diff --git a/lib/browser/api/app.js b/lib/browser/api/app.js
index d1ca60280e93..381a2a866372 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/app.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/app.js
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ const electron = require('electron')
 const {deprecate, Menu} = electron
 const {EventEmitter} = require('events')
 
+// App is an EventEmitter.
 Object.setPrototypeOf(App.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
+EventEmitter.call(app)
 
 Object.assign(app, {
   setApplicationMenu (menu) {
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-native.js b/lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-native.js
index 80e2eb1b8493..cdd390d0a551 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-native.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-native.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const {autoUpdater, AutoUpdater} = process.atomBinding('auto_updater')
 
+// AutoUpdater is an EventEmitter.
 Object.setPrototypeOf(AutoUpdater.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
+EventEmitter.call(autoUpdater)
 
 module.exports = autoUpdater
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/net.js b/lib/browser/api/net.js
index d32f6946eee5..330faa82a8d3 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/net.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/net.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ const {Session} = process.atomBinding('session')
 const {net, Net} = process.atomBinding('net')
 const {URLRequest} = net
 
+// Net is an EventEmitter.
 Object.setPrototypeOf(Net.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
+EventEmitter.call(net)
+
 Object.setPrototypeOf(URLRequest.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 const kSupportedProtocols = new Set(['http:', 'https:'])
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/power-monitor.js b/lib/browser/api/power-monitor.js
index aee9b450c84f..e1dff2c3b73c 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/power-monitor.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/power-monitor.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const {EventEmitter} = require('events')
 const {powerMonitor, PowerMonitor} = process.atomBinding('power_monitor')
 
+// PowerMonitor is an EventEmitter.
 Object.setPrototypeOf(PowerMonitor.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
+EventEmitter.call(powerMonitor)
 
 module.exports = powerMonitor
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/screen.js b/lib/browser/api/screen.js
index 83381ab5d797..8287bfa8bfdc 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/screen.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/screen.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const {EventEmitter} = require('events')
 const {screen, Screen} = process.atomBinding('screen')
 
+// Screen is an EventEmitter.
 Object.setPrototypeOf(Screen.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
+EventEmitter.call(screen)
 
 module.exports = screen
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/system-preferences.js b/lib/browser/api/system-preferences.js
index 7d9d475bc242..e4485d3d8726 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/system-preferences.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/system-preferences.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const {EventEmitter} = require('events')
 const {systemPreferences, SystemPreferences} = process.atomBinding('system_preferences')
 
+// SystemPreferences is an EventEmitter.
 Object.setPrototypeOf(SystemPreferences.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
+EventEmitter.call(systemPreferences)
 
 module.exports = systemPreferences
diff --git a/lib/renderer/api/web-frame.js b/lib/renderer/api/web-frame.js
index f9d2b3b1918f..3241858cfacc 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/api/web-frame.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/api/web-frame.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const {webFrame, WebFrame} = process.atomBinding('web_frame')
 
 // WebFrame is an EventEmitter.
 Object.setPrototypeOf(WebFrame.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
+EventEmitter.call(webFrame)
 
 // Lots of webview would subscribe to webFrame's events.
 webFrame.setMaxListeners(0)