diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
index f2f1e185a9..9747b78d4a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
@@ -1874,6 +1874,19 @@ public final class Hudson extends Node implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Stapl
      *      if the project of the given name already exists.
      */
     public synchronized TopLevelItem createProject( TopLevelItemDescriptor type, String name ) throws IOException {
+        return createProject(type, name, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new job.
+     * @param type Descriptor for job type
+     * @param name Name for job
+     * @param notify Whether to fire onCreated method for all ItemListeners
+     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
+     *      if a project of the give name already exists.
+     */
+    public synchronized TopLevelItem createProject( TopLevelItemDescriptor type, String name, boolean notify )
+            throws IOException {
         if(items.containsKey(name))
             throw new IllegalArgumentException();
 
@@ -1886,6 +1899,11 @@ public final class Hudson extends Node implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Stapl
 
         item.save();
         items.put(name,item);
+
+        if (notify)
+            for (ItemListener l : ItemListener.all())
+                l.onCreated(item);
+
         return item;
     }
 
@@ -2447,16 +2465,13 @@ public final class Hudson extends Node implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Stapl
                 rsp.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_OK);
                 return result;
             } else {
-                // create empty job and redirect to the project config screen
                 if(mode==null) {
                     rsp.sendError(SC_BAD_REQUEST);
                     return null;
                 }
+                // create empty job and redirect to the project config screen
                 result = createProject(Items.getDescriptor(mode), name);
             }
-
-            for (ItemListener l : ItemListener.all())
-                l.onCreated(result);
         }
 
         // send the browser to the config page
@@ -2494,6 +2509,10 @@ public final class Hudson extends Node implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Stapl
             // load it
             TopLevelItem result = (TopLevelItem)Items.load(this,configXml.getParentFile());
             items.put(name,result);
+
+            for (ItemListener l : ItemListener.all())
+                l.onCreated(result);
+
             return result;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             // if anything fails, delete the config file to avoid further confusion
@@ -2514,7 +2533,7 @@ public final class Hudson extends Node implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Stapl
      */
     @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
     public <T extends TopLevelItem> T copy(T src, String name) throws IOException {
-        T result = (T)createProject(src.getDescriptor(),name);
+        T result = (T)createProject(src.getDescriptor(),name,false);
 
         // copy config
         Util.copyFile(Items.getConfigFile(src).getFile(),Items.getConfigFile(result).getFile());
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/listeners/ItemListenerTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/listeners/ItemListenerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..768f148e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/model/listeners/ItemListenerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2009, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Alan Harder
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package hudson.model.listeners;
+
+import hudson.cli.CreateJobCommand;
+import hudson.model.Item;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import org.jvnet.hudson.test.HudsonTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for ItemListener events.
+ * @author Alan.Harder@sun.com
+ */
+public class ItemListenerTest extends HudsonTestCase {
+    private ItemListener listener;
+    private StringBuffer events = new StringBuffer();
+
+    @Override protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        listener = new ItemListener() {
+            @Override public void onCreated(Item item) {
+                events.append('C');
+            }
+            @Override public void onCopied(Item src, Item item) {
+                events.append('Y');
+            }
+        };
+        ItemListener.all().add(0, listener);
+    }
+
+    public void testOnCreatedviaCLI() {
+        CreateJobCommand cmd = new CreateJobCommand();
+        ByteArrayOutputStream buf = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        PrintStream out = new PrintStream(buf);
+        cmd.main(Collections.singletonList("testJob"), Locale.ENGLISH,
+                 new ByteArrayInputStream(("<project><actions/><builders/><publishers/>"
+                    + "<buildWrappers/></project>").getBytes()),
+                 out, out);
+        out.flush();
+        assertNotNull("job should be created: " + buf, hudson.getItem("testJob"));
+        assertEquals("onCreated event should be triggered: " + buf, "C", events.toString());
+    }
+}