diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77ac309c82..a8d238179f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 - [**Sensors**](./docs/Sensors.md)
   - [`useBattery`](./docs/useBattery.md) — tracks device battery state. [![][img-demo]](https://codesandbox.io/s/qlvn662zww)
   - [`useGeolocation`](./docs/useGeolocation.md) — tracks geo location state of user's device.
-  - [`useHover`](./docs/useHover.md) — tracks mouse hover state of some element. [![][img-demo]](https://codesandbox.io/s/zpn583rvx)
+  - [`useHover` as `useHoverDirty`](./docs/useHover.md) — tracks mouse hover state of some element. [![][img-demo]](https://codesandbox.io/s/zpn583rvx)
   - [`useIdle`](./docs/useIdle.md) — tracks whether user is being inactive.
   - [`useLocation`](./docs/useLocation.md) — tracks page navigation bar location state.
   - [`useMedia`](./docs/useMedia.md) — tracks state of a CSS media query.
diff --git a/docs/useHover.md b/docs/useHover.md
index f3760408ee..e189d00a28 100644
--- a/docs/useHover.md
+++ b/docs/useHover.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-# `useHover`
+# `useHover` and `useHoverDirty`
 
-React sensor hook that tracks size of some HTML element.
+React UI sensor hooks that track if some element is being hovered
+by a mouse.
+
+`useHover` accepts a React element or a function that returns one,
+`useHoverDirty` accepts React ref.
+
+`useHover` sets react `onMouseEnter` and `onMouseLeave` events,
+`useHoverDirty` sets DOM `onmouseover` and `onmouseout` events.
 
 
 ## Usage
@@ -23,3 +30,12 @@ const Demo = () => {
   );
 };
 ```
+
+
+## Reference
+
+```js
+const isHovering = useHover(reactElement);
+const isHovering = useHover((isHovering) => reactElement);
+const isHovering = useHoverDirty(ref);
+```
diff --git a/src/__stories__/useHoverDirty.story.tsx b/src/__stories__/useHoverDirty.story.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b784e1eeee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__stories__/useHoverDirty.story.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import {storiesOf} from '@storybook/react';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {useRef} from '../react';
+import {useHoverDirty} from '..';
+import ShowDocs from '../util/ShowDocs';
+
+const Demo = () => {
+  const ref = useRef(null);
+  const isHovered = useHoverDirty(ref);
+
+  return (
+    <div ref={ref}>
+      {isHovered ? '😁' : '☹️'}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+storiesOf('useHoverDirty', module)
+  .add('Docs', () => <ShowDocs md={require('../../docs/useHover.md')} />)
+  .add('Demo', () =>
+    <Demo/>
+  )
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 96c1f297c5..962ca05005 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import useGeolocation from './useGeolocation';
 import useGetSet from './useGetSet';
 import useGetSetState from './useGetSetState';
 import useHover from './useHover';
+import useHoverDirty from './useHoverDirty';
 import useIdle from './useIdle';
 import useLifecycles from './useLifecycles';
 import useList from './useList';
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export {
   useGetSet,
   useGetSetState,
   useHover,
+  useHoverDirty,
   useIdle,
   useLifecycles,
   useList,
diff --git a/src/useHoverDirty.ts b/src/useHoverDirty.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..367157b6f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/useHoverDirty.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import {useEffect, useState} from './react';
+
+// kudos: https://usehooks.com/
+const useHoverDirty = (ref) => {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+    if ((typeof ref !== 'object') || (typeof ref.current === 'undefined')) {
+      throw new TypeError('useHoverDirty expects a single ref argument.');
+    }
+  }
+
+  const [value, setValue] = useState(false);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const onMouseOver = () => setValue(true);
+    const onMouseOut = () => setValue(false);
+
+    if (ref && ref.current) {
+      ref.current.addEventListener('mouseover', onMouseOver);
+      ref.current.addEventListener('mouseout', onMouseOut);
+    }
+
+    return () => {
+      if (ref && ref.current) {
+        ref.current.removeEventListener('mouseover', onMouseOver);
+        ref.current.removeEventListener('mouseout', onMouseOut);
+      }
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  return value;
+}
+
+export default useHoverDirty;