diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/39_alexa.pm b/fhem/FHEM/39_alexa.pm
index 8dac70490..13e70dd47 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/39_alexa.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/39_alexa.pm
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ alexa_Define($$)
 
   addToAttrList("$hash->{TYPE}Name");
   addToAttrList("$hash->{TYPE}Room");
+  addToAttrList("$hash->{TYPE}ProactiveEvents:1,0");
 
   alexa_AttrDefaults($hash);
 
@@ -395,7 +396,7 @@ alexa_configDefault($;$)
     $conf->{connections} = [{}] if( !$conf->{connections} );
     $conf->{connections}[0]->{name} = 'FHEM' if( !$conf->{connections}[0]->{name} );
     $conf->{connections}[0]->{server} = $ip if( !$conf->{connections}[0]->{server} );
-    $conf->{connections}[0]->{report} = JSON::false if( !$conf->{connections}[0]->{report} );
+    #$conf->{connections}[0]->{proactiveEvents} = JSON::false if( !$conf->{connections}[0]->{proactiveEvents} );
     $conf->{connections}[0]->{filter} = 'alexaName=..*' if( !$conf->{connections}[0]->{filter} );
     $conf->{connections}[0]->{uid} = $< if( $conf->{sshproxy} );
 
@@ -1304,6 +1305,12 @@ alexa_Attr($$$)
 
     <li>alexaRoom<br>
       The room name to use for a device with alexa.</li>
+
+    <li>alexaProactiveEvents<br>
+      0 -> don't send proactiveEvents to amazon (default)<br>
+      1 -> send proactiveEvents to amazon<br>
+      devices that send proactiveEvents to amazon can be used to trigger alexa routines.<br>
+      setting alexaProactiveEvents to 0 in the alexa device itself will disable all event reporting for this fhem instance</li>
     <li>articles<br>
       defaults to: der,die,das,den</li>
     <li>prepositions<br>
@@ -1360,7 +1367,7 @@ alexa_Attr($$$)
     "runtime": {
       "requires": {
         "FHEM": 5.00918799,
-        "perl": 5.014, 
+        "perl": 5.014,
         "Meta": 0,
         "CoProcess": 0,
         "JSON": 0,