diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index d2d0bd9fedd..ed00df1e073 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -1,4 +1,70 @@
 exports.EventEmitter = process.EventEmitter;
 
-exports.Promise = removed('Promise has been removed. See http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/msg/0c483b891c56fea2 for more information.');
+// process.EventEmitter is defined in src/node_events.cc
+// process.EventEmitter.prototype.emit() is also defined there.
+process.EventEmitter.prototype.addListener = function (type, listener) {
+  if ('function' !== typeof listener) {
+    throw new Error('addListener only takes instances of Function');
+  }
+
+  if (!this._events) this._events = {};
+
+  // To avoid recursion in the case that type == "newListeners"! Before
+  // adding it to the listeners, first emit "newListeners".
+  this.emit("newListener", type, listener);
+
+  if (!this._events[type]) {
+    // Optimize the case of one listener. Don't need the extra array object.
+    this._events[type] = listener;
+  } else if (this._events[type] instanceof Array) {
+    // If we've already got an array, just append.
+    this._events[type].push(listener);
+  } else {
+    // Adding the second element, need to change to array.
+    this._events[type] = [this._events[type], listener];
+  }
+
+  return this;
+};
+
+process.EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener = function (type, listener) {
+  if ('function' !== typeof listener) {
+    throw new Error('removeListener only takes instances of Function');
+  }
+
+  // does not use listeners(), so no side effect of creating _events[type]
+  if (!this._events || !this._events[type]) return this;
+
+  var list = this._events[type];
+
+  if (list instanceof Array) {
+    var i = list.indexOf(listener);
+    if (i < 0) return this;
+    list.splice(i, 1);
+  } else {
+    this._events[type] = null;
+  }
+
+  return this;
+};
+
+process.EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners = function (type) {
+  // does not use listeners(), so no side effect of creating _events[type]
+  if (!type || !this._events || !this._events[type]) return this;
+  this._events[type] = null;
+};
+
+process.EventEmitter.prototype.listeners = function (type) {
+  if (!this._events) this._events = {};
+  if (!this._events[type]) this._events[type] = [];
+  if (!(this._events[type] instanceof Array)) {
+    this._events[type] = [this._events[type]];
+  }
+  return this._events[type];
+};
+exports.Promise = function removed () {
+  throw new Error(
+    'Promise has been removed. See '+
+    'http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/msg/0c483b891c56fea2 for more information.');
+}
 process.Promise = exports.Promise;
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index c28f8bd8b8b..a184c932813 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1303,10 +1303,11 @@ static Handle<Value> Binding(const Arguments& args) {
       exports->Set(String::New("repl"),         String::New(native_repl));
       exports->Set(String::New("sys"),          String::New(native_sys));
       exports->Set(String::New("tcp"),          String::New(native_tcp));
-      exports->Set(String::New("tcp_old"),     String::New(native_tcp_old));
+      exports->Set(String::New("tcp_old"),      String::New(native_tcp_old));
       exports->Set(String::New("uri"),          String::New(native_uri));
       exports->Set(String::New("url"),          String::New(native_url));
       exports->Set(String::New("utils"),        String::New(native_utils));
+      exports->Set(String::New("events"),       String::New(native_events));
       binding_cache->Set(module, exports);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 3f880360044..7c6b11b7e33 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -103,80 +103,15 @@ process.assert = function (x, msg) {
 process.evalcx = process.binding('evals').Script.runInNewContext;
 
 // Event
-
-var eventsModule = createInternalModule('events', function (exports) {
-  exports.EventEmitter = process.EventEmitter;
-
-  // process.EventEmitter is defined in src/node_events.cc
-  // process.EventEmitter.prototype.emit() is also defined there.
-  process.EventEmitter.prototype.addListener = function (type, listener) {
-    if (typeof listener != 'function') {
-      throw new Error('addListener only takes functions');
-    }
-
-    if (!this._events) this._events = {};
-
-    // To avoid recursion in the case that type == "newListeners"! Before
-    // adding it to the listeners, first emit "newListeners".
-    this.emit("newListener", type, listener);
-
-    if (!this._events[type]) {
-      // Optimize the case of one listener. Don't need the extra array object.
-      this._events[type] = listener;
-    } else if (this._events[type] instanceof Array) {
-      // If we've already got an array, just append.
-      this._events[type].push(listener);
-    } else {
-      // Adding the second element, need to change to array.
-      this._events[type] = [this._events[type], listener];
-    }
-
-    return this;
-  };
-
-  process.EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener = function (type, listener) {
-    if (typeof listener != 'function') {
-      throw new Error('removeListener only takes functions');
-    }
-
-    // does not use listeners(), so no side effect of creating _events[type]
-    if (!this._events || !this._events[type]) return this;
-
-    var list = this._events[type];
-
-    if (list instanceof Array) {
-      var i = list.indexOf(listener);
-      if (i < 0) return this;
-      list.splice(i, 1);
-    } else {
-      this._events[type] = null;
-    }
-
-    return this;
-  };
-
-  process.EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners = function (type) {
-    // does not use listeners(), so no side effect of creating _events[type]
-    if (!type || !this._events || !this._events[type]) return this;
-    this._events[type] = null;
-  };
-
-  process.EventEmitter.prototype.listeners = function (type) {
-    if (!this._events) this._events = {};
-    if (!this._events[type]) this._events[type] = [];
-    if (!(this._events[type] instanceof Array)) {
-      this._events[type] = [this._events[type]];
-    }
-    return this._events[type];
-  };
-
-  exports.Promise = removed('Promise has been removed. See http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs/msg/0c483b891c56fea2 for more information.');
-  process.Promise = exports.Promise;
-});
-
+var eventsModule = createInternalModule
+  ( 'events'
+  , process.compile
+    ( "(function (exports) {" + natives.events + "})"
+    , "events"
+    )
+  );
 var events = eventsModule.exports;
 
-
 // nextTick()
 
 var nextTickQueue = [];