diff --git a/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_webhook.py b/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_webhook.py
index 661d42e..0c24d09 100644
--- a/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_webhook.py
+++ b/djrill/tests/test_mandrill_webhook.py
@@ -101,3 +101,22 @@ class DjrillWebhookViewTests(TestCase):
         })
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(self.signal_received_count, 1)
+
+    def test_webhook_sync_event(self):
+        # Mandrill sync events use a different format from other events
+        # https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205583297-Sync-Event-Webhook-format
+        self.signal_received_count = 0
+        test_event = {"type": "whitelist", "action": "add"}
+
+        def my_callback(sender, event_type, data, **kwargs):
+            self.signal_received_count += 1
+            self.assertEqual(event_type, 'whitelist_add')  # synthesized event_type
+            self.assertEqual(data, test_event)
+
+        webhook_event.connect(my_callback)
+
+        response = self.client.post('/webhook/?secret=abc123', {
+            'mandrill_events': json.dumps([test_event])
+        })
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(self.signal_received_count, 1)
diff --git a/djrill/views.py b/djrill/views.py
index 833bde6..7cb14ab 100644
--- a/djrill/views.py
+++ b/djrill/views.py
@@ -79,6 +79,21 @@ class DjrillWebhookView(DjrillWebhookSecretMixin, DjrillWebhookSignatureMixin, V
 
         for event in data:
             webhook_event.send(
-                sender=None, event_type=event['event'], data=event)
+                sender=None, event_type=self.get_event_type(event), data=event)
 
         return HttpResponse()
+
+    def get_event_type(self, event):
+        try:
+            # Message event: https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205583307
+            # Inbound event: https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205583207
+            event_type = event['event']
+        except KeyError:
+            try:
+                # Sync event: https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205583297
+                # Synthesize an event_type like "whitelist_add" or "blacklist_change"
+                event_type = "%s_%s" % (event['type'], event['action'])
+            except KeyError:
+                # Unknown future event format
+                event_type = None
+        return event_type
diff --git a/docs/history.rst b/docs/history.rst
index 48c08c2..89e98ce 100644
--- a/docs/history.rst
+++ b/docs/history.rst
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Djrill 2.x
 
 Version 2.1 (in development):
 
+* Handle Mandrill rejection whitelist/blacklist sync event webhooks
+
 
 Version 2.0:
 
diff --git a/docs/usage/webhooks.rst b/docs/usage/webhooks.rst
index 3e0f6bc..e33dce3 100644
--- a/docs/usage/webhooks.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/webhooks.rst
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ Examples:
                 data['msg']['subject']
             )
 
+    @receiver(webhook_event)
+    def handle_whitelist_sync(sender, event_type, data, **kwargs):
+        if event_type == 'whitelist_add' or event_type == 'whitelist_remove':
+            print "Rejection whitelist update: %s email %s (%s)" % (
+                data['action'],
+                data['reject']['email'],
+                data['reject']['reason']
+            )
+
 
 Note that your webhook_event signal handlers will be called for all Mandrill
 webhook callbacks, so you should always check the `event_type` param as shown
@@ -147,11 +156,11 @@ Mandrill batches up multiple events into a single webhook call.
 Djrill will invoke your signal handler once for each event in the batch.
 
 The available fields in the `data` param are described in Mandrill's documentation:
-`sent-message webhooks`_ and `inbound webhooks`_.
+`sent-message webhooks`_, `inbound webhooks`_, and `whitelist/blacklist sync webooks`_.
 
 .. _Django signal: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/topics/signals/
 .. _inbound webhooks:
     http://help.mandrill.com/entries/22092308-What-is-the-format-of-inbound-email-webhooks-
 .. _sent-message webhooks: http://help.mandrill.com/entries/21738186-Introduction-to-Webhooks
-
-
+.. _whitelist/blacklist sync webooks:
+    https://mandrill.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205583297-Sync-Event-Webhook-format