diff --git a/includes/tuque_wrapper.inc b/includes/tuque_wrapper.inc
index d30af147..573d7c62 100644
--- a/includes/tuque_wrapper.inc
+++ b/includes/tuque_wrapper.inc
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ class IslandoraFedoraRepository extends FedoraRepository {
       foreach ($object as $dsid => $datastream) {
         islandora_invoke_datastream_hooks(ISLANDORA_DATASTREAM_INGESTED_HOOK, $object->models, $dsid, $object, $datastream);
       }
+      // Fire of event if rules is enabled.
+      if (module_exists('rules')) {
+        rules_invoke_event('islandora_object_ingested', $object);
+      }
       return $ret;
     }
     catch (Exception $e) {
diff --git a/islandora.rules.inc b/islandora.rules.inc
index 4045b1b9..02f5c822 100644
--- a/islandora.rules.inc
+++ b/islandora.rules.inc
@@ -5,11 +5,30 @@
  * Does rule type stuff,
  */
 
+/**
+ * Implements hook_rules_event_info().
+ */
+function islandora_rules_event_info() {
+  return array(
+    'islandora_object_ingested' => array(
+      'group' => t('Islandora'),
+      'label' => t('Object ingested'),
+      'variables' => array(
+        'object' => array(
+          'type' => 'islandora_object',
+          'label' => t('The ingested object'),
+          'description' => t('A Tuque object for the ingested Fedora object, as an entity.'),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
 /**
  * Helper function to get reused "parameter" array.
  */
 function islandora_rules_relationship_parameter_array() {
-  $to_return = array(
+  return array(
     'subject' => array(
       'type' => 'islandora_object',
       'label' => t('Subject'),
@@ -39,8 +58,6 @@ function islandora_rules_relationship_parameter_array() {
       'default value' => 0,
     ),
   );
-
-  return $to_return;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/islandora.rules_defaults.inc b/islandora.rules_defaults.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17f83b63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/islandora.rules_defaults.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Implementation of Rules hooks, giving default configurations.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_default_rules_configuration().
+ */
+function islandora_default_rules_configuration() {
+  $rule = rules_reaction_rule();
+  $rule->label = 'E-mail admin';
+  $rule->active = FALSE;
+  $rule
+    ->event('islandora_object_ingested')
+    ->action(
+      'mail',
+      array(
+        'to' => '[site:mail]',
+        'subject' => '[[site:name]] "[object:label]" has been ingested',
+        'message' => '[object:label] has been ingested as [object:id].',
+      )
+    );
+  return array('islandora_object_ingested_notify_admin' => $rule);
+}