diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index b4f0f9ef1..b2fc10f5a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ plugins/group_file/group_file.exp
 plugins/group_file/plugin_test.c
 plugins/python
 plugins/python/Makefile.in
+plugins/python/example_audit_plugin.py
 plugins/python/example_conversation.py
 plugins/python/example_debugging.py
 plugins/python/example_group_plugin.py
diff --git a/plugins/python/Makefile.in b/plugins/python/Makefile.in
index ffcc55d96..1209a21b7 100644
--- a/plugins/python/Makefile.in
+++ b/plugins/python/Makefile.in
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ install_gid = 0
 
 SHELL = @SHELL@
 
-EXAMPLES = example_conversation.py  example_debugging.py  example_group_plugin.py  example_io_plugin.py  example_policy_plugin.py
+EXAMPLES = example_conversation.py  example_debugging.py  example_group_plugin.py  example_io_plugin.py  example_policy_plugin.py \
+           example_audit_plugin.py
 
 OBJS =	python_plugin_common.lo python_plugin_policy.lo python_plugin_io.lo python_plugin_group.lo pyhelpers.lo \
 	python_importblocker.lo python_convmessage.lo sudo_python_module.lo sudo_python_debug.lo \
diff --git a/plugins/python/example_audit_plugin.py b/plugins/python/example_audit_plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..081446545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/python/example_audit_plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+import sudo
+
+import os
+from typing import Tuple
+
+
+VERSION = 1.0
+
+
+class SudoAuditPlugin(sudo.Plugin):
+    def __init__(self, plugin_options, user_info, **kwargs):
+        # For loading multiple times, an optional "Id" can be specified
+        # as argument to identify the log lines
+        plugin_id = sudo.options_as_dict(plugin_options).get("Id", "")
+        self._log_line_prefix = "(AUDIT{}) ".format(plugin_id)
+
+        user_info_dict = sudo.options_as_dict(user_info)
+        user = user_info_dict.get("user", "???")
+        uid = user_info_dict.get("uid", "???")
+        self._log("-- Started by user {} ({}) -- ".format(user, uid))
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self._log("-- Finished --")
+
+    def open(self, submit_optind: int, submit_argv: Tuple[str, ...]) -> int:
+        # To cut out the sudo options, use "submit_optind":
+        program_args = submit_argv[submit_optind:]
+        if program_args:
+            self._log("Requested command: " + " ".join(program_args))
+
+    def accept(self, plugin_name, plugin_type,
+               command_info, run_argv, run_envp) -> int:
+        info = sudo.options_as_dict(command_info)
+        cmd = list(run_argv)
+        cmd[0] = info.get("command")
+        self._log("Accepted command: {}".format(" ".join(cmd)))
+        self._log("  By the plugin: {} (type={})".format(
+            plugin_name, self.__plugin_type_str(plugin_type)))
+
+        self._log("  Environment: " + " ".join(run_envp))
+
+    def reject(self, plugin_name, plugin_type, audit_msg, command_info) -> int:
+        self._log("Rejected by plugin {} (type={}): {}".format(
+            plugin_name, self.__plugin_type_str(plugin_type), audit_msg))
+
+    def error(self, plugin_name, plugin_type, audit_msg, command_info) -> int:
+        self._log("Plugin {} (type={}) got an error: {}".format(
+            plugin_name, self.__plugin_type_str(plugin_type), audit_msg))
+
+    def close(self, status_kind: int, status: int) -> None:
+        if status_kind == sudo.EXIT_REASON.NO_STATUS:
+            self._log("The command was not executed")
+
+        elif status_kind == sudo.EXIT_REASON.WAIT_STATUS:
+            if os.WIFEXITED(status):
+                self._log("Command returned with exit code "
+                          "{}".format(os.WEXITSTATUS(status)))
+            elif os.WIFSIGNALED(status):
+                self._log("Command exited due to signal "
+                          "{}".format(os.WTERMSIG(status)))
+            else:
+                raise sudo.PluginError("Failed to understand wait exit status")
+
+        elif status_kind == sudo.EXIT_REASON.EXEC_ERROR:
+            self._log("Sudo has failed to execute the command, "
+                      "execve returned {}".format(status))
+
+        elif status_kind == sudo.EXIT_REASON.SUDO_ERROR:
+            self._log("Sudo has run into an error: {}".format(status))
+
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Command returned unknown status kind {}".format(
+                status_kind))
+
+    def show_version(self, is_verbose: bool) -> int:
+        version_str = " (version=1.0)" if is_verbose else ""
+        sudo.log_info("Python Example Audit Plugin" + version_str)
+
+    def _log(self, string):
+        # For the example, we just log to output (this could be a file)
+        sudo.log_info(self._log_line_prefix, string)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def __plugin_type_str(plugin_type):
+        return sudo.PLUGIN_TYPE(plugin_type).name