diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2d0bd9fed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+exports.EventEmitter = process.EventEmitter;
+
+exports.Promise = removed('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 2d47b78804..cedcc64d74 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -1126,6 +1126,7 @@ static Handle<Value> Binding(const Arguments& args) {
       // TODO DRY/automate this?
       exports->Set(String::New("assert"),       String::New(native_assert));
       exports->Set(String::New("dns"),          String::New(native_dns));
+      exports->Set(String::New("events"),       String::New(native_events));
       exports->Set(String::New("file"),         String::New(native_file));
       exports->Set(String::New("fs"),           String::New(native_fs));
       exports->Set(String::New("http"),         String::New(native_http));