diff --git a/broker/machinebroker/server/event_list_test.go b/broker/machinebroker/server/event_list_test.go
index 366b17dea..101e6bb8c 100644
--- a/broker/machinebroker/server/event_list_test.go
+++ b/broker/machinebroker/server/event_list_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	computev1alpha1 "github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore/api/compute/v1alpha1"
 	networkingv1alpha1 "github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore/api/networking/v1alpha1"
+	irievent "github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore/iri/apis/event/v1alpha1"
 	iri "github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore/iri/apis/machine/v1alpha1"
 	irimeta "github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore/iri/apis/meta/v1alpha1"
 	machinepoolletv1alpha1 "github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore/poollet/machinepoollet/api/v1alpha1"
@@ -71,11 +72,11 @@ var _ = Describe("ListEvents", func() {
 		eventRecorder.Event(ironcoreMachine, corev1.EventTypeNormal, "testing", "this is test event")
 
 		By("listing the machine events with no filters")
-		resp, err := srv.ListEvents(ctx, &iri.ListEventsRequest{})
-
-		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-		Expect(resp.Events).To(ConsistOf(
+		Eventually(func(g Gomega) []*irievent.Event {
+			resp, err := srv.ListEvents(ctx, &iri.ListEventsRequest{})
+			g.Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+			return resp.Events
+		}).Should(ConsistOf(
 			HaveField("Spec", SatisfyAll(
 				HaveField("InvolvedObjectMeta.Id", Equal(ironcoreMachine.Name)),
 				HaveField("Reason", Equal("testing")),
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ var _ = Describe("ListEvents", func() {
 		)
 
 		By("listing the machine events with matching label and time filters")
-		resp, err = srv.ListEvents(ctx, &iri.ListEventsRequest{Filter: &iri.EventFilter{
+		resp, err := srv.ListEvents(ctx, &iri.ListEventsRequest{Filter: &iri.EventFilter{
 			LabelSelector:  map[string]string{machinepoolletv1alpha1.MachineUIDLabel: "foobar"},
 			EventsFromTime: eventGeneratedTime.Unix(),
 			EventsToTime:   time.Now().Unix(),
diff --git a/irictl-machine/cmd/irictl-machine/irictlmachine/get/event/event.go b/irictl-machine/cmd/irictl-machine/irictlmachine/get/event/event.go
index 7672c5d64..42761177c 100644
--- a/irictl-machine/cmd/irictl-machine/irictlmachine/get/event/event.go
+++ b/irictl-machine/cmd/irictl-machine/irictlmachine/get/event/event.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package event
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	iri "github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore/iri/apis/machine/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/ironcore-dev/ironcore/irictl-machine/cmd/irictl-machine/irictlmachine/common"
@@ -17,11 +18,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Options struct {
-	Labels map[string]string
+	Labels   map[string]string
+	Duration time.Duration
 }
 
 func (o *Options) AddFlags(fs *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.StringToStringVarP(&o.Labels, "labels", "l", o.Labels, "Labels to filter the events by.")
+	fs.DurationVarP(&o.Duration, "duration", "d", 60*time.Minute, "Duration to filter the events by.")
 }
 
 func Command(streams clicommon.Streams, clientFactory common.Factory) *cobra.Command {
@@ -68,11 +71,10 @@ func Run(
 	render renderer.Renderer,
 	opts Options,
 ) error {
-	var filter *iri.EventFilter
-	if opts.Labels != nil {
-		filter = &iri.EventFilter{
-			LabelSelector: opts.Labels,
-		}
+	var filter *iri.EventFilter = &iri.EventFilter{
+		LabelSelector:  opts.Labels,
+		EventsFromTime: time.Now().Add(-1 * opts.Duration).Unix(),
+		EventsToTime:   time.Now().Unix(),
 	}
 
 	res, err := client.ListEvents(ctx, &iri.ListEventsRequest{Filter: filter})