diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Debug/WrappedListener.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Debug/WrappedListener.php
index 3450c1283c..d5c137b94b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Debug/WrappedListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Debug/WrappedListener.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Debug;
 use Psr\EventDispatcher\StoppableEventInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcherInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\WrappedEvent;
 use Symfony\Component\Stopwatch\Stopwatch;
 use Symfony\Component\VarDumper\Caster\ClassStub;
 use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\Event as ContractsEvent;
@@ -111,6 +112,10 @@ class WrappedListener
 
     public function __invoke(Event $event, $eventName, EventDispatcherInterface $dispatcher)
     {
+        if ($event instanceof WrappedEvent) {
+            $event = $event->getWrappedEvent();
+        }
+
         $dispatcher = $this->dispatcher ?: $dispatcher;
 
         $this->called = true;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
index 92867fdd07..60283882a8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class EventDispatcher implements EventDispatcherInterface
         }
 
         if ($listeners) {
-            $this->doDispatch($listeners, $eventName, $event);
+            $this->callListeners($listeners, $eventName, $event);
         }
 
         return $event;
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class EventDispatcher implements EventDispatcherInterface
             if ($stoppable && $event->isPropagationStopped()) {
                 break;
             }
-            $listener($event, $eventName, $this);
+            $listener($event instanceof Event ? $event : new WrappedEvent($event), $eventName, $this);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/EventDispatcherTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/EventDispatcherTest.php
index cfdc9c137d..b809cd9f51 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/EventDispatcherTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/Tests/EventDispatcherTest.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher;
 use Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface;
+use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\Event as ContractsEvent;
 
 class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -128,6 +129,20 @@ class EventDispatcherTest extends TestCase
     }
 
     public function testDispatch()
+    {
+        $this->dispatcher->addListener('pre.foo', [$this->listener, 'preFoo']);
+        $this->dispatcher->addListener('post.foo', [$this->listener, 'postFoo']);
+        $this->dispatcher->dispatch(new ContractsEvent(), self::preFoo);
+        $this->assertTrue($this->listener->preFooInvoked);
+        $this->assertFalse($this->listener->postFooInvoked);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event', $this->dispatcher->dispatch(new Event(), 'noevent'));
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\Event', $this->dispatcher->dispatch(new Event(), self::preFoo));
+        $event = new Event();
+        $return = $this->dispatcher->dispatch($event, self::preFoo);
+        $this->assertSame($event, $return);
+    }
+
+    public function testDispatchContractsEvent()
     {
         $this->dispatcher->addListener('pre.foo', [$this->listener, 'preFoo']);
         $this->dispatcher->addListener('post.foo', [$this->listener, 'postFoo']);
@@ -413,12 +428,12 @@ class TestEventListener
 
     /* Listener methods */
 
-    public function preFoo(Event $e)
+    public function preFoo($e)
     {
         $this->preFooInvoked = true;
     }
 
-    public function postFoo(Event $e)
+    public function postFoo($e)
     {
         $this->postFooInvoked = true;
 
@@ -433,7 +448,7 @@ class TestWithDispatcher
     public $name;
     public $dispatcher;
 
-    public function foo(Event $e, $name, $dispatcher)
+    public function foo($e, $name, $dispatcher)
     {
         $this->name = $name;
         $this->dispatcher = $dispatcher;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/WrappedEvent.php b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/WrappedEvent.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..705d1aeda1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/WrappedEvent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher;
+
+use Psr\EventDispatcher\StoppableEventInterface;
+use Symfony\Contracts\EventDispatcher\Event as ContractsEvent;
+
+/**
+ * @internal to be removed in 5.0.
+ */
+final class WrappedEvent extends Event
+{
+    private $event;
+
+    /**
+     * @param object $event
+     */
+    public function __construct($event)
+    {
+        $this->event = $event;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return object $event
+     */
+    public function getWrappedEvent()
+    {
+        return $this->event;
+    }
+
+    public function isPropagationStopped()
+    {
+        if (!$this->event instanceof ContractsEvent && !$this->event instanceof StoppableEventInterface) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->event->isPropagationStopped();
+    }
+
+    public function stopPropagation()
+    {
+        if (!$this->event instanceof ContractsEvent) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->event->stopPropagation();
+    }
+}