diff --git a/src/Widgets/calendar/CalendarView.vala b/src/Widgets/calendar/CalendarView.vala
index 5bb077ec..d2e19f53 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/calendar/CalendarView.vala
+++ b/src/Widgets/calendar/CalendarView.vala
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ public class DateTime.Widgets.CalendarView : Gtk.Grid {
         box_buttons.add (center_button);
         box_buttons.add (right_button);
 
+        var new_event_button = new Gtk.Button.from_icon_name ("appointment-new-symbolic");
+        new_event_button.tooltip_text = _("New event");
+
         events_model = CalendarModel.get_default (ECal.ClientSourceType.EVENTS);
         tasks_model = CalendarModel.get_default (ECal.ClientSourceType.TASKS);
         start_month = Util.get_start_of_month ();
@@ -111,7 +114,8 @@ public class DateTime.Widgets.CalendarView : Gtk.Grid {
         margin_start = margin_end = 10;
         attach (label, 0, 0);
         attach (box_buttons, 1, 0);
-        attach (carousel, 0, 1, 2);
+        attach (new_event_button, 2, 0);
+        attach (carousel, 0, 1, 3);
 
         left_button.clicked.connect (() => {
             carousel.switch_child ((int) carousel.get_position () - 1, carousel.get_animation_duration ());
@@ -125,6 +129,10 @@ public class DateTime.Widgets.CalendarView : Gtk.Grid {
             show_today ();
         });
 
+        new_event_button.clicked.connect (() => {
+            open_maya_with_options (selected_date, true);
+        });
+
         carousel.page_changed.connect ((index) => {
             events_model.change_month (-rel_postion);
             tasks_model.change_month (-rel_postion);
@@ -244,8 +252,11 @@ public class DateTime.Widgets.CalendarView : Gtk.Grid {
     }
 
     // TODO: As far as maya supports it use the Dbus Activation feature to run the calendar-app.
-    public void show_date_in_maya (GLib.DateTime date) {
-        var command = "io.elementary.calendar --show-day %s".printf (date.format ("%F"));
+    private void open_maya_with_options (GLib.DateTime? day_to_show, bool add_event = false) {
+        day_to_show = day_to_show ?? new GLib.DateTime.now_local ();
+        var command = "io.elementary.calendar";
+        command += add_event ? " --add-event" : "";
+        command += " --show-day %s".printf (day_to_show.format ("%F"));
 
         try {
             var appinfo = AppInfo.create_from_commandline (command, null, AppInfoCreateFlags.NONE);
@@ -262,6 +273,10 @@ public class DateTime.Widgets.CalendarView : Gtk.Grid {
         }
     }
 
+    public void show_date_in_maya (GLib.DateTime date) {
+        open_maya_with_options (date);
+    }
+
     public void refresh () {
         show_today (true);
     }