diff --git a/modules/core/src/compiler/view.js b/modules/core/src/compiler/view.js
index 564ae93526..fe11cf9723 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/compiler/view.js
+++ b/modules/core/src/compiler/view.js
@@ -373,6 +373,22 @@ export class ProtoView {
       if (isPresent(elementInjector)) {
         preBuiltObjects[i] = new PreBuiltObjects(view, new NgElement(element), viewPort, lightDom);
       }
+
+      // events
+      if (isPresent(binder.events)) {
+        // TODO(rado): if there is directive at this element that injected an
+        // event emitter for that eventType do not attach the handler.
+        MapWrapper.forEach(binder.events, (expr, eventName) => {
+          DOM.on(element, eventName, (event) => {
+            if (event.target === element) {
+              // TODO(rado): replace with
+              // expr.eval(new ContextWithVariableBindings(view.context, {'$event': event}));
+              // when eval with variable bindinds works.
+              expr.eval(view.context);
+            }
+          });
+        });
+      }
     }
 
     view.init(elementInjectors, rootElementInjectors, textNodes, elementsWithPropertyBindings,
diff --git a/modules/core/test/compiler/view_spec.js b/modules/core/test/compiler/view_spec.js
index d27e3727aa..bea7b82d54 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/compiler/view_spec.js
+++ b/modules/core/test/compiler/view_spec.js
@@ -422,6 +422,37 @@ export function main() {
         });
       });
 
+      describe('event handlers', () => {
+        var view, ctx, called;
+
+        function createViewAndContext(protoView) {
+          view = createView(protoView);
+          ctx = view.context;
+          called = 0;
+          ctx.callMe = () => called += 1;
+        }
+
+        function dispatchClick(el) {
+          DOM.dispatchEvent(el, DOM.createMouseEvent('click'));
+        }
+
+        it('should fire on non-bubbling native events', () => {
+          var pv = new ProtoView(createElement('<div class="ng-binding"><div></div></div>'),
+            new ProtoRecordRange());
+          pv.bindElement(null);
+          pv.bindEvent('click', parser.parseBinding('callMe()', null));
+          createViewAndContext(pv);
+
+          dispatchClick(view.nodes[0]);
+          dispatchClick(view.nodes[0].firstChild);
+
+          // the bubbled event does not execute the expression.
+          // It is trivially passing on webkit browsers due to
+          // https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122755
+          expect(called).toEqual(1);
+        });
+      });
+
       describe('react to record changes', () => {
         var view, cd, ctx;
 
@@ -602,6 +633,7 @@ class MyEvaluationContext {
   foo:string;
   a;
   b;
+  callMe;
   constructor() {
     this.foo = 'bar';
   };
diff --git a/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6 b/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6
index 8a58a38075..5612e55a5c 100644
--- a/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6
+++ b/modules/examples/e2e_test/hello_world/hello_world_spec.es6
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ describe('hello world', function () {
     it('should greet', function() {
       browser.get(URL);
 
-      expect(getShadowText('hello-app')).toBe('hello world!');
+      expect(getGreetingText('hello-app')).toBe('hello world!');
     });
   });
 
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ describe('hello world', function () {
     it('should greet', function() {
       browser.get(URL);
 
-      expect(getShadowText('hello-app')).toBe('hello world!');
+      expect(getGreetingText('hello-app')).toBe('hello world!');
     });
   });
 
 });
 
-function getShadowText(selector) {
-  return browser.executeScript('return document.querySelector("'+selector+'").shadowRoot.textContent');
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+function getGreetingText(selector) {
+  return browser.executeScript('return document.querySelector("'+selector+'").shadowRoot.firstChild.textContent');
+}
diff --git a/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_common.js b/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_common.js
index 2e3ee8402a..b2950e4d51 100644
--- a/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_common.js
+++ b/modules/examples/src/hello_world/index_common.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import {bootstrap, Component, Decorator, TemplateConfig, NgElement} from 'core/c
     // The template for the component.
     // Expressions in the template (like {{greeting}}) are evaluated in the
     // context of the HelloCmp class below.
-    inline: `{{greeting}} <span red>world</span>!`,
+    inline: `<div>{{greeting}} <span red>world</span>!</div>
+             <button (click)="changeGreeting()">change greeting</button>`,
     // All directives used in the template need to be specified. This allows for
     // modularity (RedDec can only be used in this template)
     // and better tooling (the template can be invalidated if the attribute is
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ class HelloCmp {
   constructor(service: GreetingService) {
     this.greeting = service.greeting;
   }
+  changeGreeting() {
+    this.greeting = 'howdy';
+  }
 }
 
 // Decorators are light-weight. They don't allow for templates, or new
diff --git a/modules/facade/src/dom.dart b/modules/facade/src/dom.dart
index 1b247a2016..afcf329a58 100644
--- a/modules/facade/src/dom.dart
+++ b/modules/facade/src/dom.dart
@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ class DOM {
     return el.querySelectorAll(selector);
   }
   static on(element, event, callback) {
-    element.addEventListener(event, callback);
+    // due to https://code.google.com/p/dart/issues/detail?id=17406
+    // addEventListener misses zones so we use element.on.
+    element.on[event].listen(callback);
+  }
+  static dispatchEvent(el, evt) {
+    el.dispatchEvent(evt);
+  }
+  static createMouseEvent(eventType) {
+    return new MouseEvent(eventType, canBubble: true);
   }
   static getInnerHTML(el) {
     return el.innerHtml;
diff --git a/modules/facade/src/dom.es6 b/modules/facade/src/dom.es6
index aa06c390ef..8f1148acdf 100644
--- a/modules/facade/src/dom.es6
+++ b/modules/facade/src/dom.es6
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ export class DOM {
   static on(el, evt, listener) {
     el.addEventListener(evt, listener, false);
   }
+  static dispatchEvent(el, evt) {
+    el.dispatchEvent(evt);
+  }
+  static createMouseEvent(eventType) {
+    var evt = new MouseEvent(eventType);
+    evt.initEvent(eventType, true, true);
+    return evt;
+  }
   static getInnerHTML(el) {
     return el.innerHTML;
   }