diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/event.cpp.mako b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/event.cpp.mako
index b956fa4..7613e85 100644
--- a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/event.cpp.mako
+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/event.cpp.mako
@@ -24,5 +24,15 @@
 % for m in event.metadata:
     j["${m.SNAKE_CASE}"] = ${m.camelCase};
 % endfor
+
+    // Add common source and pid info.
+    nlohmann::json source_info = {};
+    source_info["FILE"] = source.file_name();
+    source_info["LINE"] = source.line();
+    source_info["COLUMN"] = source.column();
+    source_info["FUNCTION"] = source.function_name();
+    source_info["PID"] = pid;
+    j["_SOURCE"] = source_info;
+
     return nlohmann::json{ { errName, std::move(j) } };
 }
diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/event.hpp.mako b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/event.hpp.mako
index 1ae8d9d..382f67c 100644
--- a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/event.hpp.mako
+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/event.hpp.mako
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 struct ${event.CamelCase} final :
     public sdbusplus::exception::generated_event<${event.CamelCase}>
 {
-%if len(event.metadata) > 0:
-    ${event.CamelCase}() = delete;
+%if len(event.metadata) == 0:
+    ${event.CamelCase}(
+        std::source_location source = std::source_location::current()) :
+        source(source), pid(getpid())
+    {}
+%else:
     ${event.CamelCase}(
         ${", ".join([
             f"metadata_t<\"{m.SNAKE_CASE}\">, {m.cppTypeParam(events.name)} {m.camelCase}_"
-            for m in event.metadata ])}) :
+            for m in event.metadata ])},
+        std::source_location source = std::source_location::current()) :
         ${", ".join([
-            f"{m.camelCase}({m.camelCase}_)" for m in event.metadata ])}
+            f"{m.camelCase}({m.camelCase}_)" for m in event.metadata ])},
+        source(source), pid(getpid())
     {}
 
 %for m in event.metadata:
@@ -20,6 +26,9 @@
     int set_error(SdBusInterface*, sd_bus_error*) const override;
     auto to_json() const -> nlohmann::json override;
 
+    std::source_location source;
+    pid_t pid;
+
     static constexpr auto errName =
         "${events.name}.${event.name}";
     static constexpr auto errDesc =
diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/events.cpp.mako b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/events.cpp.mako
index 91eb5c5..40105be 100644
--- a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/events.cpp.mako
+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/events.cpp.mako
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <${events.headerFile("event")}>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
-
+#
 %if events.errors:
 
 namespace sdbusplus::error::${events.cppNamespacedClass()}
diff --git a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/events.hpp.mako b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/events.hpp.mako
index 97f10c9..bb9eb85 100644
--- a/tools/sdbusplus/templates/events.hpp.mako
+++ b/tools/sdbusplus/templates/events.hpp.mako
@@ -2,10 +2,13 @@
  * Version: ${events.version}
  */
 #pragma once
+#include <sys/syslog.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
 #include <sdbusplus/exception.hpp>
 
 #include <cerrno>
-#include <sys/syslog.h>
+#include <source_location>
 
 % for h in events.cpp_includes():
 #include <${h}>