diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index d3d9a443507..2988dcef80e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Changes:
      read_events() functions (see #2743)
  - obspy.clients.fdsn:
    * introduce fine-grained FDSN client exceptions (see #2653)
+   * support for "eventtype" parameter in get_events(), as specified in version
+     1.2 of the FDSN event web service (see #2780)
  - obspy.clients.filesystem:
    * add get_waveforms_bulk() method to SDS client (see #2616, #2626)
  - obspy.io.css:
diff --git a/obspy/clients/fdsn/client.py b/obspy/clients/fdsn/client.py
index 8d29cebd293..b577be3df2c 100644
--- a/obspy/clients/fdsn/client.py
+++ b/obspy/clients/fdsn/client.py
@@ -405,10 +405,11 @@ def get_events(self, starttime=None, endtime=None, minlatitude=None,
                    latitude=None, longitude=None, minradius=None,
                    maxradius=None, mindepth=None, maxdepth=None,
                    minmagnitude=None, maxmagnitude=None, magnitudetype=None,
-                   includeallorigins=None, includeallmagnitudes=None,
-                   includearrivals=None, eventid=None, limit=None, offset=None,
-                   orderby=None, catalog=None, contributor=None,
-                   updatedafter=None, filename=None, **kwargs):
+                   eventtype=None, includeallorigins=None,
+                   includeallmagnitudes=None, includearrivals=None,
+                   eventid=None, limit=None, offset=None, orderby=None,
+                   catalog=None, contributor=None, updatedafter=None,
+                   filename=None, **kwargs):
         """
         Query the event service of the client.
 
@@ -475,6 +476,12 @@ def get_events(self, starttime=None, endtime=None, minlatitude=None,
         :type magnitudetype: str, optional
         :param magnitudetype: Specify a magnitude type to use for testing the
             minimum and maximum limits.
+        :type eventtype: str, optional
+        :param eventtype: Limit to events with a specified event type.
+            Multiple types are comma-separated (e.g.,
+            ``"earthquake,quarry blast"``). Allowed values are from QuakeML.
+            See :const:`obspy.core.event.header.EventType` for a list of
+            allowed event types.
         :type includeallorigins: bool, optional
         :param includeallorigins: Specify if all origins for the event should
             be included, default is data center dependent but is suggested to
diff --git a/obspy/clients/fdsn/header.py b/obspy/clients/fdsn/header.py
index be6878a6884..93930047ce2 100644
--- a/obspy/clients/fdsn/header.py
+++ b/obspy/clients/fdsn/header.py
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ class FDSNNoServiceException(FDSNException):
 
 OPTIONAL_EVENT_PARAMETERS = [
     "latitude", "longitude", "minradius", "maxradius", "magnitudetype",
-    "includeallorigins", "includeallmagnitudes", "includearrivals", "eventid",
-    "limit", "offset", "catalog", "contributor", "updatedafter"]
+    "eventtype", "includeallorigins", "includeallmagnitudes",
+    "includearrivals", "eventid", "limit", "offset", "catalog", "contributor",
+    "updatedafter"]
 
 DEFAULT_PARAMETERS = {
     "dataselect": DEFAULT_DATASELECT_PARAMETERS,
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ class FDSNNoServiceException(FDSNException):
     "includearrivals": bool,
     "matchtimeseries": bool,
     "eventid": str,
+    "eventtype": str,
     "limit": int,
     "offset": int,
     "orderby": str,
@@ -269,6 +271,7 @@ class FDSNNoServiceException(FDSNException):
     "includearrivals": False,
     "matchtimeseries": False,
     "eventid": None,
+    "eventtype": None,
     "limit": None,
     "offset": 1,
     "orderby": "time",