diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server_event.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server_event.py
index 1b971e51d..7ab0cd2f5 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server_event.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server_event.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import logging
 
 import iso8601
 from novaclient import api_versions
+import openstack.cloud._utils
 from osc_lib.command import command
 from osc_lib import exceptions
 from osc_lib import utils
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class ListServerEvent(command.Lister):
     """List recent events of a server.
 
     Specify ``--os-compute-api-version 2.21`` or higher to show events for a
-    deleted server.
+    deleted server, specified by ID only.
     """
 
     def get_parser(self, prog_name):
@@ -143,9 +144,18 @@ class ListServerEvent(command.Lister):
 
             kwargs['changes_before'] = parsed_args.changes_before
 
-        server_id = utils.find_resource(
-            compute_client.servers, parsed_args.server,
-        ).id
+        try:
+            server_id = utils.find_resource(
+                compute_client.servers, parsed_args.server,
+            ).id
+        except exceptions.CommandError:
+            # If we fail to find the resource, it is possible the server is
+            # deleted. Try once more using the <server> arg directly if it is a
+            # UUID.
+            if openstack.cloud._utils._is_uuid_like(parsed_args.server):
+                server_id = parsed_args.server
+            else:
+                raise
 
         data = compute_client.instance_action.list(server_id, **kwargs)
 
@@ -184,8 +194,9 @@ class ShowServerEvent(command.ShowOne):
     """Show server event details.
 
     Specify ``--os-compute-api-version 2.21`` or higher to show event details
-    for a deleted server. Specify ``--os-compute-api-version 2.51`` or higher
-    to show event details for non-admin users.
+    for a deleted server, specified by ID only. Specify
+    ``--os-compute-api-version 2.51`` or higher to show event details for
+    non-admin users.
     """
 
     def get_parser(self, prog_name):
@@ -205,9 +216,18 @@ class ShowServerEvent(command.ShowOne):
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         compute_client = self.app.client_manager.compute
 
-        server_id = utils.find_resource(
-            compute_client.servers, parsed_args.server,
-        ).id
+        try:
+            server_id = utils.find_resource(
+                compute_client.servers, parsed_args.server,
+            ).id
+        except exceptions.CommandError:
+            # If we fail to find the resource, it is possible the server is
+            # deleted. Try once more using the <server> arg directly if it is a
+            # UUID.
+            if openstack.cloud._utils._is_uuid_like(parsed_args.server):
+                server_id = parsed_args.server
+            else:
+                raise
 
         action_detail = compute_client.instance_action.get(
             server_id, parsed_args.request_id
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/functional/compute/v2/test_server_event.py b/openstackclient/tests/functional/compute/v2/test_server_event.py
index 953ade430..b4725fe63 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/functional/compute/v2/test_server_event.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/functional/compute/v2/test_server_event.py
@@ -82,3 +82,38 @@ class ServerEventTests(common.ComputeTestCase):
         self.assertEqual('reboot', cmd_output.get('action'))
         self.assertIsNotNone(cmd_output.get('events'))
         self.assertIsInstance(cmd_output.get('events'), list)
+
+    def test_server_event_list_and_show_deleted_server(self):
+        # Need to create a new server that will not attempt cleanup because we
+        # are going to delete it during the test and cleanup would fail with
+        # 404.
+        cmd_output = self.server_create(cleanup=False)
+        server_id = cmd_output['id']
+        # Delete the server
+        self.openstack('server delete --wait ' + server_id)
+        # And verify we can get the event list after it's deleted
+        # Test 'server event list' for deleting
+        cmd_output = json.loads(self.openstack(
+            '--os-compute-api-version 2.21 '
+            'server event list -f json ' + server_id
+        ))
+        request_id = None
+        for each_event in cmd_output:
+            self.assertNotIn('Message', each_event)
+            self.assertNotIn('Project ID', each_event)
+            self.assertNotIn('User ID', each_event)
+            if each_event.get('Action') == 'delete':
+                self.assertEqual(server_id, each_event.get('Server ID'))
+                request_id = each_event.get('Request ID')
+                break
+        self.assertIsNotNone(request_id)
+        # Test 'server event show' for deleting
+        cmd_output = json.loads(self.openstack(
+            '--os-compute-api-version 2.21 '
+            'server event show -f json ' + server_id + ' ' + request_id
+        ))
+        self.assertEqual(server_id, cmd_output.get('instance_uuid'))
+        self.assertEqual(request_id, cmd_output.get('request_id'))
+        self.assertEqual('delete', cmd_output.get('action'))
+        self.assertIsNotNone(cmd_output.get('events'))
+        self.assertIsInstance(cmd_output.get('events'), list)