diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 21d0f78fb..77b972573 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ var boundFnsKey = keys.create('boundFns');
 function patchEventTargetMethods(obj) {
   // This is required for the addEventListener hook on the root zone.
   obj[keys.common.addEventListener] = obj.addEventListener;
-  obj.addEventListener = function (eventName, handler) {
+  obj.addEventListener = function (eventName, handler, useCapturing) {
+    var eventType = eventName + (useCapturing ? '$capturing' : '$bubbling');
     var fn;
     //Ignore special listeners of IE11 & Edge dev tools, see https://github.com/angular/zone.js/issues/150
     if (handler.toString() !== "[object FunctionWrapper]") {
@@ -114,19 +115,20 @@ function patchEventTargetMethods(obj) {
 
       handler[originalFnKey] = fn;
       handler[boundFnsKey] = handler[boundFnsKey] || {};
-      arguments[1] = handler[boundFnsKey][eventName] = zone.bind(fn);
+      arguments[1] = handler[boundFnsKey][eventType] = zone.bind(fn);
     }
     return global.zone.addEventListener.apply(this, arguments);
   };
 
   // This is required for the removeEventListener hook on the root zone.
   obj[keys.common.removeEventListener] = obj.removeEventListener;
-  obj.removeEventListener = function (eventName, handler) {
-    if(handler[boundFnsKey] && handler[boundFnsKey][eventName]) {
+  obj.removeEventListener = function (eventName, handler, useCapturing) {
+    var eventType = eventName + (useCapturing ? '$capturing' : '$bubbling');
+    if (handler[boundFnsKey] && handler[boundFnsKey][eventType]) {
       var _bound = handler[boundFnsKey];
       
-      arguments[1] = _bound[eventName];
-      delete _bound[eventName];
+      arguments[1] = _bound[eventType];
+      delete _bound[eventType];
     }
     var result = global.zone.removeEventListener.apply(this, arguments);
     global.zone.dequeueTask(handler[originalFnKey]);
diff --git a/test/patch/element.spec.js b/test/patch/element.spec.js
index 19becceb6..86b20ed3e 100644
--- a/test/patch/element.spec.js
+++ b/test/patch/element.spec.js
@@ -84,6 +84,56 @@ describe('element', function () {
     expect(eventListener.handleEvent).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should correctly handle capturing versus nonCapturing eventListeners', function () {
+    var log = [];
+    var clickEvent = document.createEvent('Event');
+
+    function capturingListener () {
+      log.push('capturingListener');
+    }
+
+    function bubblingListener () {
+      log.push('bubblingListener');
+    }
+
+    clickEvent.initEvent('click', true, true);
+
+    document.body.addEventListener('click', capturingListener, true);
+    document.body.addEventListener('click', bubblingListener);
+
+    button.dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
+
+    expect(log).toEqual([
+      'capturingListener',
+      'bubblingListener'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should correctly handle a listener that is both capturing and nonCapturing', function () {
+    var log = [];
+    var clickEvent = document.createEvent('Event');
+
+    function listener () {
+      log.push('listener');
+    }
+
+    clickEvent.initEvent('click', true, true);
+
+    document.body.addEventListener('click', listener, true);
+    document.body.addEventListener('click', listener);
+
+    button.dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
+
+    document.body.removeEventListener('click', listener, true);
+    document.body.removeEventListener('click', listener);
+
+    button.dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
+
+    expect(log).toEqual([
+      'listener',
+      'listener'
+    ]);
+  });
 
   describe('onclick', function() {