diff --git a/langchain-core/src/callbacks/manager.ts b/langchain-core/src/callbacks/manager.ts
index 9a6cbe9405cf..222e543cb09f 100644
--- a/langchain-core/src/callbacks/manager.ts
+++ b/langchain-core/src/callbacks/manager.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,42 @@ export class BaseRunManager {
       )
     );
   }
+
+  async handleCustomEvent(
+    eventName: string,
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    data: any,
+    _runId?: string,
+    _tags?: string[],
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    _metadata?: Record<string, any>
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    await Promise.all(
+      this.handlers.map((handler) =>
+        consumeCallback(async () => {
+          try {
+            await handler.handleCustomEvent?.(
+              eventName,
+              data,
+              this.runId,
+              this.tags,
+              this.metadata
+            );
+          } catch (err) {
+            const logFunction = handler.raiseError
+              ? console.error
+              : console.warn;
+            logFunction(
+              `Error in handler ${handler.constructor.name}, handleCustomEvent: ${err}`
+            );
+            if (handler.raiseError) {
+              throw err;
+            }
+          }
+        }, handler.awaitHandlers)
+      )
+    );
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/langchain-core/src/language_models/tests/chat_models.test.ts b/langchain-core/src/language_models/tests/chat_models.test.ts
index 6ddb97f3d067..5cda76ea227c 100644
--- a/langchain-core/src/language_models/tests/chat_models.test.ts
+++ b/langchain-core/src/language_models/tests/chat_models.test.ts
@@ -228,3 +228,40 @@ test("Test ChatModel can cache complex messages", async () => {
   const cachedMsg = value[0].message as AIMessage;
   expect(cachedMsg.content).toEqual(JSON.stringify(contentToCache, null, 2));
 });
+
+test("Test ChatModel can emit a custom event", async () => {
+  const model = new FakeListChatModel({
+    responses: ["hi"],
+    emitCustomEvent: true,
+  });
+  let customEvent;
+  const response = await model.invoke([["human", "Hello there!"]], {
+    callbacks: [
+      {
+        handleCustomEvent(_, data) {
+          customEvent = data;
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  });
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
+  expect(response.content).toEqual("hi");
+  expect(customEvent).toBeDefined();
+});
+
+test.only("Test ChatModel can stream back a custom event", async () => {
+  const model = new FakeListChatModel({
+    responses: ["hi"],
+    emitCustomEvent: true,
+  });
+  let customEvent;
+  const eventStream = await model.streamEvents([["human", "Hello there!"]], {
+    version: "v2",
+  });
+  for await (const event of eventStream) {
+    if (event.event === "on_custom_event") {
+      customEvent = event;
+    }
+  }
+  expect(customEvent).toBeDefined();
+});
diff --git a/langchain-core/src/utils/testing/index.ts b/langchain-core/src/utils/testing/index.ts
index 73e79f892fc1..685fae8d3749 100644
--- a/langchain-core/src/utils/testing/index.ts
+++ b/langchain-core/src/utils/testing/index.ts
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ export interface FakeChatInput extends BaseChatModelParams {
 
   /** Time to sleep in milliseconds between responses */
   sleep?: number;
+
+  emitCustomEvent?: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -353,10 +355,13 @@ export class FakeListChatModel extends BaseChatModel {
 
   sleep?: number;
 
-  constructor({ responses, sleep }: FakeChatInput) {
+  emitCustomEvent = false;
+
+  constructor({ responses, sleep, emitCustomEvent }: FakeChatInput) {
     super({});
     this.responses = responses;
     this.sleep = sleep;
+    this.emitCustomEvent = emitCustomEvent ?? this.emitCustomEvent;
   }
 
   _combineLLMOutput() {
@@ -369,9 +374,15 @@ export class FakeListChatModel extends BaseChatModel {
 
   async _generate(
     _messages: BaseMessage[],
-    options?: this["ParsedCallOptions"]
+    options?: this["ParsedCallOptions"],
+    runManager?: CallbackManagerForLLMRun
   ): Promise<ChatResult> {
     await this._sleepIfRequested();
+    if (this.emitCustomEvent) {
+      await runManager?.handleCustomEvent("some_test_event", {
+        someval: true,
+      });
+    }
 
     if (options?.stop?.length) {
       return {
@@ -402,6 +413,11 @@ export class FakeListChatModel extends BaseChatModel {
   ): AsyncGenerator<ChatGenerationChunk> {
     const response = this._currentResponse();
     this._incrementResponse();
+    if (this.emitCustomEvent) {
+      await runManager?.handleCustomEvent("some_test_event", {
+        someval: true,
+      });
+    }
 
     for await (const text of response) {
       await this._sleepIfRequested();