diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
index 1a1188c746..c9a5c9150a 100644
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -553,7 +553,23 @@ class FakeGerritChange(object):
                  "reason": ""}
         return event
 
-    def getChangeCommentEvent(self, patchset):
+    def getChangeCommentEvent(self, patchset, comment=None,
+                              patchsetcomment=None):
+        if comment is None and patchsetcomment is None:
+            comment = "Patch Set %d:\n\nThis is a comment" % patchset
+        elif comment:
+            comment = "Patch Set %d:\n\n%s" % (patchset, comment)
+        else:  # patchsetcomment is not None
+            comment = "Patch Set %d:\n\n(1 comment)" % patchset
+
+        commentevent = {"comment": comment}
+        if patchsetcomment:
+            commentevent.update(
+                {'patchSetComments':
+                    {"/PATCHSET_LEVEL": [{"message": patchsetcomment}]}
+                }
+            )
+
         event = {"type": "comment-added",
                  "change": {"project": self.project,
                             "branch": self.branch,
@@ -566,8 +582,8 @@ class FakeGerritChange(object):
                  "author": {"name": "User Name"},
                  "approvals": [{"type": "Code-Review",
                                 "description": "Code-Review",
-                                "value": "0"}],
-                 "comment": "This is a comment"}
+                                "value": "0"}]}
+        event.update(commentevent)
         return event
 
     def getChangeMergedEvent(self):
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/config/single-tenant/git/common-config/zuul.yaml b/tests/fixtures/config/single-tenant/git/common-config/zuul.yaml
index 897bc05e24..c9c0ee6466 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/config/single-tenant/git/common-config/zuul.yaml
+++ b/tests/fixtures/config/single-tenant/git/common-config/zuul.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     trigger:
       gerrit:
         - event: patchset-created
+        - event: comment-added
+          comment: '^(Patch Set [0-9]+:\n\n)?(?i:recheck)$'
     success:
       gerrit:
         Verified: 1
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_gerrit.py b/tests/unit/test_gerrit.py
index bbc8cf455b..ab090cbc01 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_gerrit.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_gerrit.py
@@ -228,6 +228,31 @@ class TestGerritWeb(ZuulTestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual([], tested_change_ids)
 
+    def test_recheck(self):
+        A = self.fake_gerrit.addFakeChange('org/project', 'master', 'A')
+        self.fake_gerrit.addEvent(A.getPatchsetCreatedEvent(1))
+        self.waitUntilSettled()
+        self.assertEqual(3, len(self.history))
+
+        self.fake_gerrit.addEvent(A.getChangeCommentEvent(1))
+        self.waitUntilSettled()
+        self.assertEqual(3, len(self.history))
+
+        self.fake_gerrit.addEvent(A.getChangeCommentEvent(1,
+                                  'recheck'))
+        self.waitUntilSettled()
+        self.assertEqual(6, len(self.history))
+
+        self.fake_gerrit.addEvent(A.getChangeCommentEvent(1,
+                                  patchsetcomment='recheck'))
+        self.waitUntilSettled()
+        self.assertEqual(9, len(self.history))
+
+        self.fake_gerrit.addEvent(A.getChangeCommentEvent(1,
+                                  patchsetcomment='do not recheck'))
+        self.waitUntilSettled()
+        self.assertEqual(9, len(self.history))
+
 
 class TestFileComments(AnsibleZuulTestCase):
     config_file = 'zuul-gerrit-web.conf'
diff --git a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
index f5db9b37e0..277193d076 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritconnection.py
@@ -186,6 +186,13 @@ class GerritEventConnector(threading.Thread):
                 event.ref = patchset.get('ref')
             event.approvals = data.get('approvals', [])
             event.comment = data.get('comment')
+            patchsetcomments = data.get('patchSetComments', {}).get(
+                "/PATCHSET_LEVEL")
+            if patchsetcomments:
+                event.patchsetcomments = []
+                for patchsetcomment in patchsetcomments:
+                    event.patchsetcomments.append(
+                        patchsetcomment.get('message'))
         refupdate = data.get('refUpdate')
         if refupdate:
             event.project_name = refupdate.get('project')
diff --git a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritmodel.py b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritmodel.py
index b1ad85898e..a3d3661a2c 100644
--- a/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritmodel.py
+++ b/zuul/driver/gerrit/gerritmodel.py
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ class GerritTriggerEvent(TriggerEvent):
         self.approvals = []
         self.uuid = None
         self.scheme = None
+        self.patchsetcomments = None
 
     def __repr__(self):
         ret = '<GerritTriggerEvent %s %s' % (self.type,
@@ -381,6 +382,11 @@ class GerritEventFilter(EventFilter, GerritApprovalFilter):
             if (event.comment is not None and
                 comment_re.search(event.comment)):
                 matches_comment_re = True
+            if event.patchsetcomments is not None:
+                for comment in event.patchsetcomments:
+                    if (comment is not None and
+                        comment_re.search(comment)):
+                        matches_comment_re = True
         if self.comments and not matches_comment_re:
             return False