
 help_cmd (void)
 {
+    ev_help_t event_data = { NULL, NULL };
+
     if (current_panel->searching)
-        interactive_display (NULL, "[Quick search]");
+        event_data.node = "[Quick search]";
     else
-        interactive_display (NULL, "[main]");
+        event_data.node = "[main]";
+
+    mc_event_raise (MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "help", &event_data);
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/filemanager/tree.c b/src/filemanager/tree.c
index c639611ec..8d993c4d8 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/tree.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/tree.c
@@ -50,11 +50,12 @@
 #include "lib/strutil.h"
 #include "lib/util.h"
 #include "lib/widget.h"
+#include "lib/event.h"          /* mc_event_raise() */
+
 
 #include "src/setup.h"          /* confirm_delete, panels_options */
 #include "src/keybind-defaults.h"
 #include "src/history.h"
-#include "src/help.h"
 
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "midnight.h"           /* the_menubar */
@@ -1022,7 +1023,10 @@ tree_execute_cmd (WTree * tree, unsigned long command)
     switch (command)
     {
     case CK_Help:
-        interactive_display (NULL, "[Directory Tree]");
+        {
+            ev_help_t event_data = { NULL, "[Directory Tree]" };
+            mc_event_raise (MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "help", &event_data);
+        }
         break;
     case CK_Forget:
         tree_forget (tree);
diff --git a/src/help.c b/src/help.c
index 437bf9ef5..9c007ba86 100644
--- a/src/help.c
+++ b/src/help.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include "lib/fileloc.h"
 #include "lib/util.h"
 #include "lib/widget.h"
+#include "lib/event-types.h"
 
 #include "keybind-defaults.h"
 #include "keybind-defaults.h"
@@ -1028,8 +1029,10 @@ mousedispatch_new (int y, int x, int yl, int xl)
 /*** public functions ****************************************************************************/
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-void
-interactive_display (const char *filename, const char *node)
+/* event callback */
+gboolean
+help_interactive_display (const gchar * event_group_name, const gchar * event_name,
+                          gpointer init_data, gpointer data)
 {
     const dlg_colors_t help_colors = {
         HELP_NORMAL_COLOR,      /* common text color */
@@ -1043,43 +1046,48 @@ interactive_display (const char *filename, const char *node)
     Widget *md;
     char *hlpfile = NULL;
     char *filedata;
+    ev_help_t *event_data = (ev_help_t *) data;
 
-    if (filename != NULL)
-        g_file_get_contents (filename, &filedata, NULL, NULL);
+    (void) event_group_name;
+    (void) event_name;
+    (void) init_data;
+
+    if (event_data->filename != NULL)
+        g_file_get_contents (event_data->filename, &filedata, NULL, NULL);
     else
         filedata = load_mc_home_file (mc_global.share_data_dir, MC_HELP, &hlpfile);
 
     if (filedata == NULL)
         message (D_ERROR, MSG_ERROR, _("Cannot open file %s\n%s"),
-                 filename ? filename : hlpfile, unix_error_string (errno));
+                 event_data->filename ? event_data->filename : hlpfile, unix_error_string (errno));
 
     g_free (hlpfile);
 
     if (filedata == NULL)
-        return;
+        return TRUE;
 
     translate_file (filedata);
 
     g_free (filedata);
 
     if (fdata == NULL)
-        return;
+        return TRUE;
 
-    if ((node == NULL) || (*node == '\0'))
-        node = "[main]";
+    if ((event_data->node == NULL) || (*event_data->node == '\0'))
+        event_data->node = "[main]";
 
-    main_node = search_string (fdata, node);
+    main_node = search_string (fdata, event_data->node);
 
     if (main_node == NULL)
     {
-        message (D_ERROR, MSG_ERROR, _("Cannot find node %s in help file"), node);
+        message (D_ERROR, MSG_ERROR, _("Cannot find node %s in help file"), event_data->node);
 
         /* Fallback to [main], return if it also cannot be found */
         main_node = search_string (fdata, "[main]");
         if (main_node == NULL)
         {
             interactive_display_finish ();
-            return;
+            return TRUE;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1123,6 +1131,7 @@ interactive_display (const char *filename, const char *node)
     run_dlg (whelp);
     interactive_display_finish ();
     destroy_dlg (whelp);
+    return TRUE;
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/help.h b/src/help.h
index 8374442ba..3db546926 100644
--- a/src/help.h
+++ b/src/help.h
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
 
 /*** declarations of public functions ************************************************************/
 
-void interactive_display (const char *filename, const char *node);
+gboolean help_interactive_display (const gchar * event_group_name, const gchar * event_name,
+                                   gpointer init_data, gpointer data);
 
 /*** inline functions ****************************************************************************/
 #endif /* MC__HELP_H */
diff --git a/src/viewer/actions_cmd.c b/src/viewer/actions_cmd.c
index 3de327a35..b4c5fbccd 100644
--- a/src/viewer/actions_cmd.c
+++ b/src/viewer/actions_cmd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "lib/util.h"
 #include "lib/widget.h"
 #include "lib/charsets.h"
+#include "lib/event.h"          /* mc_event_raise() */
 
 #include "src/filemanager/layout.h"
 #include "src/filemanager/cmd.h"
@@ -64,7 +65,6 @@
 
 #include "src/history.h"
 #include "src/execute.h"
-#include "src/help.h"
 #include "src/keybind-defaults.h"
 
 #include "internal.h"
@@ -249,7 +249,11 @@ mcview_execute_cmd (mcview_t * view, unsigned long command)
     switch (command)
     {
     case CK_Help:
-        interactive_display (NULL, "[Internal File Viewer]");
+        {
+            ev_help_t event_data = { NULL, "[Internal File Viewer]" };
+            mc_event_raise (MCEVENT_GROUP_CORE, "help", &event_data);
+            do_refresh ();
+        }
         break;
     case CK_WrapMode:
         /* Toggle between wrapped and unwrapped view */