diff --git a/jsdoc.js b/jsdoc.js
index 0204ff61..405523e1 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(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..7aa6b95b 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(docs) {
+    this.emit('processingComplete', docs);
+};
+
 /**
  * @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) {