diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 98268068f9..2370271fc7 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
     # Enable disassembler for `--print-code` v8 options
     'v8_enable_disassembler': 1,
 
+    'v8_extra_library_files': [
+      './lib/extras/events.js'
+    ],
+
     # Don't bake anything extra into the snapshot.
     'v8_use_external_startup_data%': 0,
 
diff --git a/lib/events.js b/lib/events.js
index 1414a1429d..06e0209a5c 100644
--- a/lib/events.js
+++ b/lib/events.js
@@ -21,51 +21,9 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var domain;
-
-function EventEmitter() {
-  EventEmitter.init.call(this);
-}
-module.exports = EventEmitter;
-
-// Backwards-compat with node 0.10.x
-EventEmitter.EventEmitter = EventEmitter;
-
-EventEmitter.usingDomains = false;
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.domain = undefined;
-EventEmitter.prototype._events = undefined;
-EventEmitter.prototype._maxListeners = undefined;
-
-// By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are
-// added to it. This is a useful default which helps finding memory leaks.
-var defaultMaxListeners = 10;
+var { EventEmitter } = process.binding('extras').binding;
 
-var errors;
-function lazyErrors() {
-  if (errors === undefined)
-    errors = require('internal/errors');
-  return errors;
-}
-
-Object.defineProperty(EventEmitter, 'defaultMaxListeners', {
-  enumerable: true,
-  get: function() {
-    return defaultMaxListeners;
-  },
-  set: function(arg) {
-    // force global console to be compiled.
-    // see https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4467
-    console;
-    // check whether the input is a positive number (whose value is zero or
-    // greater and not a NaN).
-    if (typeof arg !== 'number' || arg < 0 || arg !== arg) {
-      const errors = lazyErrors();
-      throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', 'defaultMaxListeners');
-    }
-    defaultMaxListeners = arg;
-  }
-});
+var domain;
 
 EventEmitter.init = function() {
   this.domain = null;
@@ -85,468 +43,4 @@ EventEmitter.init = function() {
   this._maxListeners = this._maxListeners || undefined;
 };
 
-// Obviously not all Emitters should be limited to 10. This function allows
-// that to be increased. Set to zero for unlimited.
-EventEmitter.prototype.setMaxListeners = function setMaxListeners(n) {
-  if (typeof n !== 'number' || n < 0 || isNaN(n)) {
-    const errors = lazyErrors();
-    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE', 'n');
-  }
-  this._maxListeners = n;
-  return this;
-};
-
-function $getMaxListeners(that) {
-  if (that._maxListeners === undefined)
-    return EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners;
-  return that._maxListeners;
-}
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.getMaxListeners = function getMaxListeners() {
-  return $getMaxListeners(this);
-};
-
-// These standalone emit* functions are used to optimize calling of event
-// handlers for fast cases because emit() itself often has a variable number of
-// arguments and can be deoptimized because of that. These functions always have
-// the same number of arguments and thus do not get deoptimized, so the code
-// inside them can execute faster.
-function emitNone(handler, isFn, self) {
-  if (isFn)
-    handler.call(self);
-  else {
-    var len = handler.length;
-    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
-    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-      listeners[i].call(self);
-  }
-}
-function emitOne(handler, isFn, self, arg1) {
-  if (isFn)
-    handler.call(self, arg1);
-  else {
-    var len = handler.length;
-    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
-    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-      listeners[i].call(self, arg1);
-  }
-}
-function emitTwo(handler, isFn, self, arg1, arg2) {
-  if (isFn)
-    handler.call(self, arg1, arg2);
-  else {
-    var len = handler.length;
-    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
-    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-      listeners[i].call(self, arg1, arg2);
-  }
-}
-function emitThree(handler, isFn, self, arg1, arg2, arg3) {
-  if (isFn)
-    handler.call(self, arg1, arg2, arg3);
-  else {
-    var len = handler.length;
-    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
-    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-      listeners[i].call(self, arg1, arg2, arg3);
-  }
-}
-
-function emitMany(handler, isFn, self, args) {
-  if (isFn)
-    handler.apply(self, args);
-  else {
-    var len = handler.length;
-    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
-    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
-      listeners[i].apply(self, args);
-  }
-}
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.emit = function emit(type) {
-  var er, handler, len, args, i, events, domain;
-  var needDomainExit = false;
-  var doError = (type === 'error');
-
-  events = this._events;
-  if (events)
-    doError = (doError && events.error == null);
-  else if (!doError)
-    return false;
-
-  domain = this.domain;
-
-  // If there is no 'error' event listener then throw.
-  if (doError) {
-    if (arguments.length > 1)
-      er = arguments[1];
-    if (domain) {
-      if (!er) {
-        const errors = lazyErrors();
-        er = new errors.Error('ERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR');
-      }
-      if (typeof er === 'object' && er !== null) {
-        er.domainEmitter = this;
-        er.domain = domain;
-        er.domainThrown = false;
-      }
-      domain.emit('error', er);
-    } else if (er instanceof Error) {
-      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
-    } else {
-      // At least give some kind of context to the user
-      const errors = lazyErrors();
-      const err = new errors.Error('ERR_UNHANDLED_ERROR', er);
-      err.context = er;
-      throw err;
-    }
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  handler = events[type];
-
-  if (!handler)
-    return false;
-
-  if (domain && this !== process) {
-    domain.enter();
-    needDomainExit = true;
-  }
-
-  var isFn = typeof handler === 'function';
-  len = arguments.length;
-  switch (len) {
-    // fast cases
-    case 1:
-      emitNone(handler, isFn, this);
-      break;
-    case 2:
-      emitOne(handler, isFn, this, arguments[1]);
-      break;
-    case 3:
-      emitTwo(handler, isFn, this, arguments[1], arguments[2]);
-      break;
-    case 4:
-      emitThree(handler, isFn, this, arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3]);
-      break;
-    // slower
-    default:
-      args = new Array(len - 1);
-      for (i = 1; i < len; i++)
-        args[i - 1] = arguments[i];
-      emitMany(handler, isFn, this, args);
-  }
-
-  if (needDomainExit)
-    domain.exit();
-
-  return true;
-};
-
-function _addListener(target, type, listener, prepend) {
-  var m;
-  var events;
-  var existing;
-
-  if (typeof listener !== 'function') {
-    const errors = lazyErrors();
-    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'listener', 'function');
-  }
-
-  events = target._events;
-  if (!events) {
-    events = target._events = Object.create(null);
-    target._eventsCount = 0;
-  } else {
-    // To avoid recursion in the case that type === "newListener"! Before
-    // adding it to the listeners, first emit "newListener".
-    if (events.newListener) {
-      target.emit('newListener', type,
-                  listener.listener ? listener.listener : listener);
-
-      // Re-assign `events` because a newListener handler could have caused the
-      // this._events to be assigned to a new object
-      events = target._events;
-    }
-    existing = events[type];
-  }
-
-  if (!existing) {
-    // Optimize the case of one listener. Don't need the extra array object.
-    existing = events[type] = listener;
-    ++target._eventsCount;
-  } else {
-    if (typeof existing === 'function') {
-      // Adding the second element, need to change to array.
-      existing = events[type] =
-        prepend ? [listener, existing] : [existing, listener];
-    } else {
-      // If we've already got an array, just append.
-      if (prepend) {
-        existing.unshift(listener);
-      } else {
-        existing.push(listener);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Check for listener leak
-    if (!existing.warned) {
-      m = $getMaxListeners(target);
-      if (m && m > 0 && existing.length > m) {
-        existing.warned = true;
-        // No error code for this since it is a Warning
-        const w = new Error('Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. ' +
-                            `${existing.length} ${String(type)} listeners ` +
-                            'added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to ' +
-                            'increase limit');
-        w.name = 'MaxListenersExceededWarning';
-        w.emitter = target;
-        w.type = type;
-        w.count = existing.length;
-        process.emitWarning(w);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  return target;
-}
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.addListener = function addListener(type, listener) {
-  return _addListener(this, type, listener, false);
-};
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.on = EventEmitter.prototype.addListener;
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.prependListener =
-    function prependListener(type, listener) {
-      return _addListener(this, type, listener, true);
-    };
-
-function onceWrapper() {
-  if (!this.fired) {
-    this.target.removeListener(this.type, this.wrapFn);
-    this.fired = true;
-    switch (arguments.length) {
-      case 0:
-        return this.listener.call(this.target);
-      case 1:
-        return this.listener.call(this.target, arguments[0]);
-      case 2:
-        return this.listener.call(this.target, arguments[0], arguments[1]);
-      case 3:
-        return this.listener.call(this.target, arguments[0], arguments[1],
-                                  arguments[2]);
-      default:
-        const args = new Array(arguments.length);
-        for (var i = 0; i < args.length; ++i)
-          args[i] = arguments[i];
-        this.listener.apply(this.target, args);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function _onceWrap(target, type, listener) {
-  var state = { fired: false, wrapFn: undefined, target, type, listener };
-  var wrapped = onceWrapper.bind(state);
-  wrapped.listener = listener;
-  state.wrapFn = wrapped;
-  return wrapped;
-}
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.once = function once(type, listener) {
-  if (typeof listener !== 'function') {
-    const errors = lazyErrors();
-    throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'listener', 'function');
-  }
-  this.on(type, _onceWrap(this, type, listener));
-  return this;
-};
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.prependOnceListener =
-    function prependOnceListener(type, listener) {
-      if (typeof listener !== 'function') {
-        const errors = lazyErrors();
-        throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'listener',
-                                   'function');
-      }
-      this.prependListener(type, _onceWrap(this, type, listener));
-      return this;
-    };
-
-// Emits a 'removeListener' event if and only if the listener was removed.
-EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener =
-    function removeListener(type, listener) {
-      var list, events, position, i, originalListener;
-
-      if (typeof listener !== 'function') {
-        const errors = lazyErrors();
-        throw new errors.TypeError('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE', 'listener',
-                                   'function');
-      }
-
-      events = this._events;
-      if (!events)
-        return this;
-
-      list = events[type];
-      if (!list)
-        return this;
-
-      if (list === listener || list.listener === listener) {
-        if (--this._eventsCount === 0)
-          this._events = Object.create(null);
-        else {
-          delete events[type];
-          if (events.removeListener)
-            this.emit('removeListener', type, list.listener || listener);
-        }
-      } else if (typeof list !== 'function') {
-        position = -1;
-
-        for (i = list.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-          if (list[i] === listener || list[i].listener === listener) {
-            originalListener = list[i].listener;
-            position = i;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
-
-        if (position < 0)
-          return this;
-
-        if (position === 0)
-          list.shift();
-        else
-          spliceOne(list, position);
-
-        if (list.length === 1)
-          events[type] = list[0];
-
-        if (events.removeListener)
-          this.emit('removeListener', type, originalListener || listener);
-      }
-
-      return this;
-    };
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners =
-    function removeAllListeners(type) {
-      var listeners, events, i;
-
-      events = this._events;
-      if (!events)
-        return this;
-
-      // not listening for removeListener, no need to emit
-      if (!events.removeListener) {
-        if (arguments.length === 0) {
-          this._events = Object.create(null);
-          this._eventsCount = 0;
-        } else if (events[type]) {
-          if (--this._eventsCount === 0)
-            this._events = Object.create(null);
-          else
-            delete events[type];
-        }
-        return this;
-      }
-
-      // emit removeListener for all listeners on all events
-      if (arguments.length === 0) {
-        var keys = Object.keys(events);
-        var key;
-        for (i = 0; i < keys.length; ++i) {
-          key = keys[i];
-          if (key === 'removeListener') continue;
-          this.removeAllListeners(key);
-        }
-        this.removeAllListeners('removeListener');
-        this._events = Object.create(null);
-        this._eventsCount = 0;
-        return this;
-      }
-
-      listeners = events[type];
-
-      if (typeof listeners === 'function') {
-        this.removeListener(type, listeners);
-      } else if (listeners) {
-        // LIFO order
-        for (i = listeners.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
-          this.removeListener(type, listeners[i]);
-        }
-      }
-
-      return this;
-    };
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.listeners = function listeners(type) {
-  var evlistener;
-  var ret;
-  var events = this._events;
-
-  if (!events)
-    ret = [];
-  else {
-    evlistener = events[type];
-    if (!evlistener)
-      ret = [];
-    else if (typeof evlistener === 'function')
-      ret = [evlistener.listener || evlistener];
-    else
-      ret = unwrapListeners(evlistener);
-  }
-
-  return ret;
-};
-
-EventEmitter.listenerCount = function(emitter, type) {
-  if (typeof emitter.listenerCount === 'function') {
-    return emitter.listenerCount(type);
-  } else {
-    return listenerCount.call(emitter, type);
-  }
-};
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.listenerCount = listenerCount;
-function listenerCount(type) {
-  const events = this._events;
-
-  if (events) {
-    const evlistener = events[type];
-
-    if (typeof evlistener === 'function') {
-      return 1;
-    } else if (evlistener) {
-      return evlistener.length;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
-EventEmitter.prototype.eventNames = function eventNames() {
-  return this._eventsCount > 0 ? Reflect.ownKeys(this._events) : [];
-};
-
-// About 1.5x faster than the two-arg version of Array#splice().
-function spliceOne(list, index) {
-  for (var i = index, k = i + 1, n = list.length; k < n; i += 1, k += 1)
-    list[i] = list[k];
-  list.pop();
-}
-
-function arrayClone(arr, n) {
-  var copy = new Array(n);
-  for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i)
-    copy[i] = arr[i];
-  return copy;
-}
-
-function unwrapListeners(arr) {
-  const ret = new Array(arr.length);
-  for (var i = 0; i < ret.length; ++i) {
-    ret[i] = arr[i].listener || arr[i];
-  }
-  return ret;
-}
+module.exports = EventEmitter;
diff --git a/lib/extras/events.js b/lib/extras/events.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf0975ec94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/extras/events.js
@@ -0,0 +1,528 @@
+// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
+// following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
+// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+/* eslint-disable indent, strict */
+(function(global, binding, v8) {
+
+'use strict';
+
+function EventEmitter() {
+  EventEmitter.init.call(this);
+}
+binding.EventEmitter = EventEmitter;
+
+// Backwards-compat with node 0.10.x
+EventEmitter.EventEmitter = EventEmitter;
+
+// Overridden when domain module is loaded
+EventEmitter.usingDomains = false;
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.domain = undefined;
+EventEmitter.prototype._events = undefined;
+EventEmitter.prototype._maxListeners = undefined;
+
+// By default EventEmitters will print a warning if more than 10 listeners are
+// added to it. This is a useful default which helps finding memory leaks.
+var defaultMaxListeners = 10;
+
+Object.defineProperty(EventEmitter, 'defaultMaxListeners', {
+  enumerable: true,
+  get: function() {
+    return defaultMaxListeners;
+  },
+  set: function(arg) {
+    // force global console to be compiled.
+    // see https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4467
+    console;
+    // check whether the input is a positive number (whose value is zero or
+    // greater and not a NaN).
+    if (typeof arg !== 'number' || arg < 0 || arg !== arg)
+      throw new TypeError('"defaultMaxListeners" must be a positive number');
+    defaultMaxListeners = arg;
+  }
+});
+
+// This version of the function is not domain-aware, suitable for contexts that
+// do not have access to Node.js domains. It will get monkey patched in
+// lib/events.js.
+EventEmitter.init = function() {
+  this.domain = null;
+
+  if (!this._events || this._events === Object.getPrototypeOf(this)._events) {
+    this._events = Object.create(null);
+    this._eventsCount = 0;
+  }
+
+  this._maxListeners = this._maxListeners || undefined;
+};
+
+// Obviously not all Emitters should be limited to 10. This function allows
+// that to be increased. Set to zero for unlimited.
+EventEmitter.prototype.setMaxListeners = function setMaxListeners(n) {
+  if (typeof n !== 'number' || n < 0 || isNaN(n))
+    throw new TypeError('"n" argument must be a positive number');
+  this._maxListeners = n;
+  return this;
+};
+
+function $getMaxListeners(that) {
+  if (that._maxListeners === undefined)
+    return EventEmitter.defaultMaxListeners;
+  return that._maxListeners;
+}
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.getMaxListeners = function getMaxListeners() {
+  return $getMaxListeners(this);
+};
+
+// These standalone emit* functions are used to optimize calling of event
+// handlers for fast cases because emit() itself often has a variable number of
+// arguments and can be deoptimized because of that. These functions always have
+// the same number of arguments and thus do not get deoptimized, so the code
+// inside them can execute faster.
+function emitNone(handler, isFn, self) {
+  if (isFn)
+    handler.call(self);
+  else {
+    var len = handler.length;
+    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
+    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+      listeners[i].call(self);
+  }
+}
+function emitOne(handler, isFn, self, arg1) {
+  if (isFn)
+    handler.call(self, arg1);
+  else {
+    var len = handler.length;
+    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
+    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+      listeners[i].call(self, arg1);
+  }
+}
+function emitTwo(handler, isFn, self, arg1, arg2) {
+  if (isFn)
+    handler.call(self, arg1, arg2);
+  else {
+    var len = handler.length;
+    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
+    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+      listeners[i].call(self, arg1, arg2);
+  }
+}
+function emitThree(handler, isFn, self, arg1, arg2, arg3) {
+  if (isFn)
+    handler.call(self, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+  else {
+    var len = handler.length;
+    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
+    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+      listeners[i].call(self, arg1, arg2, arg3);
+  }
+}
+
+function emitMany(handler, isFn, self, args) {
+  if (isFn)
+    handler.apply(self, args);
+  else {
+    var len = handler.length;
+    var listeners = arrayClone(handler, len);
+    for (var i = 0; i < len; ++i)
+      listeners[i].apply(self, args);
+  }
+}
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.emit = function emit(type) {
+  var er, handler, len, args, i, events, domain;
+  var needDomainExit = false;
+  var doError = (type === 'error');
+
+  events = this._events;
+  if (events)
+    doError = (doError && events.error == null);
+  else if (!doError)
+    return false;
+
+  domain = this.domain;
+
+  // If there is no 'error' event listener then throw.
+  if (doError) {
+    if (arguments.length > 1)
+      er = arguments[1];
+    if (domain) {
+      if (!er)
+        er = new Error('Unhandled "error" event');
+      if (typeof er === 'object' && er !== null) {
+        er.domainEmitter = this;
+        er.domain = domain;
+        er.domainThrown = false;
+      }
+      domain.emit('error', er);
+    } else if (er instanceof Error) {
+      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
+    } else {
+      // At least give some kind of context to the user
+      const err = new Error('Unhandled "error" event. (' + er + ')');
+      err.context = er;
+      throw err;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  handler = events[type];
+
+  if (!handler)
+    return false;
+
+  if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && domain && this !== process) {
+    domain.enter();
+    needDomainExit = true;
+  }
+
+  var isFn = typeof handler === 'function';
+  len = arguments.length;
+  switch (len) {
+    // fast cases
+    case 1:
+      emitNone(handler, isFn, this);
+      break;
+    case 2:
+      emitOne(handler, isFn, this, arguments[1]);
+      break;
+    case 3:
+      emitTwo(handler, isFn, this, arguments[1], arguments[2]);
+      break;
+    case 4:
+      emitThree(handler, isFn, this, arguments[1], arguments[2], arguments[3]);
+      break;
+    // slower
+    default:
+      args = new Array(len - 1);
+      for (i = 1; i < len; i++)
+        args[i - 1] = arguments[i];
+      emitMany(handler, isFn, this, args);
+  }
+
+  if (needDomainExit)
+    domain.exit();
+
+  return true;
+};
+
+function _addListener(target, type, listener, prepend) {
+  var m;
+  var events;
+  var existing;
+
+  if (typeof listener !== 'function')
+    throw new TypeError('"listener" argument must be a function');
+
+  events = target._events;
+  if (!events) {
+    events = target._events = Object.create(null);
+    target._eventsCount = 0;
+  } else {
+    // To avoid recursion in the case that type === "newListener"! Before
+    // adding it to the listeners, first emit "newListener".
+    if (events.newListener) {
+      target.emit('newListener', type,
+                  listener.listener ? listener.listener : listener);
+
+      // Re-assign `events` because a newListener handler could have caused the
+      // this._events to be assigned to a new object
+      events = target._events;
+    }
+    existing = events[type];
+  }
+
+  if (!existing) {
+    // Optimize the case of one listener. Don't need the extra array object.
+    existing = events[type] = listener;
+    ++target._eventsCount;
+  } else {
+    if (typeof existing === 'function') {
+      // Adding the second element, need to change to array.
+      existing = events[type] =
+        prepend ? [listener, existing] : [existing, listener];
+    } else {
+      // If we've already got an array, just append.
+      if (prepend) {
+        existing.unshift(listener);
+      } else {
+        existing.push(listener);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Check for listener leak
+    // Ignore if the current context does not have a process object
+    if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && !existing.warned) {
+      m = $getMaxListeners(target);
+      if (m && m > 0 && existing.length > m) {
+        existing.warned = true;
+        const w = new Error('Possible EventEmitter memory leak detected. ' +
+                            `${existing.length} ${String(type)} listeners ` +
+                            'added. Use emitter.setMaxListeners() to ' +
+                            'increase limit');
+        w.name = 'MaxListenersExceededWarning';
+        w.emitter = target;
+        w.type = type;
+        w.count = existing.length;
+        process.emitWarning(w);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return target;
+}
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.addListener = function addListener(type, listener) {
+  return _addListener(this, type, listener, false);
+};
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.on = EventEmitter.prototype.addListener;
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.prependListener =
+    function prependListener(type, listener) {
+      return _addListener(this, type, listener, true);
+    };
+
+function onceWrapper() {
+  if (!this.fired) {
+    this.target.removeListener(this.type, this.wrapFn);
+    this.fired = true;
+    switch (arguments.length) {
+      case 0:
+        return this.listener.call(this.target);
+      case 1:
+        return this.listener.call(this.target, arguments[0]);
+      case 2:
+        return this.listener.call(this.target, arguments[0], arguments[1]);
+      case 3:
+        return this.listener.call(this.target, arguments[0], arguments[1],
+                                  arguments[2]);
+      default:
+        const args = new Array(arguments.length);
+        for (var i = 0; i < args.length; ++i)
+          args[i] = arguments[i];
+        this.listener.apply(this.target, args);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function _onceWrap(target, type, listener) {
+  var state = { fired: false, wrapFn: undefined, target, type, listener };
+  var wrapped = onceWrapper.bind(state);
+  wrapped.listener = listener;
+  state.wrapFn = wrapped;
+  return wrapped;
+}
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.once = function once(type, listener) {
+  if (typeof listener !== 'function')
+    throw new TypeError('"listener" argument must be a function');
+  this.on(type, _onceWrap(this, type, listener));
+  return this;
+};
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.prependOnceListener =
+    function prependOnceListener(type, listener) {
+      if (typeof listener !== 'function')
+        throw new TypeError('"listener" argument must be a function');
+      this.prependListener(type, _onceWrap(this, type, listener));
+      return this;
+    };
+
+// Emits a 'removeListener' event if and only if the listener was removed.
+EventEmitter.prototype.removeListener =
+    function removeListener(type, listener) {
+      var list, events, position, i, originalListener;
+
+      if (typeof listener !== 'function')
+        throw new TypeError('"listener" argument must be a function');
+
+      events = this._events;
+      if (!events)
+        return this;
+
+      list = events[type];
+      if (!list)
+        return this;
+
+      if (list === listener || list.listener === listener) {
+        if (--this._eventsCount === 0)
+          this._events = Object.create(null);
+        else {
+          delete events[type];
+          if (events.removeListener)
+            this.emit('removeListener', type, list.listener || listener);
+        }
+      } else if (typeof list !== 'function') {
+        position = -1;
+
+        for (i = list.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+          if (list[i] === listener || list[i].listener === listener) {
+            originalListener = list[i].listener;
+            position = i;
+            break;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (position < 0)
+          return this;
+
+        if (position === 0)
+          list.shift();
+        else
+          spliceOne(list, position);
+
+        if (list.length === 1)
+          events[type] = list[0];
+
+        if (events.removeListener)
+          this.emit('removeListener', type, originalListener || listener);
+      }
+
+      return this;
+    };
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners =
+    function removeAllListeners(type) {
+      var listeners, events, i;
+
+      events = this._events;
+      if (!events)
+        return this;
+
+      // not listening for removeListener, no need to emit
+      if (!events.removeListener) {
+        if (arguments.length === 0) {
+          this._events = Object.create(null);
+          this._eventsCount = 0;
+        } else if (events[type]) {
+          if (--this._eventsCount === 0)
+            this._events = Object.create(null);
+          else
+            delete events[type];
+        }
+        return this;
+      }
+
+      // emit removeListener for all listeners on all events
+      if (arguments.length === 0) {
+        var keys = Object.keys(events);
+        var key;
+        for (i = 0; i < keys.length; ++i) {
+          key = keys[i];
+          if (key === 'removeListener') continue;
+          this.removeAllListeners(key);
+        }
+        this.removeAllListeners('removeListener');
+        this._events = Object.create(null);
+        this._eventsCount = 0;
+        return this;
+      }
+
+      listeners = events[type];
+
+      if (typeof listeners === 'function') {
+        this.removeListener(type, listeners);
+      } else if (listeners) {
+        // LIFO order
+        for (i = listeners.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+          this.removeListener(type, listeners[i]);
+        }
+      }
+
+      return this;
+    };
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.listeners = function listeners(type) {
+  var evlistener;
+  var ret;
+  var events = this._events;
+
+  if (!events)
+    ret = [];
+  else {
+    evlistener = events[type];
+    if (!evlistener)
+      ret = [];
+    else if (typeof evlistener === 'function')
+      ret = [evlistener.listener || evlistener];
+    else
+      ret = unwrapListeners(evlistener);
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+};
+
+EventEmitter.listenerCount = function(emitter, type) {
+  if (typeof emitter.listenerCount === 'function') {
+    return emitter.listenerCount(type);
+  } else {
+    return listenerCount.call(emitter, type);
+  }
+};
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.listenerCount = listenerCount;
+function listenerCount(type) {
+  const events = this._events;
+
+  if (events) {
+    const evlistener = events[type];
+
+    if (typeof evlistener === 'function') {
+      return 1;
+    } else if (evlistener) {
+      return evlistener.length;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+EventEmitter.prototype.eventNames = function eventNames() {
+  return this._eventsCount > 0 ? Reflect.ownKeys(this._events) : [];
+};
+
+// About 1.5x faster than the two-arg version of Array#splice().
+function spliceOne(list, index) {
+  for (var i = index, k = i + 1, n = list.length; k < n; i += 1, k += 1)
+    list[i] = list[k];
+  list.pop();
+}
+
+function arrayClone(arr, n) {
+  var copy = new Array(n);
+  for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i)
+    copy[i] = arr[i];
+  return copy;
+}
+
+function unwrapListeners(arr) {
+  const ret = new Array(arr.length);
+  for (var i = 0; i < ret.length; ++i) {
+    ret[i] = arr[i].listener || arr[i];
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
+
+});
diff --git a/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js b/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
index 4ebc81c488..edcc3eb4f0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
+++ b/lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
   let internalBinding;
   let isMainThread;
 
+  // Add process to global first as it may be used by native modules loaded
+  // later on.
+  global.process = process;
+
   function startup() {
     const EventEmitter = NativeModule.require('events');
     process._eventsCount = 0;
@@ -265,7 +269,6 @@
       enumerable: false,
       configurable: true
     });
-    global.process = process;
     const util = NativeModule.require('util');
 
     function makeGetter(name) {
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 7d9d5059cb..e54e158ffb 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
         'src/node_constants.cc',
         'src/node_contextify.cc',
         'src/node_debug_options.cc',
+        'src/node_extras.cc',
         'src/node_file.cc',
         'src/node_http2.cc',
         'src/node_http_parser.cc',
diff --git a/src/node_extras.cc b/src/node_extras.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a70693b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node_extras.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include "node.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "util-inl.h"
+#include "v8.h"
+
+namespace node {
+
+using v8::Context;
+using v8::Isolate;
+using v8::Local;
+using v8::Object;
+using v8::Value;
+
+namespace v8_extras {
+
+static void Init(Local<Object> target,
+                 Local<Value> unused,
+                 Local<Context> context,
+                 void* priv) {
+  Isolate* isolate = context->GetIsolate();
+  Local<Object> binding = context->GetExtrasBindingObject();
+  CHECK(target->Set(context, FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "binding"),
+                    binding).FromMaybe(false));
+}
+
+}  // namespace v8_extras
+
+}  // namespace node
+
+NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_BUILTIN(extras, node::v8_extras::Init)