diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index b2c2e583c472faf7ca390ed0f930251678e8e960..e6aabdc3ed69c6525b0631a9e87924ce11256e7a 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -783,4 +783,7 @@
 
     <string name="offline_account_name">Offline Calendar</string>
 
+    <string name="discard_event_changes">Do you want to discard changes?</string>
+    <string name="discard">Discard</string>
+    <string name="cancel">Cancel</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/src/com/android/calendar/event/EditEventActivity.java b/src/com/android/calendar/event/EditEventActivity.java
index ef3d1ee2badcfae9fb6d7f75a3e5ed5f76ca7230..077aa961f3dcbefc406924f91c25c902bf63fdd1 100644
--- a/src/com/android/calendar/event/EditEventActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/calendar/event/EditEventActivity.java
@@ -170,9 +170,19 @@ public class EditEventActivity extends AbstractCalendarActivity {
     @Override
     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
         if (item.getItemId() == android.R.id.home) {
-            Utils.returnToCalendarHome(this);
+            onBackPressed();
             return true;
         }
         return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onBackPressed() {
+        if (mEditFragment != null) {
+            mEditFragment.onBackPressed();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        super.onBackPressed();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/calendar/event/EditEventFragment.java b/src/com/android/calendar/event/EditEventFragment.java
index b512c6235c351793bd136e24e23df476494ee23c..5635c6473fed69fdd7b94cfc022a564a121cb578 100644
--- a/src/com/android/calendar/event/EditEventFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/calendar/event/EditEventFragment.java
@@ -555,19 +555,37 @@ public class EditEventFragment extends Fragment implements EventHandler, OnColor
         return mModel.isEmpty();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void onPause() {
+    public void onBackPressed() {
+        if (canSave()) {
+            showDiscardConfirmAlert();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Utils.returnToCalendarHome(getActivity());
+    }
+
+    private boolean canSave() {
         Activity act = getActivity();
-        if (mSaveOnDetach && act != null && !mIsReadOnly && !act.isChangingConfigurations()
-                && mView.prepareForSave()) {
-            mOnDone.setDoneCode(Utils.DONE_SAVE);
+        return mSaveOnDetach && act != null && !mIsReadOnly && !act.isChangingConfigurations()
+               && mView.prepareForSave();
+    }
+
+    private void showDiscardConfirmAlert() {
+        new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity())
+                .setMessage(R.string.discard_event_changes)
+                .setCancelable(true)
+                .setPositiveButton(R.string.discard, ((dialog, which) -> {
+                    revertEventChanges();
+                    Utils.returnToCalendarHome(getActivity());
+                    dialog.cancel();
+                }))
+                .setNegativeButton(R.string.cancel, ((dialog, which) -> dialog.cancel()))
+                .show();
+    }
+
+    private void revertEventChanges() {
+            mOnDone.setDoneCode(Utils.DONE_REVERT);
             mOnDone.run();
-        }
-        if (act !=null && (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 23 ||
-                    ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(EditEventFragment.this.getActivity(),
-                        Manifest.permission.READ_CONTACTS) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED))
-            act.finish();
-        super.onPause();
     }
 
     @Override