diff --git a/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ODM/PostSoftDeleteEventArgs.php b/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ODM/PostSoftDeleteEventArgs.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eb4c888a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ODM/PostSoftDeleteEventArgs.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Event\ODM;
+
+use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Event\LifecycleEventArgs;
+
+final class PostSoftDeleteEventArgs extends LifecycleEventArgs
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ODM/PreSoftDeleteEventArgs.php b/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ODM/PreSoftDeleteEventArgs.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..285db0523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ODM/PreSoftDeleteEventArgs.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Event\ODM;
+
+use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Event\LifecycleEventArgs;
+
+final class PreSoftDeleteEventArgs extends LifecycleEventArgs
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ORM/PostSoftDeleteEventArgs.php b/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ORM/PostSoftDeleteEventArgs.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a11cb85e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ORM/PostSoftDeleteEventArgs.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Event\ORM;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Event\LifecycleEventArgs;
+
+final class PostSoftDeleteEventArgs extends LifecycleEventArgs
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ORM/PreSoftDeleteEventArgs.php b/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ORM/PreSoftDeleteEventArgs.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26f7d9899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SoftDeleteable/Event/ORM/PreSoftDeleteEventArgs.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Event\ORM;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\Event\LifecycleEventArgs;
+
+final class PreSoftDeleteEventArgs extends LifecycleEventArgs
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/SoftDeleteable/SoftDeleteableListener.php b/src/SoftDeleteable/SoftDeleteableListener.php
index 200829d1b..275db7241 100644
--- a/src/SoftDeleteable/SoftDeleteableListener.php
+++ b/src/SoftDeleteable/SoftDeleteableListener.php
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\UnitOfWork as MongoDBUnitOfWork;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
 use Doctrine\Persistence\Event\LoadClassMetadataEventArgs;
+use Doctrine\Persistence\ObjectManager;
 use Gedmo\Mapping\MappedEventSubscriber;
+use Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Event\ODM\PostSoftDeleteEventArgs as OdmPostSoftDeleteEventArgs;
+use Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Event\ODM\PreSoftDeleteEventArgs as OdmPreSoftDeleteEventArgs;
+use Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Event\ORM\PostSoftDeleteEventArgs as OrmPreSoftDeleteEventArgs;
+use Gedmo\SoftDeleteable\Event\ORM\PreSoftDeleteEventArgs as OrmPostSoftDeleteEventArgs;
 
 /**
  * SoftDeleteable listener
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ public function onFlush(EventArgs $args)
 
                 $evm->dispatchEvent(
                     self::PRE_SOFT_DELETE,
-                    $ea->createLifecycleEventArgsInstance($object, $om)
+                    $this->createAppropriatePreSoftDeleteEventArgs($object, $om)
                 );
 
                 $reflProp->setValue($object, $date);
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ public function onFlush(EventArgs $args)
 
                 $evm->dispatchEvent(
                     self::POST_SOFT_DELETE,
-                    $ea->createLifecycleEventArgsInstance($object, $om)
+                    $this->createAppropriatePostSoftDeleteEventArgs($object, $om)
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -120,4 +125,42 @@ protected function getNamespace()
     {
         return __NAMESPACE__;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * create the appropriate event args for pre_soft_delete event
+     *
+     * @param $object
+     * @param ObjectManager $om
+     *
+     * @return OdmPreSoftDeleteEventArgs|OrmPreSoftDeleteEventArgs|void
+     */
+    private function createAppropriatePreSoftDeleteEventArgs($object, ObjectManager $om)
+    {
+        if ($om instanceof EntityManagerInterface) {
+            return new OrmPreSoftDeleteEventArgs($object, $om);
+        } elseif ($om instanceof DocumentManager) {
+            return new OdmPreSoftDeleteEventArgs($object, $om);
+        } else {
+            // TODO : implement unknown object manager case
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * create the appropriate event args for post_soft_delete event
+     *
+     * @param $object
+     * @param ObjectManager $om
+     *
+     * @return OdmPostSoftDeleteEventArgs|OrmPostSoftDeleteEventArgs|void
+     */
+    private function createAppropriatePostSoftDeleteEventArgs($object, ObjectManager $om)
+    {
+        if ($om instanceof EntityManagerInterface) {
+            return new OrmPostSoftDeleteEventArgs($object, $om);
+        } elseif ($om instanceof DocumentManager) {
+            return new OdmPostSoftDeleteEventArgs($object, $om);
+        } else {
+            // TODO : implement unknown object manager case
+        }
+    }
 }