diff --git a/celery/signals.py b/celery/signals.py
index bfc8240e3..c864a1b64 100644
--- a/celery/signals.py
+++ b/celery/signals.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ task_rejected = Signal(providing_args=[
     'message', 'exc',
 ])
 task_unknown = Signal(providing_args=[
-    'message', 'exc',
+    'message', 'exc', 'name', 'id',
 ])
 celeryd_init = Signal(providing_args=['instance', 'conf', 'options'])
 celeryd_after_setup = Signal(providing_args=['instance', 'conf'])
diff --git a/celery/worker/consumer.py b/celery/worker/consumer.py
index d24710879..984826518 100644
--- a/celery/worker/consumer.py
+++ b/celery/worker/consumer.py
@@ -439,10 +439,17 @@ class Consumer(object):
 
     def on_unknown_task(self, body, message, exc):
         error(UNKNOWN_TASK_ERROR, exc, dump_body(message, body), exc_info=True)
+        id_, name = message.headers['id'], message.headers['task']
         message.reject_log_error(logger, self.connection_errors)
-        self.app.backend.mark_as_failure(
-            message.headers['id'], NotRegistered(message.headers['task']))
-        signals.task_unknown.send(sender=self, message=message, exc=exc)
+        self.app.backend.mark_as_failure(id_, NotRegistered(name))
+        if self.event_dispatcher:
+            self.event_dispatcher.send(
+                'task-failed', uuid=id_,
+                exception='NotRegistered({0!r})'.format(name),
+            )
+        signals.task_unknown.send(
+            sender=self, message=message, exc=exc, name=name, id=id_,
+        )
 
     def on_invalid_task(self, body, message, exc):
         error(INVALID_TASK_ERROR, exc, dump_body(message, body), exc_info=True)
diff --git a/docs/userguide/signals.rst b/docs/userguide/signals.rst
index 9e48e9648..db5c1eb65 100644
--- a/docs/userguide/signals.rst
+++ b/docs/userguide/signals.rst
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ Sender is the worker :class:`~celery.worker.consumer.Consumer`.
 
 Provides arguments:
 
+* name
+
+  Name of task not found in registry.
+
+* id
+
+  The task id found in the message.
+
 * message
 
     Raw message object.