diff --git a/web/ajax/modals/objdetect.php b/web/ajax/modals/objdetect.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ffa7e3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/ajax/modals/objdetect.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+// This is the HTML representing the Object Detection modal on the Events page
+
+$eid = isset($_REQUEST['eid']) ? $_REQUEST['eid'] : '';
+
+if ( !validInt($eid) ) {
+  ZM\Error("Invalid event id: $eid");
+  return;
+}
+
+?>
+<div id="objdetectModal" class="modal" tabindex="-1">
+  <div class="modal-dialog">
+    <div class="modal-content">
+      <div class="modal-header">
+        <h5 class="modal-title">Object Detection</h5>
+        <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close">
+          <span aria-hidden="true">&times;</span>
+        </button>
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-body">
+        <img src="?view=image&amp;eid='<?php echo $eid ?>'&amp;fid=objdetect">
+      </div>
+      <div class="modal-footer">
+        <button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/events.js b/web/skins/classic/views/js/events.js
index cabcc76ce..ea3247f29 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/events.js
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/events.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function processRows(rows) {
     if ( canEdit.Monitors ) row.Monitor = '<a href="?view=monitor&amp;mid=' + mid + '">' + row.Monitor + '</a>';
     if ( canEdit.Events ) row.Cause = '<a href="#" title="' + row.Notes + '" class="eDetailLink" data-eid="' + eid + '">' + row.Cause + '</a>';
     if ( row.Notes.indexOf('detected:') >= 0 ) {
-      row.Cause = row.Cause + '<a href="?view=image&amp;eid=' + eid + '&amp;fid=objdetect"><div class="small text-nowrap text-muted"><u>' + row.Notes + '</u></div></a>';
+      row.Cause = row.Cause + '<a href="#" data-on-click-this="objdetectModal" data-event-id=' +eid+ '><u>' + row.Notes + '</u></div></a>';
     } else if ( row.Notes != 'Forced Web: ' ) {
       row.Cause = row.Cause + '<br/><div class="small text-nowrap text-muted">' + row.Notes + '</div>';
     }
@@ -141,6 +141,17 @@ function getEventDetailModal(eid) {
       .fail(logAjaxFail);
 }
 
+function objdetectModal( element ) {
+  var eid = element.getAttribute('data-event-id');
+
+  $j.getJSON(thisUrl + '?request=modal&modal=objdetect&eid=' + eid)
+      .done(function(data) {
+        insertModalHtml('objdetectModal', data.html);
+        $j('#objdetectModal').modal('show');
+      })
+      .fail(logAjaxFail);
+}
+
 function initPage() {
   // Remove the thumbnail column from the DOM if thumbnails are off globally
   if ( !WEB_LIST_THUMBS ) $j('th[data-field="Thumbnail"]').remove();
@@ -303,6 +314,8 @@ function initPage() {
 
   // Update table links each time after new data is loaded
   table.on('post-body.bs.table', function(data) {
+    // Object detection inserts data-onclick-this links after DOM has loaded
+    dataOnClickThis();
     // Manage the eventdetail links in the events list
     $j(".eDetailLink").click(function(evt) {
       evt.preventDefault();