diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 5e2baf0d..f6cd97cc 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
 			jQuery.extend( new jQuery.Event(type), event ) :
 			// Just the event type (string)
 			new jQuery.Event(type);
+		event.type = type;
 		event.namespace = namespaces.join(".");
 		event.namespace_re = new RegExp("(^|\\.)" + namespaces.join("\\.(?:.*\\.)?") + "(\\.|$)");
 		event.exclusive = exclusive;