diff --git a/src/client/dispatch.rs b/src/client/dispatch.rs
index 1f5f2b252a1..578299b473f 100644
--- a/src/client/dispatch.rs
+++ b/src/client/dispatch.rs
@@ -50,13 +50,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn dispatch_model(
     #[cfg(feature = "framework")] framework: Option<Arc<dyn Framework>>,
     event_handler: Option<InternalEventHandler>,
 ) {
-    let handler = match event_handler {
-        Some(InternalEventHandler::Normal(handler)) => Some(handler),
-        Some(InternalEventHandler::Raw(raw_handler)) => {
-            return raw_handler.raw_event(context, event).await;
-        },
-        None => None,
+    let (handler, raw_handler) = match event_handler {
+        Some(InternalEventHandler::Normal(handler)) => (Some(handler), None),
+        Some(InternalEventHandler::Both {
+            raw,
+            normal,
+        }) => (Some(normal), Some(raw)),
+        Some(InternalEventHandler::Raw(raw_handler)) => (None, Some(raw_handler)),
+        None => (None, None),
     };
+    if let Some(raw_handler) = raw_handler {
+        raw_handler.raw_event(context.clone(), &event).await;
+    }
 
     let (full_event, extra_event) = update_cache_with_event(
         #[cfg(feature = "cache")]
diff --git a/src/client/event_handler.rs b/src/client/event_handler.rs
index 318893f881b..ef622d391bd 100644
--- a/src/client/event_handler.rs
+++ b/src/client/event_handler.rs
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ event_handler! {
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait RawEventHandler: Send + Sync {
     /// Dispatched when any event occurs
-    async fn raw_event(&self, _ctx: Context, _ev: Event) {}
+    async fn raw_event(&self, _ctx: Context, _ev: &Event) {}
 
     /// Checks if the `event` should be dispatched (`true`) or ignored (`false`).
     ///
@@ -540,4 +540,5 @@ pub trait RawEventHandler: Send + Sync {
 pub enum InternalEventHandler {
     Raw(Arc<dyn RawEventHandler>),
     Normal(Arc<dyn EventHandler>),
+    Both { raw: Arc<dyn RawEventHandler>, normal: Arc<dyn EventHandler> },
 }
diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index a8c5e7f779a..9d4c5c83afd 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -296,7 +296,10 @@ impl IntoFuture for ClientBuilder {
         let http = self.http;
 
         let event_handler = match (self.event_handler, self.raw_event_handler) {
-            (Some(_), Some(_)) => panic!("Cannot provide both a normal and raw event handlers"),
+            (Some(normal), Some(raw)) => Some(InternalEventHandler::Both {
+                normal,
+                raw,
+            }),
             (Some(h), None) => Some(InternalEventHandler::Normal(h)),
             (None, Some(h)) => Some(InternalEventHandler::Raw(h)),
             (None, None) => None,
diff --git a/src/gateway/bridge/shard_runner.rs b/src/gateway/bridge/shard_runner.rs
index f384a4e1ecb..b5ead15a5f1 100644
--- a/src/gateway/bridge/shard_runner.rs
+++ b/src/gateway/bridge/shard_runner.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ impl ShardRunner {
                     Some(InternalEventHandler::Raw(handler)) => {
                         handler.filter_event(&context, &event)
                     },
+                    Some(InternalEventHandler::Both {
+                        raw,
+                        normal,
+                    }) => {
+                        raw.filter_event(&context, &event) && normal.filter_event(&context, &event)
+                    },
                     None => true,
                 };