diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a9f154079..e91d5a77e 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ export {
 } from "./lib/output";
 export type { RenderTemplate, RendererHooks } from "./lib/output";
 
+export { Validator } from "./lib/validation";
+
 export {
     ArgumentsReader,
     BindOption,
diff --git a/src/lib/validation/index.ts b/src/lib/validation/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db7351171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/validation/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { Validator } from "./validator";
diff --git a/src/lib/validation/validator-events.ts b/src/lib/validation/validator-events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6eaf8a137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/validation/validator-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export const ValidatorEvents = {
+    RUN: "run_validator",
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/lib/validation/validator.ts b/src/lib/validation/validator.ts
index 840e88cae..23684bfa0 100644
--- a/src/lib/validation/validator.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validation/validator.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { ValidatorComponent } from "./components";
 import { validateExports } from "./exports";
 import { validateDocumentation } from "./documentation";
 import { validateLinks } from "./links";
+import { ValidatorEvents } from "./validator-events";
 
 @Component({
     name: "validator",
@@ -16,6 +17,17 @@ export class Validator extends ChildableComponent<
     Application,
     ValidatorComponent
 > {
+    /**
+     * General events
+     */
+
+    /**
+     * Triggered when the converter begins converting a project.
+     * The listener will be given a {@link Context} object.
+     * @event
+     */
+    static readonly EVENT_RUN = ValidatorEvents.RUN;
+
     constructor(owner: Application) {
         super(owner);
     }
@@ -44,6 +56,8 @@ export class Validator extends ChildableComponent<
             validateLinks(project, this.application.logger);
         }
 
+        this.trigger(Validator.EVENT_RUN);
+
         this.application.logger.verbose(
             `Validation took ${Date.now() - start}ms`
         );