diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 2a83ab7dc64c7b..db7b57cee037be 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener =
       return this;
     };
 
+EventEmitter.prototype.off = EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener;
+
 EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners =
     function removeAllListeners(type) {
       var listeners, events, i;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-method-names.js b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-method-names.js
index c74b88aff7acf2..684024d0276261 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-method-names.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-event-emitter-method-names.js
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ const events = require('events');
 const E = events.EventEmitter.prototype;
 assert.strictEqual(E.constructor.name, 'EventEmitter');
 assert.strictEqual(E.on, E.addListener);  // Same method.
+assert.strictEqual(E.off, E.removeListener);  // Same method.
 Object.getOwnPropertyNames(E).forEach(function(name) {
-  if (name === 'constructor' || name === 'on') return;
+  if (name === 'constructor' || name === 'on' || name === 'off') return;
   if (typeof E[name] !== 'function') return;
   assert.strictEqual(E[name].name, name);
 });