diff --git a/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee b/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
index 137ceac07..59db99397 100644
--- a/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/pane-spec.coffee
@@ -517,6 +517,18 @@ describe "Pane", ->
 
       expect(becameActiveHandler.callCount).toBe 1
 
+    it "triggers 'pane:became-inactive' when it was previously active", ->
+      becameInactiveHandler = jasmine.createSpy("becameInactiveHandler")
+      container.on 'pane:became-inactive', becameInactiveHandler
+
+      expect(pane.isActive()).toBeFalsy()
+      pane.focusin()
+      expect(pane.isActive()).toBeTruthy()
+      pane.splitRight()
+      expect(pane.isActive()).toBeFalsy()
+
+      expect(becameInactiveHandler.callCount).toBe 1
+
   describe "split methods", ->
     [pane1, view3, view4] = []
     beforeEach ->
diff --git a/src/app/pane.coffee b/src/app/pane.coffee
index fa9a2fcb5..ddb9312a8 100644
--- a/src/app/pane.coffee
+++ b/src/app/pane.coffee
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ class Pane extends View
     @trigger 'pane:became-active' unless wasActive
 
   makeInactive: ->
+    wasActive = @isActive()
     @removeClass('active')
+    @trigger 'pane:became-inactive' if wasActive
 
   isActive: ->
     @hasClass('active')