diff --git a/charts/karpenter/templates/clusterrole-core.yaml b/charts/karpenter/templates/clusterrole-core.yaml
index eccc9fb7acc6..edb7ca93d54e 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/templates/clusterrole-core.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter/templates/clusterrole-core.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: ["policy"]
     resources: ["poddisruptionbudgets"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
+  - apiGroups: []
+    resources: ["events"]
+    verbs: ["get", list, "watch"]
   # Write
   - apiGroups: ["karpenter.sh"]
     resources: ["nodeclaims", "nodeclaims/status"]
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/controllers.go b/pkg/controllers/controllers.go
index 50fabf52d5ea..c5e58541f900 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/controllers.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/controllers.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/awslabs/operatorpkg/controller"
+	opevents "github.com/awslabs/operatorpkg/events"
 	"github.com/awslabs/operatorpkg/status"
 	"github.com/patrickmn/go-cache"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 
 	servicesqs "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/utils/clock"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ func NewControllers(
 		controllersinstancetypecapacity.NewController(kubeClient, instanceTypeProvider),
 		ssminvalidation.NewController(ssmCache, amiProvider),
 		status.NewController[*v1.EC2NodeClass](kubeClient, mgr.GetEventRecorderFor("karpenter"), status.EmitDeprecatedMetrics),
+		opevents.NewController[*corev1.Node](kubeClient, clk),
 	}
 	if options.FromContext(ctx).InterruptionQueue != "" {
 		sqsapi := servicesqs.NewFromConfig(cfg)