diff --git a/include/camp/resource/sycl.hpp b/include/camp/resource/sycl.hpp
index 4206f29..90dc074 100644
--- a/include/camp/resource/sycl.hpp
+++ b/include/camp/resource/sycl.hpp
@@ -34,19 +34,35 @@ namespace resources
     class SyclEvent
     {
     public:
-      // TODO: make this actually work
-      SyclEvent(sycl::queue& CAMP_UNUSED_ARG(qu)) { m_event = sycl::event(); }
+      explicit SyclEvent(sycl::event e)
+        : m_event(std::move(e))
+      {}
+
+      // TODO: see what overhead an empty submit has
+      SyclEvent(sycl::queue& qu)
+      {
+        if (!qu.is_in_order()) {
+          ::camp::throw_re("Queue is not in_order.");
+        }
+        m_event = qu.submit([&](::sycl::handler& CAMP_UNUSED_ARG(h)) {});
+      }
 
       SyclEvent(Sycl& res);
 
-      bool check() const { return true; }
+      bool check() const
+      {
+        return m_event.get_info<sycl::info::event::command_execution_status>()
+            == sycl::info::event_command_status::complete;
+      }
+
+      void wait() const { m_event.wait(); } // sycl::event::wait is non-const
 
-      void wait() const { getSyclEvent_t().wait(); }
+      sycl::event& getSyclEvent_t() { return m_event; }
 
-      sycl::event getSyclEvent_t() const { return m_event; }
+      sycl::event const& getSyclEvent_t() const { return m_event; }
 
     private:
-      sycl::event m_event;
+      mutable sycl::event m_event; // mutable as use non-const member function
     };
 
     class Sycl
@@ -265,7 +281,9 @@ namespace resources
       {
         auto* sycl_event = e->try_get<SyclEvent>();
         if (sycl_event) {
-          (sycl_event->getSyclEvent_t()).wait();
+          qu.submit([&](::sycl::handler& h) {
+            h.depends_on(sycl_event->getSyclEvent_t());
+          });
         } else {
           e->wait();
         }
@@ -356,7 +374,7 @@ namespace resources
 
     inline SyclEvent::SyclEvent(Sycl &res)
       : SyclEvent(res.get_queue())
-    { }
+    {}
 
   }  // namespace v1
 
diff --git a/test/resource.cpp b/test/resource.cpp
index 55241a0..de134d6 100644
--- a/test/resource.cpp
+++ b/test/resource.cpp
@@ -658,6 +658,63 @@ TEST(CampResource, Wait)
 #endif
 }
 
+template <typename Res>
+void test_event_wait()
+{
+  auto r = Res();
+  const auto typed_event = r.get_event();
+  const Event event = r.get_event_erased();
+  typed_event.wait();
+  event.wait();
+}
+
+//
+TEST(CampEvent, Wait)
+{
+  test_event_wait<Host>();
+#ifdef CAMP_HAVE_CUDA
+  test_event_wait<Cuda>();
+#endif
+#ifdef CAMP_HAVE_HIP
+  test_event_wait<Hip>();
+#endif
+#ifdef CAMP_HAVE_OMP_OFFLOAD
+  test_event_wait<Omp>();
+#endif
+#ifdef CAMP_HAVE_SYCL
+  test_event_wait<Sycl>();
+#endif
+}
+
+template <typename Res>
+void test_event_check()
+{
+  auto r = Res();
+  const auto typed_event = r.get_event();
+  const Event event = r.get_event_erased();
+  // checking in a loop should always eventually return true
+  while (!typed_event.check()) {}
+  while (!event.check()) {}
+}
+
+//
+TEST(CampEvent, Check)
+{
+  test_event_check<Host>();
+#ifdef CAMP_HAVE_CUDA
+  test_event_check<Cuda>();
+#endif
+#ifdef CAMP_HAVE_HIP
+  test_event_check<Hip>();
+#endif
+#ifdef CAMP_HAVE_OMP_OFFLOAD
+  test_event_check<Omp>();
+#endif
+#ifdef CAMP_HAVE_SYCL
+  test_event_check<Sycl>();
+#endif
+}
+
 template <typename Res>
 void test_concrete_resource_trait()
 {