diff --git a/code/debris/debris.cpp b/code/debris/debris.cpp
index 80dc914c8f..a5a23ebff2 100644
--- a/code/debris/debris.cpp
+++ b/code/debris/debris.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "radar/radar.h"
 #include "radar/radarsetup.h"
 #include "render/3d.h"
+#include "scripting/hook_api.h"
 #include "scripting/scripting.h"
 #include "ship/ship.h"
 #include "ship/shipfx.h"
@@ -54,6 +55,14 @@ int Debris_num_submodels = 0;
 #define	DEBRIS_DISTANCE_CHECK_TIME		(10*1000)		//	Check every 10 seconds.
 #define	DEBRIS_INDEX(dp) (int)(dp-Debris)
 
+const auto OnDebrisCreatedHook = scripting::Hook::Factory(
+	"On Debris Created",
+	"Invoked when a piece of debris is created.",
+	{
+		{"Debris", "debris", "The newly created debris object"},
+		{"Source", "object", "The object (probably a ship) from which this debris piece was spawned."},
+	});
+
 /**
  * Start the sequence of a piece of debris writhing in unholy agony!!!
  */
@@ -673,10 +682,9 @@ object *debris_create(object *source_obj, int model_num, int submodel_num, vec3d
 	// ensure vel is valid
 	Assert( !vm_is_vec_nan(&obj->phys_info.vel) );
 
-	Script_system.SetHookObject("Debris", obj);
-	Script_system.SetHookObject("Source", source_obj);
-	Script_system.RunCondition(CHA_ONDEBRISCREATED);
-	Script_system.RemHookVars(2, "Debris", "Source");
+	OnDebrisCreatedHook->run(scripting::hook_param_list(
+		scripting::hook_param("Debris", 'o', obj),
+		scripting::hook_param("Source", 'o', source_obj)));
 
 	return obj;
 }
diff --git a/code/scripting/scripting.cpp b/code/scripting/scripting.cpp
index 2df3d49d4e..eba0eef9c9 100644
--- a/code/scripting/scripting.cpp
+++ b/code/scripting/scripting.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ static USED_VARIABLE SCP_vector<std::shared_ptr<BuiltinHook>> Script_actions
 	std::make_shared<BuiltinHook>("On Subsystem Destroyed",	CHA_ONSUBSYSDEATH ),
 	std::make_shared<BuiltinHook>("On Goals Cleared",		CHA_ONGOALSCLEARED ),
 	std::make_shared<BuiltinHook>("On Briefing Stage",		CHA_ONBRIEFSTAGE ),
-	std::make_shared<BuiltinHook>("On Debris Created",		CHA_ONDEBRISCREATED),
 };
 
 static HookVariableDocumentation GlobalVariables[] =
diff --git a/code/scripting/scripting.h b/code/scripting/scripting.h
index 90d8f77264..409048a101 100644
--- a/code/scripting/scripting.h
+++ b/code/scripting/scripting.h
@@ -112,9 +112,8 @@ enum ConditionalActions : int32_t {
 	CHA_ONSUBSYSDEATH,
 	CHA_ONGOALSCLEARED,
 	CHA_ONBRIEFSTAGE,
-	CHA_ONDEBRISCREATED,
 
-	CHA_LAST = CHA_ONDEBRISCREATED,
+	CHA_LAST = CHA_ONBRIEFSTAGE,
 };
 
 // management stuff