diff --git a/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php b/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
index 7c08e2500..1bc54d72e 100644
--- a/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/cmdbabstract.class.inc.php
@@ -5954,6 +5954,16 @@ JS
 		$this->FireEvent(EVENT_DB_CHECK_TO_DELETE, ['deletion_plan' => $oDeletionPlan]);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws \CoreException
+	 * @since 3.1.2
+	 */
+	final protected function FireEventAboutToDelete(): void
+	{
+		$this->FireEvent(EVENT_DB_ABOUT_TO_DELETE);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return void
 	 * @throws \CoreException
diff --git a/application/datamodel.application.xml b/application/datamodel.application.xml
index cc0102b47..54400e526 100644
--- a/application/datamodel.application.xml
+++ b/application/datamodel.application.xml
@@ -270,6 +270,23 @@
         </event_datum>
       </event_data>
     </event>
+    <event id="EVENT_DB_ABOUT_TO_DELETE" _delta="define">
+      <description>An object is about to be deleted from the database</description>
+      <sources>
+        <source id="cmdbAbstractObject">cmdbAbstractObject</source>
+      </sources>
+      <replaces>cmdbAbstractObject::OnDelete</replaces>
+      <event_data>
+        <event_datum id="object">
+          <description>The object about to be deleted</description>
+          <type>DBObject</type>
+        </event_datum>
+        <event_datum id="debug_info">
+          <description>Debug string</description>
+          <type>string</type>
+        </event_datum>
+      </event_data>
+    </event>
     <event id="EVENT_DB_AFTER_DELETE" _delta="define">
       <description>An object has been deleted into the database</description>
       <sources>
diff --git a/core/dbobject.class.php b/core/dbobject.class.php
index d5db209fc..65d2f5d25 100644
--- a/core/dbobject.class.php
+++ b/core/dbobject.class.php
@@ -4108,6 +4108,8 @@ abstract class DBObject implements iDisplay
 			return;
 		}
 
+		$this->SetReadOnly("No modification allowed before delete");
+		$this->FireEventAboutToDelete();
 		$oKPI = new ExecutionKPI();
 		$this->OnDelete();
 		$oKPI->ComputeStatsForExtension($this, 'OnDelete');
@@ -6627,6 +6629,14 @@ abstract class DBObject implements iDisplay
 	{
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return void
+	 * @since 3.1.2
+	 */
+	protected function FireEventAboutToDelete(): void
+	{
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @return void
 	 * @since 3.1.0
diff --git a/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/core/CRUDEventTest.php b/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/core/CRUDEventTest.php
index 024cfcc1b..67ba6e8f1 100644
--- a/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/core/CRUDEventTest.php
+++ b/tests/php-unit-tests/unitary-tests/core/CRUDEventTest.php
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use Server;
 use Team;
 use UserRequest;
 use utils;
+use const EVENT_DB_ABOUT_TO_DELETE;
 use const EVENT_DB_AFTER_DELETE;
 use const EVENT_DB_AFTER_WRITE;
 use const EVENT_DB_BEFORE_WRITE;
@@ -422,9 +423,10 @@ class CRUDEventTest extends ItopDataTestCase
 
 		// 1 delete for UserRequest, 3 delete for lnkFunctionalCIToTicket
 		$this->assertEquals(4, self::$aEventCalls[EVENT_DB_CHECK_TO_DELETE]);
+		$this->assertEquals(4, self::$aEventCalls[EVENT_DB_ABOUT_TO_DELETE]);
 		$this->assertEquals(4, self::$aEventCalls[EVENT_DB_AFTER_DELETE]);
-		$this->assertArrayNotHasKey(EVENT_DB_LINKS_CHANGED, self::$aEventCalls, 'no relation with the with_php_compute attribute !');
-		$this->assertEquals(8, self::$iEventCalls);
+		$this->assertArrayNotHasKey(EVENT_DB_LINKS_CHANGED, self::$aEventCalls, 'Event not to be sent on delete');
+		$this->assertEquals(12, self::$iEventCalls);
 
 	}
 
@@ -725,6 +727,7 @@ class CRUDEventReceiver extends ClassesWithDebug
 			$this->oTestCase->EventService_RegisterListener(EVENT_DB_CHECK_TO_DELETE, [$this, 'OnEvent']);
 			$this->oTestCase->EventService_RegisterListener(EVENT_DB_BEFORE_WRITE, [$this, 'OnEvent']);
 			$this->oTestCase->EventService_RegisterListener(EVENT_DB_AFTER_WRITE, [$this, 'OnEvent']);
+			$this->oTestCase->EventService_RegisterListener(EVENT_DB_ABOUT_TO_DELETE, [$this, 'OnEvent']);
 			$this->oTestCase->EventService_RegisterListener(EVENT_DB_AFTER_DELETE, [$this, 'OnEvent']);
 			$this->oTestCase->EventService_RegisterListener(EVENT_DB_LINKS_CHANGED, [$this, 'OnEvent']);