diff --git a/packages/core/test/view/component_view_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/view/component_view_spec.ts
index 017669cad1..11adf801fe 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/view/component_view_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/view/component_view_spec.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ import {Injector, RenderComponentType, RootRenderer, Sanitizer, SecurityContext,
 import {ArgumentType, BindingFlags, NodeCheckFn, NodeDef, NodeFlags, OutputType, RootData, Services, ViewData, ViewDefinition, ViewFlags, ViewHandleEventFn, ViewState, ViewUpdateFn, anchorDef, asElementData, asProviderData, directiveDef, elementDef, rootRenderNodes, textDef, viewDef} from '@angular/core/src/view/index';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
-import {createRootView, isBrowser, recordNodeToRemove} from './helper';
+import {callMostRecentEventListenerHandler, createRootView, isBrowser, recordNodeToRemove} from './helper';
+
 
 /**
  * We map addEventListener to the Zones internal name. This is because we want to be fast
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ export function main() {
           expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 
           // auto attach on events
-          addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[1]('SomeEvent');
+          callMostRecentEventListenerHandler(addListenerSpy, 'SomeEvent');
           update.calls.reset();
           Services.checkAndUpdateView(view);
           expect(update).toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/packages/core/test/view/element_spec.ts b/packages/core/test/view/element_spec.ts
index dbd3999e16..88932b6bcb 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/view/element_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/view/element_spec.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ import {ArgumentType, BindingFlags, DebugContext, NodeDef, NodeFlags, OutputType
 import {TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
 import {getDOM} from '@angular/platform-browser/src/dom/dom_adapter';
 
-import {ARG_TYPE_VALUES, checkNodeInlineOrDynamic, createRootView, isBrowser, recordNodeToRemove} from './helper';
+import {ARG_TYPE_VALUES, callMostRecentEventListenerHandler, checkNodeInlineOrDynamic, createRootView, isBrowser, recordNodeToRemove} from './helper';
+
 
 /**
  * We map addEventListener to the Zones internal name. This is because we want to be fast
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ export function main() {
 
           expect(addListenerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
           expect(addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toBe('windowClick');
-          addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[1]({name: 'windowClick'});
+          callMostRecentEventListenerHandler(addListenerSpy, {name: 'windowClick'});
 
           expect(handleEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
           const handleEventArgs = handleEventSpy.calls.mostRecent().args;
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ export function main() {
 
           expect(addListenerSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
           expect(addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toBe('documentClick');
-          addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[1]({name: 'documentClick'});
+          callMostRecentEventListenerHandler(addListenerSpy, {name: 'windowClick'});
 
           expect(handleEventSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
           const handleEventArgs = handleEventSpy.calls.mostRecent().args;
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ export function main() {
               NodeFlags.None, null !, null !, 0, 'button', null !, null !, [[null !, 'click']],
               () => { throw new Error('Test'); })]));
 
-          addListenerSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[1]('SomeEvent');
+          callMostRecentEventListenerHandler(addListenerSpy, 'SomeEvent');
           const err = handleErrorSpy.calls.mostRecent().args[0];
           expect(err).toBeTruthy();
           expect(err.message).toBe('Test');
diff --git a/packages/core/test/view/helper.ts b/packages/core/test/view/helper.ts
index cf6888f8bb..0f26894f6d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/view/helper.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/view/helper.ts
@@ -48,4 +48,19 @@ afterEach(() => { removeNodes.forEach((node) => getDOM().remove(node)); });
 
 export function recordNodeToRemove(node: Node) {
   removeNodes.push(node);
+}
+
+export function callMostRecentEventListenerHandler(spy: any, params: any) {
+  const mostRecent = spy.calls.mostRecent();
+  if (!mostRecent) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const obj = mostRecent.object;
+  const args = mostRecent.args;
+
+  const eventName = args[0];
+  const handler = args[1];
+
+  handler && handler.apply(obj, [{type: eventName}]);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/events/dom_events.ts b/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/events/dom_events.ts
index 3174a91dc1..77a3d68401 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/events/dom_events.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/src/dom/events/dom_events.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import {DOCUMENT} from '../dom_tokens';
 import {EventManagerPlugin} from './event_manager';
 
 /**
- * Detect if Zone is present. If it is then bypass 'addEventListener' since Angular can do much more
+ * Detect if Zone is present. If it is then use simple zone aware 'addEventListener'
+ * since Angular can do much more
  * efficient bookkeeping than Zone can, because we have additional information. This speeds up
  * addEventListener by 3x.
  */
@@ -24,6 +25,40 @@ const __symbol__ = Zone && Zone['__symbol__'] || function<T>(v: T): T {
 const ADD_EVENT_LISTENER: 'addEventListener' = __symbol__('addEventListener');
 const REMOVE_EVENT_LISTENER: 'removeEventListener' = __symbol__('removeEventListener');
 
+const symbolNames: {[key: string]: string} = {};
+
+const FALSE = 'FALSE';
+const ANGULAR = 'ANGULAR';
+const NATIVE_ADD_LISTENER = 'addEventListener';
+const NATIVE_REMOVE_LISTENER = 'removeEventListener';
+
+interface TaskData {
+  zone: any;
+  handler: Function;
+}
+
+// a global listener to handle all dom event,
+// so we do not need to create a closure everytime
+const globalListener = function(event: Event) {
+  const symbolName = symbolNames[event.type];
+  if (!symbolName) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const taskDatas: TaskData[] = this[symbolName];
+  if (!taskDatas) {
+    return;
+  }
+  const args: any = [event];
+  taskDatas.forEach(taskData => {
+    if (taskData.zone !== Zone.current) {
+      // only use Zone.run when Zone.current not equals to stored zone
+      return taskData.zone.run(taskData.handler, this, args);
+    } else {
+      return taskData.handler.apply(this, args);
+    }
+  });
+};
+
 @Injectable()
 export class DomEventsPlugin extends EventManagerPlugin {
   constructor(@Inject(DOCUMENT) doc: any, private ngZone: NgZone) { super(doc); }
@@ -37,23 +72,65 @@ export class DomEventsPlugin extends EventManagerPlugin {
      * This code is about to add a listener to the DOM. If Zone.js is present, than
      * `addEventListener` has been patched. The patched code adds overhead in both
      * memory and speed (3x slower) than native. For this reason if we detect that
-     * Zone.js is present we bypass zone and use native addEventListener instead.
-     * The result is faster registration but the zone will not be restored. We do
-     * manual zone restoration in element.ts renderEventHandlerClosure method.
+     * Zone.js is present we use a simple version of zone aware addEventListener instead.
+     * The result is faster registration and the zone will be restored.
+     * But ZoneSpec.onScheduleTask, ZoneSpec.onInvokeTask, ZoneSpec.onCancelTask
+     * will not be invoked
+     * We also do manual zone restoration in element.ts renderEventHandlerClosure method.
      *
      * NOTE: it is possible that the element is from different iframe, and so we
      * have to check before we execute the method.
      */
     const self = this;
-    let byPassZoneJS = element[ADD_EVENT_LISTENER];
+    const zoneJsLoaded = element[ADD_EVENT_LISTENER];
     let callback: EventListener = handler as EventListener;
-    if (byPassZoneJS) {
-      callback = function() {
-        return self.ngZone.runTask(handler as any, null, arguments as any, eventName);
-      };
+    // if zonejs is loaded and current zone is not ngZone
+    // we keep Zone.current on target for later restoration.
+    if (zoneJsLoaded && !NgZone.isInAngularZone()) {
+      let symbolName = symbolNames[eventName];
+      if (!symbolName) {
+        symbolName = symbolNames[eventName] = __symbol__(ANGULAR + eventName + FALSE);
+      }
+      let taskDatas: TaskData[] = (element as any)[symbolName];
+      const listenerRegistered = taskDatas && taskDatas.length > 0;
+      if (!taskDatas) {
+        taskDatas = (element as any)[symbolName] = [];
+      }
+      if (taskDatas.filter(taskData => taskData.handler === callback).length === 0) {
+        taskDatas.push({zone: Zone.current, handler: callback});
+      }
+      if (!listenerRegistered) {
+        element[ADD_EVENT_LISTENER](eventName, globalListener, false);
+      }
+    } else {
+      element[NATIVE_ADD_LISTENER](eventName, callback, false);
+    }
+    return () => this.removeEventListener(element, eventName, callback);
+  }
+
+  removeEventListener(target: any, eventName: string, callback: Function): void {
+    let underlyingRemove = target[REMOVE_EVENT_LISTENER];
+    // zone.js not loaded, use native removeEventListener
+    if (!underlyingRemove) {
+      return target[NATIVE_REMOVE_LISTENER].apply(target, [eventName, callback, false]);
+    }
+    let symbolName = symbolNames[eventName];
+    let taskDatas: TaskData[] = symbolName && target[symbolName];
+    if (!taskDatas) {
+      // addEventListener not using patched version
+      // just call native removeEventListener
+      return target[NATIVE_REMOVE_LISTENER].apply(target, [eventName, callback, false]);
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < taskDatas.length; i++) {
+      // remove listener from taskDatas if the callback equals
+      if (taskDatas[i].handler === callback) {
+        taskDatas.splice(i, 1);
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (taskDatas.length === 0) {
+      // all listeners are removed, we can remove the globalListener from target
+      underlyingRemove.apply(target, [eventName, globalListener, false]);
     }
-    element[byPassZoneJS ? ADD_EVENT_LISTENER : 'addEventListener'](eventName, callback, false);
-    return () => element[byPassZoneJS ? REMOVE_EVENT_LISTENER : 'removeEventListener'](
-               eventName, callback as any, false);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/platform-browser/test/dom/events/event_manager_spec.ts b/packages/platform-browser/test/dom/events/event_manager_spec.ts
index 638a70d918..81ca4705ff 100644
--- a/packages/platform-browser/test/dom/events/event_manager_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-browser/test/dom/events/event_manager_spec.ts
@@ -90,6 +90,32 @@ export function main() {
       getDOM().dispatchEvent(element, dispatchedEvent);
       expect(receivedEvent).toBe(null);
     });
+
+    it('should keep zone when addEventListener', () => {
+      const Zone = (window as any)['Zone'];
+
+      const element = el('<div><div></div></div>');
+      getDOM().appendChild(doc.body, element);
+      const dispatchedEvent = getDOM().createMouseEvent('click');
+      let receivedEvent: any /** TODO #9100 */ = null;
+      let receivedZone: any = null;
+      const handler = (e: any /** TODO #9100 */) => {
+        receivedEvent = e;
+        receivedZone = Zone.current;
+      };
+      const manager = new EventManager([domEventPlugin], new FakeNgZone());
+
+      let remover = null;
+      Zone.root.run(() => { remover = manager.addEventListener(element, 'click', handler); });
+      getDOM().dispatchEvent(element, dispatchedEvent);
+      expect(receivedEvent).toBe(dispatchedEvent);
+      expect(receivedZone.name).toBe(Zone.root.name);
+
+      receivedEvent = null;
+      remover && remover();
+      getDOM().dispatchEvent(element, dispatchedEvent);
+      expect(receivedEvent).toBe(null);
+    });
   });
 }