diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Events.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Events.js
index bbfb846302..e293bcdef0 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Events.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Events.js
@@ -326,8 +326,10 @@ OpenLayers.Event.observe(window, 'unload', OpenLayers.Event.unloadCache, false);
 
 // FIXME: Remove this in 3.0. In 3.0, Event.stop will no longer be provided
 // by OpenLayers.
-if (!window.Event) {
-  var Event = OpenLayers.Event;
+if (window.Event) {
+    OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults(window.Event, OpenLayers.Event);
+} else {
+    var Event = OpenLayers.Event;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/tests/test_Events.html b/tests/test_Events.html
index 729b2851df..57cb5c50f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_Events.html
+++ b/tests/test_Events.html
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@
         t.eq( events.listeners["doThingA"].length, 1, "event type passed to addEventType correctly does nothing if clashes with already defined event type" );
     }
 
+    /** HACK HACK HACK Deprecated This test should be removed in 3.0 **/
+    function test_Events_globalEventObject(t) {
+        t.plan(1);
+        t.ok(Event.stop, "a stop() function exists on the global JS Event object, if indeed it exists. This is legacy deprecated and will be gone in 3.0");
+    }
    
 
   </script>