diff --git a/jsdoc.js b/jsdoc.js
index 0204ff61..28052b6e 100644
--- a/jsdoc.js
+++ b/jsdoc.js
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ function main() {
         jsdoc.augment.addInherited(docs);
         jsdoc.borrow.resolveBorrows(docs);
 
+        app.jsdoc.parser.fireProcessingComplete({doclets: docs});
+
         if (env.opts.explain) {
             dump(docs);
             process.exit(0);
diff --git a/lib/jsdoc/src/parser.js b/lib/jsdoc/src/parser.js
index d98b0829..c3ef6c42 100644
--- a/lib/jsdoc/src/parser.js
+++ b/lib/jsdoc/src/parser.js
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ exports.Parser.prototype.parse = function(sourceFiles, encoding) {
     return this._resultBuffer;
 };
 
+exports.Parser.prototype.fireProcessingComplete = function(doclets) {
+    this.emit('processingComplete', doclets);
+};
+
 /**
  * @returns {Array<Doclet>} The accumulated results of any calls to parse.
  */
diff --git a/plugins/eventDumper.js b/plugins/eventDumper.js
index 70eff028..27857455 100644
--- a/plugins/eventDumper.js
+++ b/plugins/eventDumper.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ var events = conf.include || [
     'symbolFound',
     'newDoclet',
     'fileComplete',
-    'parseComplete'
+    'parseComplete',
+    'processingComplete'
 ];
 // Don't dump the excluded parser events
 if (conf.exclude) {
diff --git a/test/specs/jsdoc/src/parser.js b/test/specs/jsdoc/src/parser.js
index d1794dee..2de67b7e 100644
--- a/test/specs/jsdoc/src/parser.js
+++ b/test/specs/jsdoc/src/parser.js
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ describe("jsdoc/src/parser", function() {
                 expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
                 expect(spy.mostRecentCall.args[0].sourcefiles).toEqual(["[[string0]]"]);
             });
+
+            it("should fire processingComplete when fireProcessingComplete is called", function() {
+                var spy = jasmine.createSpy(),
+                    doclets = {doclets: ['a','b']};
+                parser.on('processingComplete', spy).fireProcessingComplete(doclets);
+                expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+                expect(spy.mostRecentCall.args[0]).toEqual(doclets);
+            });
             
             it("should be able to parse its own source file", function() {
                 var fs = require('jsdoc/fs'),