diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/files/files.component.ts b/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/files/files.component.ts
index 639e089cd8..37ef65ce3d 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/files/files.component.ts
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/app/components/files/files.component.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { ActivatedRoute, Params, Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { AlfrescoAuthenticationService, LogService, NotificationService } from 'ng2-alfresco-core';
 import { DocumentActionsService, DocumentListComponent, ContentActionHandler, DocumentActionModel, FolderActionModel } from 'ng2-alfresco-documentlist';
 import { FormService } from 'ng2-activiti-form';
-import { UploadButtonComponent, UploadDragAreaComponent } from 'ng2-alfresco-upload';
+import { UploadService, UploadButtonComponent, UploadDragAreaComponent, FolderCreatedEvent } from 'ng2-alfresco-upload';
 
 @Component({
     selector: 'files-component',
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export class FilesComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
                 private changeDetector: ChangeDetectorRef,
                 private router: Router,
                 private notificationService: NotificationService,
+                private uploadService: UploadService,
                 @Optional() private route: ActivatedRoute) {
         documentActions.setHandler('my-handler', this.myDocumentActionHandler.bind(this));
     }
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ export class FilesComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         } else {
             this.logService.warn('You are not logged in to BPM');
         }
+
+        this.uploadService.folderCreated.subscribe(value => this.onFolderCreated(value));
     }
 
     ngAfterViewInit() {
@@ -170,6 +173,14 @@ export class FilesComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit {
         }.bind(this);
     }
 
+    onFolderCreated(event: FolderCreatedEvent) {
+        console.log('FOLDER CREATED');
+        console.log(event);
+        if (event && event.parentId === this.documentList.currentFolderId) {
+            this.documentList.reload();
+        }
+    }
+
     onPermissionsFailed(event: any) {
         this.notificationService.openSnackMessage(`you don't have the ${event.permission} permission to ${event.action} the ${event.type} `, 4000);
     }
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/README.md b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/README.md
index a43714be19..144c414728 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/README.md
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/README.md
@@ -307,6 +307,16 @@ This component should be used in combination with upload button or drag & drop a
 <file-uploading-dialog></file-uploading-dialog>
 ```
 
+### UploadService service
+
+Provides access to various APIs related to file upload features.
+
+#### Events
+
+| Name | Type | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| folderCreated | FolderCreatedEvent | Raised when dropped folder gets created |
+
 ## Build from sources
 
 Alternatively you can build component from sources with the following commands:
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/index.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/index.ts
index f31f38e7da..fbf07e42b0 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/index.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/index.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export * from './src/directives/file-draggable.directive';
 export * from './src/components/file-uploading-list.component';
 export * from './src/models/file.model';
 export * from './src/models/permissions.model';
+export * from './src/events/folder-created.event';
 
 export const UPLOAD_DIRECTIVES: any[] = [
     FileDraggableDirective,
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/src/events/folder-created.event.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/src/events/folder-created.event.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8051498adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/src/events/folder-created.event.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2016 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { MinimalNodeEntity } from 'alfresco-js-api';
+
+export interface FolderCreatedEvent {
+
+    name: string;
+    relativePath?: string;
+    parentId?: string;
+    node?: MinimalNodeEntity;
+
+}
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/src/services/upload.service.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/src/services/upload.service.ts
index 27c2fde967..5131083e1b 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/src/services/upload.service.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-alfresco-upload/src/services/upload.service.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@
 
 import { EventEmitter, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { Response } from '@angular/http';
-import { Observer, Observable } from 'rxjs/Rx';
+import { Observer, Observable, Subject } from 'rxjs/Rx';
 import { AlfrescoApiService, LogService } from 'ng2-alfresco-core';
+import { FolderCreatedEvent } from '../events/folder-created.event';
 import { FileModel } from '../models/file.model';
 import { MinimalNodeEntity, MinimalNodeEntryEntity } from 'alfresco-js-api';
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ export class UploadService {
     filesUpload$: Observable<FileModel[]>;
     totalCompleted$: Observable<any>;
 
+    folderCreated: Subject<FolderCreatedEvent> = new Subject<FolderCreatedEvent>();
+
     constructor(private apiService: AlfrescoApiService,
                 private logService: LogService) {
         this.filesUpload$ = new Observable<FileModel[]>(observer => this.filesUploadObserverProgressBar = observer).share();
@@ -134,9 +137,16 @@ export class UploadService {
      * Create a folder
      * @param name - the folder name
      */
-    createFolder(relativePath: string, name: string, parentId?: string) {
+    createFolder(relativePath: string, name: string, parentId?: string): Observable<MinimalNodeEntity> {
         return Observable.fromPromise(this.callApiCreateFolder(relativePath, name, parentId))
-            .do(data => this.logService.info('Node data', data)) // eyeball results in the console
+            .do(data => {
+                this.folderCreated.next({
+                    relativePath: relativePath,
+                    name: name,
+                    parentId: parentId,
+                    node: data
+                });
+            })
             .catch(err => this.handleError(err));
     }