diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js b/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
index 8e6ab2cf..9655bbe2 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ forEach(
       return {
         compile: function($element, attr) {
           var fn = $parse(attr[directiveName]);
-          return function(scope, element, attr) {
+          return function ngEventHandler(scope, element) {
             element.on(lowercase(name), function(event) {
               scope.$apply(function() {
                 fn(scope, {$event:event});