diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Events/Dispatcher.php b/src/Illuminate/Events/Dispatcher.php
index 35c37f430d33..a56566f7dd94 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Events/Dispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Events/Dispatcher.php
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ class Dispatcher implements DispatcherContract
      */
     protected $deferringEvents = false;
 
+    /**
+     * The specific events to defer (null means defer all events).
+     *
+     * @var array|null
+     */
+    protected $deferringSpecificEvents = null;
+
     /**
      * Create a new event dispatcher instance.
      *
@@ -258,12 +265,6 @@ public function until($event, $payload = [])
      */
     public function dispatch($event, $payload = [], $halt = false)
     {
-        if ($this->deferringEvents) {
-            $this->deferredEvents[] = func_get_args();
-
-            return null;
-        }
-
         // When the given "event" is actually an object we will assume it is an event
         // object and use the class as the event name and this event itself as the
         // payload to the handler, which makes object based events quite simple.
@@ -272,6 +273,12 @@ public function dispatch($event, $payload = [], $halt = false)
             ...$this->parseEventAndPayload($event, $payload),
         ];
 
+        if ($this->shouldDeferEvent($event)) {
+            $this->deferredEvents[] = func_get_args();
+
+            return null;
+        }
+
         // If the event is not intended to be dispatched unless the current database
         // transaction is successful, we'll register a callback which will handle
         // dispatching this event on the next successful DB transaction commit.
@@ -792,15 +799,18 @@ public function setTransactionManagerResolver(callable $resolver)
      * Execute the given callback while deferring events, then dispatch all deferred events.
      *
      * @param  callable  $callback
+     * @param  array|null  $events
      * @return mixed
      */
-    public function defer(callable $callback)
+    public function defer(callable $callback, ?array $events = null)
     {
         $wasDeferring = $this->deferringEvents;
         $previousDeferredEvents = $this->deferredEvents;
+        $previousDeferringSpecificEvents = $this->deferringSpecificEvents;
 
         $this->deferringEvents = true;
         $this->deferredEvents = [];
+        $this->deferringSpecificEvents = $events;
 
         try {
             $result = $callback();
@@ -815,9 +825,21 @@ public function defer(callable $callback)
         } finally {
             $this->deferringEvents = $wasDeferring;
             $this->deferredEvents = $previousDeferredEvents;
+            $this->deferringSpecificEvents = $previousDeferringSpecificEvents;
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determine if the given event should be deferred.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $event
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function shouldDeferEvent(string $event)
+    {
+        return $this->deferringEvents && ($this->deferringSpecificEvents === null || in_array($event, $this->deferringSpecificEvents));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the raw, unprepared listeners.
      *
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Event.php b/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Event.php
index 748f0890f0c9..dd6ec19a24f9 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Event.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Support/Facades/Event.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * @method static void forgetPushed()
  * @method static \Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher setQueueResolver(callable $resolver)
  * @method static \Illuminate\Events\Dispatcher setTransactionManagerResolver(callable $resolver)
- * @method static mixed defer(callable $callback)
+ * @method static mixed defer(callable $callback, ?array $events = null)
  * @method static array getRawListeners()
  * @method static void macro(string $name, object|callable $macro)
  * @method static void mixin(object $mixin, bool $replace = true)
diff --git a/tests/Events/EventsDispatcherTest.php b/tests/Events/EventsDispatcherTest.php
index 3f308a751508..56d97e52c58d 100755
--- a/tests/Events/EventsDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/tests/Events/EventsDispatcherTest.php
@@ -98,6 +98,84 @@ public function testDeferNestedEvents()
         $this->assertSame(['inner', 'outer1', 'outer2'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
     }
 
+    public function testDeferSpecificEvents()
+    {
+        $_SERVER['__event.test'] = [];
+        $d = new Dispatcher;
+
+        $d->listen('foo', function ($foo) {
+            $_SERVER['__event.test'][] = $foo;
+        });
+
+        $d->listen('bar', function ($bar) {
+            $_SERVER['__event.test'][] = $bar;
+        });
+
+        $d->defer(function () use ($d) {
+            $d->dispatch('foo', ['deferred']);
+            $d->dispatch('bar', ['immediate']);
+
+            $this->assertSame(['immediate'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
+        }, ['foo']);
+
+        $this->assertSame(['immediate', 'deferred'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
+    }
+
+    public function testDeferSpecificNestedEvents()
+    {
+        $_SERVER['__event.test'] = [];
+        $d = new Dispatcher;
+
+        $d->listen('foo', function ($foo) {
+            $_SERVER['__event.test'][] = $foo;
+        });
+
+        $d->listen('bar', function ($bar) {
+            $_SERVER['__event.test'][] = $bar;
+        });
+
+        $d->defer(function () use ($d) {
+            $d->dispatch('foo', ['outer-deferred']);
+            $d->dispatch('bar', ['outer-immediate']);
+
+            $this->assertSame(['outer-immediate'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
+
+            $d->defer(function () use ($d) {
+                $d->dispatch('foo', ['inner-deferred']);
+                $d->dispatch('bar', ['inner-immediate']);
+
+                $this->assertSame(['outer-immediate', 'inner-immediate'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
+            }, ['foo']);
+
+            $this->assertSame(['outer-immediate', 'inner-immediate', 'inner-deferred'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
+        }, ['foo']);
+
+        $this->assertSame(['outer-immediate', 'inner-immediate', 'inner-deferred', 'outer-deferred'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
+    }
+
+    public function testDeferSpecificObjectEvents()
+    {
+        $_SERVER['__event.test'] = [];
+        $d = new Dispatcher;
+
+        $d->listen(DeferTestEvent::class, function () {
+            $_SERVER['__event.test'][] = 'DeferTestEvent';
+        });
+
+        $d->listen(ImmediateTestEvent::class, function () {
+            $_SERVER['__event.test'][] = 'ImmediateTestEvent';
+        });
+
+        $d->defer(function () use ($d) {
+            $d->dispatch(new DeferTestEvent());
+            $d->dispatch(new ImmediateTestEvent());
+
+            $this->assertSame(['ImmediateTestEvent'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
+        }, [DeferTestEvent::class]);
+
+        $this->assertSame(['ImmediateTestEvent', 'DeferTestEvent'], $_SERVER['__event.test']);
+    }
+
     public function testHaltingEventExecution()
     {
         unset($_SERVER['__event.test']);
@@ -787,3 +865,11 @@ public function handle()
         $_SERVER['__event.test'][] = 'handle-3';
     }
 }
+
+class DeferTestEvent
+{
+}
+
+class ImmediateTestEvent
+{
+}
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Events/DeferEventsTest.php b/tests/Integration/Events/DeferEventsTest.php
index 9fd065a5b22f..861e31c441db 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Events/DeferEventsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Events/DeferEventsTest.php
@@ -77,6 +77,32 @@ public function testDeferMultipleModelEvents()
         $this->assertEquals('multiple_models_response', $response);
         $this->assertSame(['saved:TestModel', 'created:AnotherTestModel'], $_SERVER['__model_events']);
     }
+
+    public function testDeferSpecificModelEvents()
+    {
+        $_SERVER['__model_events'] = [];
+
+        TestModel::creating(function () {
+            $_SERVER['__model_events'][] = 'creating';
+        });
+
+        TestModel::saved(function () {
+            $_SERVER['__model_events'][] = 'saved';
+        });
+
+        $response = Event::defer(function () {
+            $model = new TestModel();
+            $model->fireModelEvent('creating');
+            $model->fireModelEvent('saved');
+
+            $this->assertSame(['creating'], $_SERVER['__model_events']);
+
+            return 'specific_model_defer_result';
+        }, ['eloquent.saved: '.TestModel::class]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('specific_model_defer_result', $response);
+        $this->assertSame(['creating', 'saved'], $_SERVER['__model_events']);
+    }
 }
 
 class TestModel extends Model
@@ -94,3 +120,11 @@ public function fireModelEvent($event, $halt = true)
         return parent::fireModelEvent($event, $halt);
     }
 }
+
+class DeferTestEvent
+{
+}
+
+class AnotherDeferTestEvent
+{
+}