diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/systemhooks/MergeRequestSystemHookEvent.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/systemhooks/MergeRequestSystemHookEvent.java
index 4f03966ce6c5b364fe9a2124affc37a307692e9f..fdee2a44ace86e7d78617dce8dc7b0c0768c429e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/systemhooks/MergeRequestSystemHookEvent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/systemhooks/MergeRequestSystemHookEvent.java
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ public class MergeRequestSystemHookEvent extends MergeRequestEvent implements Sy
     public static final String X_GITLAB_EVENT = "System Hook";
     public static final String MERGE_REQUEST_EVENT = "merge_request";
 
+    private String eventType;
+
     @Override
     public String getObjectKind() {
         return (MERGE_REQUEST_EVENT);
@@ -16,4 +18,12 @@ public class MergeRequestSystemHookEvent extends MergeRequestEvent implements Sy
     public String getEventName() {
         return (MERGE_REQUEST_EVENT);
     }
+
+    public String getEventType() {
+        return eventType;
+    }
+
+    public void setEvent_type(String eventType) {
+        this.eventType = eventType;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/gitlab4j/api/merge-request-system-hook-event.json b/src/test/resources/org/gitlab4j/api/merge-request-system-hook-event.json
index d9fb5e042a73d84368b62e51be7af44efaa7bd02..8b3d8f57903edc0e76134bb28e90eb189f187adb 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/gitlab4j/api/merge-request-system-hook-event.json
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/gitlab4j/api/merge-request-system-hook-event.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "object_kind": "merge_request",
+  "event_type": "merge_request",
   "event_name": "merge_request",
   "user": {
     "name": "Administrator",