diff --git a/packages/plugins/sdk/src/host-client-factory.ts b/packages/plugins/sdk/src/host-client-factory.ts
index f7829ad7..e445cc0b 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sdk/src/host-client-factory.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sdk/src/host-client-factory.ts
@@ -103,9 +103,10 @@ export interface HostServices {
     list(params: WorkerToHostMethods["entities.list"][0]): Promise<WorkerToHostMethods["entities.list"][1]>;
   };
 
-  /** Provides `events.emit`. */
+  /** Provides `events.emit` and `events.subscribe`. */
   events: {
     emit(params: WorkerToHostMethods["events.emit"][0]): Promise<void>;
+    subscribe(params: WorkerToHostMethods["events.subscribe"][0]): Promise<void>;
   };
 
   /** Provides `http.fetch`. */
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ const METHOD_CAPABILITY_MAP: Record<WorkerToHostMethodName, PluginCapability | n
 
   // Events
   "events.emit": "events.emit",
+  "events.subscribe": "events.subscribe",
 
   // HTTP
   "http.fetch": "http.outbound",
@@ -407,6 +409,9 @@ export function createHostClientHandlers(
     "events.emit": gated("events.emit", async (params) => {
       return services.events.emit(params);
     }),
+    "events.subscribe": gated("events.subscribe", async (params) => {
+      return services.events.subscribe(params);
+    }),
 
     // HTTP
     "http.fetch": gated("http.fetch", async (params) => {
diff --git a/packages/plugins/sdk/src/protocol.ts b/packages/plugins/sdk/src/protocol.ts
index 8330f680..61228b53 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sdk/src/protocol.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sdk/src/protocol.ts
@@ -482,6 +482,10 @@ export interface WorkerToHostMethods {
     params: { name: string; companyId: string; payload: unknown },
     result: void,
   ];
+  "events.subscribe": [
+    params: { eventPattern: string; filter?: Record<string, unknown> | null },
+    result: void,
+  ];
 
   // HTTP
   "http.fetch": [
diff --git a/packages/plugins/sdk/src/worker-rpc-host.ts b/packages/plugins/sdk/src/worker-rpc-host.ts
index 8242c261..1e8d5591 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/sdk/src/worker-rpc-host.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/sdk/src/worker-rpc-host.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
  *   |--- request(initialize) ------------->  |  → calls plugin.setup(ctx)
  *   |<-- response(ok:true) ----------------  |
  *   |                                        |
- *   |--- request(onEvent) ---------------->  |  → dispatches to registered handler
- *   |<-- response(void) ------------------  |
+ *   |--- notification(onEvent) ----------->  |  → dispatches to registered handler
  *   |                                        |
  *   |<-- request(state.get) ---------------  |  ← SDK client call from plugin code
  *   |--- response(result) ---------------->  |
@@ -387,6 +386,13 @@ export function startWorkerRpcHost(options: WorkerRpcHostOptions): WorkerRpcHost
             registration = { name, filter: filterOrFn, fn: maybeFn };
           }
           eventHandlers.push(registration);
+          // Register subscription on the host so events are forwarded to this worker
+          void callHost("events.subscribe", { eventPattern: name, filter: registration.filter ?? null }).catch((err) => {
+            notifyHost("log", {
+              level: "warn",
+              message: `Failed to subscribe to event "${name}" on host: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
+            });
+          });
           return () => {
             const idx = eventHandlers.indexOf(registration);
             if (idx !== -1) eventHandlers.splice(idx, 1);
@@ -1107,6 +1113,14 @@ export function startWorkerRpcHost(options: WorkerRpcHostOptions): WorkerRpcHost
         const event = notif.params as AgentSessionEvent;
         const cb = sessionEventCallbacks.get(event.sessionId);
         if (cb) cb(event);
+      } else if (notif.method === "onEvent" && notif.params) {
+        // Plugin event bus notifications — dispatch to registered event handlers
+        handleOnEvent(notif.params as OnEventParams).catch((err) => {
+          notifyHost("log", {
+            level: "error",
+            message: `Failed to handle event notification: ${err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)}`,
+          });
+        });
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/server/src/services/plugin-host-services.ts b/server/src/services/plugin-host-services.ts
index 6be022e2..2a3f5ecc 100644
--- a/server/src/services/plugin-host-services.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/plugin-host-services.ts
@@ -556,6 +556,18 @@ export function buildHostServices(
         }
         await scopedBus.emit(params.name, params.companyId, params.payload);
       },
+      async subscribe(params: { eventPattern: string; filter?: Record<string, unknown> | null }) {
+        const handler = async (event: import("@paperclipai/plugin-sdk").PluginEvent) => {
+          if (notifyWorker) {
+            notifyWorker("onEvent", { event });
+          }
+        };
+        if (params.filter) {
+          scopedBus.subscribe(params.eventPattern as any, params.filter as any, handler);
+        } else {
+          scopedBus.subscribe(params.eventPattern as any, handler);
+        }
+      },
     },
 
     http: {
@@ -1060,6 +1072,10 @@ export function buildHostServices(
     dispose() {
       disposed = true;
 
+      // Clear event bus subscriptions to prevent accumulation on worker restart.
+      // Without this, each crash/restart cycle adds duplicate subscriptions.
+      scopedBus.clear();
+
       // Snapshot to avoid iterator invalidation from concurrent sendMessage() calls
       const snapshot = Array.from(activeSubscriptions);
       activeSubscriptions.clear();