diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index bbfe23e..353212b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ <h4>Boarding Definition</h4>
   onHighlighted: (Element) {}, // Called when element is fully highlighted
   onDeselected: (Element) {}, // Called when element has been deselected
   onReset: (Element) {}, // Called when overlay is about to be cleared
+  onStart: (Element) {}, // Called when `boarding.start()` was called
   onNext: (Element) =&gt; {}, // Called when moving to next step on any step
   onPrevious: (Element) =&gt; {}, // Called when moving to next step on any step
   strictClickHandling: "block-all", // Can also be `true` or if not wanted at all, `false`. Either block ALL pointer events, or isolate pointer-events to only allow on the highlighted element (`true`). Popover and overlay pointer-events are of course always allowed to be clicked
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index cd3f184..a6c87fc 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ const boarding = new Boarding({
   onHighlighted: (HighlightElement) => {}, // Called when element is fully highlighted
   onDeselected: (HighlightElement) => {}, // Called when element has been deselected
   onReset: (HighlightElement) => {}, // Called when overlay is about to be cleared
+  onStart: (HighlightElement) => {}, // Called when `boarding.start()` was called
   onNext: (HighlightElement) => {}, // Called when moving to next step on any step
   onPrevious: (HighlightElement) => {}, // Called when moving to previous step on any step
   strictClickHandling: true, // Can also be `"block-all"` or if not wanted at all, `false`. Either block ALL pointer events, or isolate pointer-events to only allow on the highlighted element (`true`). Popover and overlay pointer-events are of course always allowed to be clicked
diff --git a/src/lib/boarding-types.ts b/src/lib/boarding-types.ts
index e07aced..1775e05 100644
--- a/src/lib/boarding-types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/boarding-types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { HighlightElementHybridOptions } from "./core/highlight-element";
+import HighlightElement, {
+  HighlightElementHybridOptions,
+} from "./core/highlight-element";
 import { OverlayTopLevelOptions } from "./core/overlay";
 import {
   PopoverHybridOptions,
@@ -62,6 +64,10 @@ export interface BoardingOptions
    * className for the boarding popovers
    */
   className?: string;
+  /**
+   * Simple event that triggers for boarding.start()
+   */
+  onStart?: (element: HighlightElement) => void;
 }
 
 export interface BoardingStepDefinition extends HighlightElementHybridOptions {
diff --git a/src/lib/boarding.ts b/src/lib/boarding.ts
index e60b487..3ed7311 100644
--- a/src/lib/boarding.ts
+++ b/src/lib/boarding.ts
@@ -376,6 +376,8 @@ class Boarding {
     }
 
     this.currentStep = index;
+
+    this.options.onStart?.(element);
     this.activateBoarding(element);
   }