diff --git a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/events/events.html b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/events/events.html
index a67ecbdadf..f902c43abb 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/events/events.html
+++ b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/events/events.html
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" (click)="modal.show()">Open a modal</button>
+<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" (click)="showModal()">Open a modal</button>
+<br><br>
+<pre *ngFor="let message of messages">{{message}}</pre>
 
 <div class="modal fade" bsModal #modal="bs-modal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"
      aria-labelledby="mySmallModalLabel" aria-hidden="true"
diff --git a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/events/events.ts b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/events/events.ts
index 3a3c313874..e9de1e3eb1 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/events/events.ts
+++ b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/events/events.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, ViewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { ModalDirective } from 'ngx-bootstrap/modal/modal.component';
 
 @Component({
@@ -6,7 +6,14 @@ import { ModalDirective } from 'ngx-bootstrap/modal/modal.component';
   templateUrl: './events.html'
 })
 export class DemoModalEventsComponent {
+  @ViewChild(ModalDirective) public modal: ModalDirective;
+  public messages: string[];
+
+  public showModal() {
+    this.messages = [];
+    this.modal.show();
+  }
   public handler(type: string, $event: ModalDirective) {
-    console.log(`event ${type} is fired${$event.dismissReason ? ', dismissed by ' + $event.dismissReason : ''}`);
+    this.messages.push(`event ${type} is fired${$event.dismissReason ? ', dismissed by ' + $event.dismissReason : ''}`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/index.ts b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/index.ts
index 88cde58841..5e8b5297e7 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/index.ts
+++ b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { DemoModalServiceStaticComponent } from './service-template/service-temp
 import { DemoModalServiceFromComponent } from './service-component/service-component';
 import { DemoModalServiceNestedComponent } from './service-nested/service-nested';
 import { DemoModalServiceOptionsComponent } from './service-options/service-options';
+import { DemoModalServiceEventsComponent } from './service-events/service-events';
 
 export const DEMO_COMPONENTS = [
   DemoModalSizesComponent,
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ export const DEMO_COMPONENTS = [
   DemoModalServiceFromComponent,
   DemoModalServiceNestedComponent,
   DemoModalServiceOptionsComponent,
-  DemoModalEventsComponent
+  DemoModalEventsComponent,
+  DemoModalServiceEventsComponent
 ];
 
 export const DEMOS = {
@@ -62,5 +64,9 @@ export const DEMOS = {
   serviceOptions: {
     component: require('!!raw-loader?lang=typescript!./service-options/service-options.ts'),
     html: require('!!raw-loader?lang=markup!./service-options/service-options.html')
+  },
+  serviceEvents: {
+    component: require('!!raw-loader?lang=typescript!./service-events/service-events.ts'),
+    html: require('!!raw-loader?lang=markup!./service-events/service-events.html')
   }
 };
diff --git a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/service-events/service-events.html b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/service-events/service-events.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00553420c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/service-events/service-events.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" (click)="openModal(template)">Open modal</button>
+<br><br>
+<pre *ngFor="let message of messages">{{message}}</pre>
+<template #template>
+  <div class="modal-header">
+    <h4 class="modal-title pull-left">Modal</h4>
+    <button type="button" class="close pull-right" aria-label="Close" (click)="modalRef.hide()">
+      <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
+    </button>
+  </div>
+  <div class="modal-body">
+    This is a modal
+  </div>
+</template>
diff --git a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/service-events/service-events.ts b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/service-events/service-events.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..117fea5409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/demos/service-events/service-events.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { Component, TemplateRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { BsModalService } from 'ngx-bootstrap/modal';
+import { BsModalRef } from 'ngx-bootstrap/modal/modal-options.class';
+import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'demo-modal-service-events',
+  templateUrl: './service-events.html'
+})
+export class DemoModalServiceEventsComponent {
+  public modalRef: BsModalRef;
+  public subscriptions: Subscription[] = [];
+  public messages: string[] = [];
+  constructor(private modalService: BsModalService) {}
+
+  public openModal(template: TemplateRef<any>) {
+    this.messages = [];
+    this.subscriptions.push(this.modalService.onShow.subscribe((reason: string) => {
+      this.messages.push(`onShow event has been fired`);
+    }));
+    this.subscriptions.push(this.modalService.onShown.subscribe((reason: string) => {
+      this.messages.push(`onShown event has been fired`);
+    }));
+    this.subscriptions.push(this.modalService.onHide.subscribe((reason: string) => {
+      this.messages.push(`onHide event has been fired${reason ? ', dismissed by ' + reason : ''}`);
+    }));
+    this.subscriptions.push(this.modalService.onHidden.subscribe((reason: string) => {
+      this.messages.push(`onHidden event has been fired${reason ? ', dismissed by ' + reason : ''}`);
+      this.unsubscribe();
+    }));
+    this.modalRef = this.modalService.show(template);
+  }
+
+
+  public unsubscribe() {
+    this.subscriptions.forEach((subscription: Subscription) => {
+      subscription.unsubscribe();
+    });
+    this.subscriptions = [];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/modal-section.component.ts b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/modal-section.component.ts
index c6b9245ab7..ddf27f90e2 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/components/+modal/modal-section.component.ts
+++ b/demo/src/app/components/+modal/modal-section.component.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ let titleDoc = require('html-loader!markdown-loader!./docs/title.md');
             <li><a routerLink="." fragment="service-template">Template</a></li>
             <li><a routerLink="." fragment="service-component">Component</a></li>
             <li><a routerLink="." fragment="service-nested">Nested</a></li>
+            <li><a routerLink="." fragment="service-events">Events</a></li>
             <li><a routerLink="." fragment="service-options">Options</a></li>
           </ul>
         </li>
@@ -78,6 +79,13 @@ let titleDoc = require('html-loader!markdown-loader!./docs/title.md');
     <demo-modal-service-nested></demo-modal-service-nested>
   </ng-sample-box>
 
+  <h3 routerLink="." fragment="service-events" id="service-events">Events</h3>
+  <p>Modal service events. Modal service exposes 4 events: onShow, onShown, onHide, onHidden. See usage example below.</p>
+  <p>onHide and onHidden emit dismiss reason. Possible values are <code>backdrop-click</code>, <code>esc</code> or <code>null</code> if modal was closed by direct call of <code>hide()</code></p>
+  <ng-sample-box [ts]="demos.serviceEvents.component" [html]="demos.serviceEvents.html">
+    <demo-modal-service-events></demo-modal-service-events>
+  </ng-sample-box>
+
   <h3 routerLink="." fragment="service-options" id="service-options">Options</h3>
   <p>There are some options that you can configure, like animation, backdrop, closing by Esc button, additional css classes. See the demo below to learn how to configure your modal</p>
   <ng-sample-box [ts]="demos.serviceOptions.component" [html]="demos.serviceOptions.html">
diff --git a/src/component-loader/component-loader.class.ts b/src/component-loader/component-loader.class.ts
index aa5fee7c4f..da691cbb20 100644
--- a/src/component-loader/component-loader.class.ts
+++ b/src/component-loader/component-loader.class.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ export class ComponentLoader<T> {
 
     const componentEl = this._componentRef.location.nativeElement;
     componentEl.parentNode.removeChild(componentEl);
+    if (this._contentRef.componentRef) {
+      this._contentRef.componentRef.destroy();
+    }
     this._componentRef.destroy();
     if (this._viewContainerRef && this._contentRef.viewRef) {
       this._viewContainerRef.remove(this._viewContainerRef.indexOf(this._contentRef.viewRef));
diff --git a/src/modal/bs-modal.service.ts b/src/modal/bs-modal.service.ts
index d15e3179c8..54e23f5d59 100644
--- a/src/modal/bs-modal.service.ts
+++ b/src/modal/bs-modal.service.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { ComponentRef, Injectable, TemplateRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { ComponentRef, Injectable, TemplateRef, EventEmitter } from '@angular/core';
 
 import { ComponentLoader } from '../component-loader/component-loader.class';
 import { ComponentLoaderFactory } from '../component-loader/component-loader.factory';
@@ -11,14 +11,21 @@ export class BsModalService {
   // constructor props
   public config: ModalOptions = modalConfigDefaults;
 
+  public onShow: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
+  public onShown: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
+  public onHide: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
+  public onHidden: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
+
   protected isBodyOverflowing: boolean = false;
   protected originalBodyPadding: number = 0;
+
   protected scrollbarWidth: number = 0;
 
   protected backdropRef: ComponentRef<ModalBackdropComponent>;
-
   private _backdropLoader: ComponentLoader<ModalBackdropComponent>;
   private modalsCount: number = 0;
+  private lastDismissReason: string = '';
+
   private loaders: ComponentLoader<ModalContainerComponent>[] = [];
 
   public constructor(private clf: ComponentLoaderFactory) {
@@ -31,6 +38,7 @@ export class BsModalService {
     this._createLoaders();
     this.config = Object.assign({}, modalConfigDefaults, config);
     this._showBackdrop();
+    this.lastDismissReason = null;
     return this._showModal(content);
   }
 
@@ -100,6 +108,10 @@ export class BsModalService {
     return this.modalsCount;
   }
 
+  setDismissReason(reason: string) {
+    this.lastDismissReason = reason;
+  }
+
   protected removeBackdrop(): void {
     this._backdropLoader.hide();
     this.backdropRef = null;
@@ -141,7 +153,12 @@ export class BsModalService {
   }
 
   private _createLoaders(): void {
-    this.loaders.push(this.clf.createLoader<ModalContainerComponent>(null, null, null));
+    const loader = this.clf.createLoader<ModalContainerComponent>(null, null, null);
+    this.copyEvent(loader.onBeforeShow, this.onShow);
+    this.copyEvent(loader.onShown, this.onShown);
+    this.copyEvent(loader.onBeforeHide, this.onHide);
+    this.copyEvent(loader.onHidden, this.onHidden);
+    this.loaders.push(loader);
   }
 
   private removeLoaders(level: number): void {
@@ -150,4 +167,10 @@ export class BsModalService {
       loader.instance.level = i + 1;
     });
   }
+
+  private copyEvent(from: EventEmitter<any>, to: EventEmitter<any>) {
+    from.subscribe(() => {
+      to.emit(this.lastDismissReason);
+    });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/modal/modal-container.component.ts b/src/modal/modal-container.component.ts
index cca3419331..2518a1f473 100644
--- a/src/modal/modal-container.component.ts
+++ b/src/modal/modal-container.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Component, ElementRef, HostListener, OnDestroy, OnInit, Renderer } from '@angular/core';
-import { ClassName, ModalOptions, TransitionDurations } from './modal-options.class';
+import { ClassName, DISMISS_REASONS, ModalOptions, TransitionDurations } from './modal-options.class';
 import { BsModalService } from './bs-modal.service';
 import { isBs3 } from '../utils/ng2-bootstrap-config';
 
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ export class ModalContainerComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     if (this.config.ignoreBackdropClick || this.config.backdrop === 'static' || event.target !== this._element.nativeElement) {
       return;
     }
+    this.bsModalService.setDismissReason(DISMISS_REASONS.BACKRDOP);
     this.hide();
   }
   @HostListener('window:keydown.esc')
   public onEsc(): void {
     if (this.config.keyboard && this.level === this.bsModalService.getModalsCount()) {
+      this.bsModalService.setDismissReason(DISMISS_REASONS.ESC);
       this.hide();
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/modal/modal-options.class.ts b/src/modal/modal-options.class.ts
index 773efb44d5..49b90491d3 100644
--- a/src/modal/modal-options.class.ts
+++ b/src/modal/modal-options.class.ts
@@ -72,3 +72,8 @@ export const TransitionDurations: any = {
   MODAL: 300,
   BACKDROP: 150
 };
+
+export const DISMISS_REASONS = {
+  BACKRDOP: 'backdrop-click',
+  ESC: 'esc'
+};
diff --git a/src/modal/modal.component.ts b/src/modal/modal.component.ts
index 06c12d234c..05e1832e21 100644
--- a/src/modal/modal.component.ts
+++ b/src/modal/modal.component.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { document } from  '../utils/facade/browser';
 import { isBs3 } from '../utils/ng2-bootstrap-config';
 import { Utils } from '../utils/utils.class';
 import { ModalBackdropComponent } from './modal-backdrop.component';
-import { ClassName, modalConfigDefaults, ModalOptions, Selector } from './modal-options.class';
+import { ClassName, modalConfigDefaults, ModalOptions, Selector, DISMISS_REASONS } from './modal-options.class';
 
 import { window } from '../utils/facade/browser';
 import { ComponentLoader } from '../component-loader/component-loader.class';
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ import { ComponentLoaderFactory } from '../component-loader/component-loader.fac
 
 const TRANSITION_DURATION = 300;
 const BACKDROP_TRANSITION_DURATION = 150;
-const DISMISS_REASONS = {
-  BACKRDOP: 'backdrop-click',
-  ESC: 'esc'
-};
 
 /** Mark any code with directive to show it's content in modal */
 @Directive({