diff --git a/src/browserContext.ts b/src/browserContext.ts
index f5880abaa3..f0f37be30d 100644
--- a/src/browserContext.ts
+++ b/src/browserContext.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import * as fs from 'fs';
 import { helper } from './helper';
 import * as network from './network';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import { Page, PageBinding } from './page';
 import { TimeoutSettings } from './timeoutSettings';
 import * as frames from './frames';
@@ -28,10 +30,20 @@ import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { Progress } from './progress';
 import { DebugController } from './debug/debugController';
 
+export class Screencast {
+  readonly path: string;
+  readonly page: Page;
+  constructor(path: string, page: Page) {
+    this.path = path;
+    this.page = page;
+  }
+}
+
 export abstract class BrowserContext extends EventEmitter {
   readonly _timeoutSettings = new TimeoutSettings();
   readonly _pageBindings = new Map<string, PageBinding>();
   readonly _options: types.BrowserContextOptions;
+  _screencastOptions: types.ContextScreencastOptions | null = null;
   _requestInterceptor?: network.RouteHandler;
   private _isPersistentContext: boolean;
   private _closedStatus: 'open' | 'closing' | 'closed' = 'open';
@@ -142,6 +154,15 @@ export abstract class BrowserContext extends EventEmitter {
     this._timeoutSettings.setDefaultTimeout(timeout);
   }
 
+  _enableScreencast(options: types.ContextScreencastOptions) {
+    this._screencastOptions = options;
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(options.dir), {recursive: true});
+  }
+
+  _disableScreencast() {
+    this._screencastOptions = null;
+  }
+
   async _loadDefaultContext(progress: Progress) {
     if (!this.pages().length) {
       const waitForEvent = helper.waitForEvent(progress, this, Events.BrowserContext.Page);
diff --git a/src/chromium/crPage.ts b/src/chromium/crPage.ts
index ccde06d880..391c419483 100644
--- a/src/chromium/crPage.ts
+++ b/src/chromium/crPage.ts
@@ -209,11 +209,11 @@ export class CRPage implements PageDelegate {
     await this._mainFrameSession._client.send('Emulation.setDefaultBackgroundColorOverride', { color });
   }
 
-  async startVideoRecording(options: types.VideoRecordingOptions): Promise<void> {
+  async startScreencast(options: types.PageScreencastOptions): Promise<void> {
     throw new Error('Not implemented');
   }
 
-  async stopVideoRecording(): Promise<void> {
+  async stopScreencast(): Promise<void> {
     throw new Error('Not implemented');
   }
 
diff --git a/src/events.ts b/src/events.ts
index 589f19c273..f8208d2edd 100644
--- a/src/events.ts
+++ b/src/events.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ export const Events = {
   BrowserContext: {
     Close: 'close',
     Page: 'page',
+    ScreencastStarted: 'screencaststarted',
+    ScreencastStopped: 'screencaststopped',
   },
 
   BrowserServer: {
diff --git a/src/firefox/ffPage.ts b/src/firefox/ffPage.ts
index fdccd7ebc2..b4bb22845f 100644
--- a/src/firefox/ffPage.ts
+++ b/src/firefox/ffPage.ts
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ export class FFPage implements PageDelegate {
       throw new Error('Not implemented');
   }
 
-  async startVideoRecording(options: types.VideoRecordingOptions): Promise<void> {
+  async startScreencast(options: types.PageScreencastOptions): Promise<void> {
     this._session.send('Page.startVideoRecording', {
       file: options.outputFile,
       width: options.width,
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export class FFPage implements PageDelegate {
     });
   }
 
-  async stopVideoRecording(): Promise<void> {
+  async stopScreencast(): Promise<void> {
     await this._session.send('Page.stopVideoRecording');
   }
 
diff --git a/src/page.ts b/src/page.ts
index d0c81ffc5f..ac3ed42074 100644
--- a/src/page.ts
+++ b/src/page.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ export interface PageDelegate {
   canScreenshotOutsideViewport(): boolean;
   resetViewport(): Promise<void>; // Only called if canScreenshotOutsideViewport() returns false.
   setBackgroundColor(color?: { r: number; g: number; b: number; a: number; }): Promise<void>;
-  startVideoRecording(options: types.VideoRecordingOptions): Promise<void>;
-  stopVideoRecording(): Promise<void>;
+  startScreencast(options: types.PageScreencastOptions): Promise<void>;
+  stopScreencast(): Promise<void>;
   takeScreenshot(format: string, documentRect: types.Rect | undefined, viewportRect: types.Rect | undefined, quality: number | undefined): Promise<Buffer>;
 
   isElementHandle(remoteObject: any): boolean;
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 7804b05118..f592c694d7 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -60,13 +60,20 @@ export type ScreenshotOptions = ElementScreenshotOptions & {
   clip?: Rect,
 };
 
-export type VideoRecordingOptions = {
-  outputFile: string,
+export type ScreencastOptions = {
   width: number,
   height: number,
   scale?: number,
 };
 
+export type PageScreencastOptions = ScreencastOptions & {
+  outputFile: string,
+};
+
+export type ContextScreencastOptions = ScreencastOptions & {
+  dir: string,
+};
+
 export type URLMatch = string | RegExp | ((url: URL) => boolean);
 
 export type Credentials = {
diff --git a/src/webkit/wkBrowser.ts b/src/webkit/wkBrowser.ts
index 73b130b489..fb13858354 100644
--- a/src/webkit/wkBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/webkit/wkBrowser.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { Events } from '../events';
 import { helper, RegisteredListener, assert } from '../helper';
 import * as network from '../network';
 import { Page, PageBinding } from '../page';
+import * as path from 'path';
 import { ConnectionTransport } from '../transport';
 import * as types from '../types';
 import { Protocol } from './protocol';
@@ -247,12 +248,17 @@ export class WKBrowserContext extends BrowserContext {
     const { pageProxyId } = await this._browser._browserSession.send('Playwright.createPage', { browserContextId: this._browserContextId });
     const wkPage = this._browser._wkPages.get(pageProxyId)!;
     const result = await wkPage.pageOrError();
-    if (result instanceof Page) {
-      if (result.isClosed())
-        throw new Error('Page has been closed.');
-      return result;
+    if (!(result instanceof Page))
+      throw result;
+    if (result.isClosed())
+      throw new Error('Page has been closed.');
+    if (result._browserContext._screencastOptions) {
+      const contextOptions = result._browserContext._screencastOptions;
+      const outputFile = path.join(contextOptions.dir, helper.guid() + '.webm');
+      const options = Object.assign({}, contextOptions, {outputFile});
+      await wkPage.startScreencast(options);
     }
-    throw result;
+    return result;
   }
 
   async _doCookies(urls: string[]): Promise<types.NetworkCookie[]> {
diff --git a/src/webkit/wkPage.ts b/src/webkit/wkPage.ts
index 25803d337d..bcfd7c23e7 100644
--- a/src/webkit/wkPage.ts
+++ b/src/webkit/wkPage.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Screencast } from '../browserContext';
 import * as frames from '../frames';
 import { helper, RegisteredListener, assert, debugAssert } from '../helper';
 import * as dom from '../dom';
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export class WKPage implements PageDelegate {
   // Holds window features for the next popup being opened via window.open,
   // until the popup page proxy arrives.
   private _nextWindowOpenPopupFeatures?: string[];
+  private _recordingVideoFile: string | null = null;
 
   constructor(browserContext: WKBrowserContext, pageProxySession: WKSession, opener: WKPage | null) {
     this._pageProxySession = pageProxySession;
@@ -689,7 +691,9 @@ export class WKPage implements PageDelegate {
   }
 
   async closePage(runBeforeUnload: boolean): Promise<void> {
-    this._pageProxySession.sendMayFail('Target.close', {
+    if (this._recordingVideoFile)
+      await this.stopScreencast();
+    await this._pageProxySession.sendMayFail('Target.close', {
       targetId: this._session.sessionId,
       runBeforeUnload
     });
@@ -703,17 +707,31 @@ export class WKPage implements PageDelegate {
     await this._session.send('Page.setDefaultBackgroundColorOverride', { color });
   }
 
-  async startVideoRecording(options: types.VideoRecordingOptions): Promise<void> {
-    this._pageProxySession.send('Screencast.startVideoRecording', {
-      file: options.outputFile,
-      width: options.width,
-      height: options.height,
-      scale: options.scale,
-    });
+  async startScreencast(options: types.PageScreencastOptions): Promise<void> {
+    if (this._recordingVideoFile)
+      throw new Error('Already recording');
+    this._recordingVideoFile = options.outputFile;
+    try {
+      await this._pageProxySession.send('Screencast.startVideoRecording', {
+        file: options.outputFile,
+        width: options.width,
+        height: options.height,
+        scale: options.scale,
+      });
+      this._browserContext.emit(Events.BrowserContext.ScreencastStarted, new Screencast(options.outputFile, this._initializedPage!));
+    } catch (e) {
+      this._recordingVideoFile = null;
+      throw e;
+    }
   }
 
-  async stopVideoRecording(): Promise<void> {
+  async stopScreencast(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this._recordingVideoFile)
+      throw new Error('No video recording in progress');
+    const fileName = this._recordingVideoFile;
+    this._recordingVideoFile = null;
     await this._pageProxySession.send('Screencast.stopVideoRecording');
+    this._browserContext.emit(Events.BrowserContext.ScreencastStopped, new Screencast(fileName, this._initializedPage!));
   }
 
   async takeScreenshot(format: string, documentRect: types.Rect | undefined, viewportRect: types.Rect | undefined, quality: number | undefined): Promise<Buffer> {
diff --git a/test/runner/checkCoverage.js b/test/runner/checkCoverage.js
index 8db519b333..2c5f82dae2 100644
--- a/test/runner/checkCoverage.js
+++ b/test/runner/checkCoverage.js
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ if (browserName !== 'chromium') {
 if (browserName === 'webkit')
   api.delete('browserContext.clearPermissions');
 
+// Screencast APIs that are not publicly available.
+api.delete('browserContext.emit("screencaststarted")');
+api.delete('browserContext.emit("screencaststopped")');
+
 const coverageDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'coverage-report', 'coverage');
 
 const coveredMethods = new Set();
diff --git a/test/screencast.spec.ts b/test/screencast.spec.ts
index eeb2fff3ed..a10dc6b351 100644
--- a/test/screencast.spec.ts
+++ b/test/screencast.spec.ts
@@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ it.fail(options.CHROMIUM)('should capture static page', async({page, tmpDir, vid
     return;
   const videoFile = path.join(tmpDir, 'v.webm');
   await page.evaluate(() => document.body.style.backgroundColor = 'red');
-  await toImpl(page)._delegate.startVideoRecording({outputFile: videoFile, width: 640, height: 480});
+  await toImpl(page)._delegate.startScreencast({outputFile: videoFile, width: 640, height: 480});
   // TODO: in WebKit figure out why video size is not reported correctly for
   // static pictures.
   if (HEADLESS && options.WEBKIT)
     await page.setViewportSize({width: 1270, height: 950});
   await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 300));
-  await toImpl(page)._delegate.stopVideoRecording();
+  await toImpl(page)._delegate.stopScreencast();
   expect(fs.existsSync(videoFile)).toBe(true);
 
   await videoPlayer.load(videoFile);
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ it.fail(options.CHROMIUM)('should capture navigation', async({page, tmpDir, serv
     return;
   const videoFile = path.join(tmpDir, 'v.webm');
   await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/background-color.html#rgb(0,0,0)');
-  await toImpl(page)._delegate.startVideoRecording({outputFile: videoFile, width: 640, height: 480});
+  await toImpl(page)._delegate.startScreencast({outputFile: videoFile, width: 640, height: 480});
   // TODO: in WebKit figure out why video size is not reported correctly for
   // static pictures.
   if (HEADLESS && options.WEBKIT)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ it.fail(options.CHROMIUM)('should capture navigation', async({page, tmpDir, serv
   await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 300));
   await page.goto(server.CROSS_PROCESS_PREFIX + '/background-color.html#rgb(100,100,100)');
   await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 300));
-  await toImpl(page)._delegate.stopVideoRecording();
+  await toImpl(page)._delegate.stopScreencast();
   expect(fs.existsSync(videoFile)).toBe(true);
 
   await videoPlayer.load(videoFile);
@@ -239,13 +239,13 @@ it.fail(options.CHROMIUM || (options.WEBKIT && WIN))('should capture css transfo
     return;
   const videoFile = path.join(tmpDir, 'v.webm');
   await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/rotate-z.html');
-  await toImpl(page)._delegate.startVideoRecording({outputFile: videoFile, width: 640, height: 480});
+  await toImpl(page)._delegate.startScreencast({outputFile: videoFile, width: 640, height: 480});
   // TODO: in WebKit figure out why video size is not reported correctly for
   // static pictures.
   if (HEADLESS && options.WEBKIT)
     await page.setViewportSize({width: 1270, height: 950});
   await new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, 300));
-  await toImpl(page)._delegate.stopVideoRecording();
+  await toImpl(page)._delegate.stopScreencast();
   expect(fs.existsSync(videoFile)).toBe(true);
 
   await videoPlayer.load(videoFile);
@@ -258,3 +258,26 @@ it.fail(options.CHROMIUM || (options.WEBKIT && WIN))('should capture css transfo
     expectAll(pixels, almostRed);
   }
 });
+
+it.fail(options.CHROMIUM || options.FFOX)('should fire start/stop events when page created/closed', async({browser, tmpDir, server, toImpl}) => {
+  if (!toImpl)
+   return;
+  // Use server side of the context. All the code below also uses server side APIs.
+  const context = toImpl(await browser.newContext());
+  context._enableScreencast({width: 640, height: 480, dir: tmpDir});
+  expect(context._screencastOptions).toBeTruthy();
+
+  const [startEvent, newPage] = await Promise.all([
+    new Promise(resolve => context.on('screencaststarted', resolve)) as Promise<any>,
+    context.newPage(),
+  ]);
+  expect(startEvent.page === newPage).toBe(true);
+  expect(startEvent.path).toBeTruthy();
+
+  const [stopEvent] = await Promise.all([
+    new Promise(resolve => context.on('screencaststopped', resolve)) as Promise<any>,
+    newPage.close(),
+  ]);
+  expect(stopEvent.page === newPage).toBe(true);
+  await context.close();
+});