diff --git a/leptos_dom/Cargo.toml b/leptos_dom/Cargo.toml
index 4c2ad0988..a39a82f02 100644
--- a/leptos_dom/Cargo.toml
+++ b/leptos_dom/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ features = [
   "Text",
   "TreeWalker",
   "Window",
+
+  # Events we cast to in leptos_macro -- added here so we don't force users to import them
+  "MouseEvent",
+  "DragEvent",
+  "FocusEvent",
+  "KeyboardEvent",
+  "ProgressEvent",
+  "WheelEvent",
+  "InputEvent",
+  "SubmitEvent",
+  "AnimationEvent",
+  "PointerEvent",
+  "TouchEvent",
+  "TransitionEvent"
 ]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/leptos_dom/src/operations.rs b/leptos_dom/src/operations.rs
index f28f4c807..4ef0d2762 100644
--- a/leptos_dom/src/operations.rs
+++ b/leptos_dom/src/operations.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use wasm_bindgen::{prelude::Closure, JsCast, JsValue, UnwrapThrowExt};
 use wasm_bindgen::convert::FromWasmAbi;
+use wasm_bindgen::{prelude::Closure, JsCast, JsValue, UnwrapThrowExt};
 
 use crate::{debug_warn, event_delegation, is_server};
 
@@ -182,8 +182,12 @@ where
 /// Helper function to extract `event.target.value` from an event.
 ///
 /// This is useful in the `on:input` or `on:change` listeners for an `<input>` element.
-pub fn event_target_value(event: &web_sys::Event) -> String {
+pub fn event_target_value<T>(event: &T) -> String
+where
+    T: JsCast,
+{
     event
+        .unchecked_ref::<web_sys::Event>()
         .target()
         .unwrap_throw()
         .unchecked_into::<web_sys::HtmlInputElement>()
@@ -255,7 +259,9 @@ pub fn add_event_listener<E>(
     target: &web_sys::Element,
     event_name: &'static str,
     cb: impl FnMut(E) + 'static,
-) where E: FromWasmAbi + 'static {
+) where
+    E: FromWasmAbi + 'static,
+{
     let cb = Closure::wrap(Box::new(cb) as Box<dyn FnMut(E)>).into_js_value();
     let key = event_delegation::event_delegation_key(event_name);
     _ = js_sys::Reflect::set(target, &JsValue::from_str(&key), &cb);
diff --git a/leptos_macro/src/view.rs b/leptos_macro/src/view.rs
index f6ab57306..acf40dc91 100644
--- a/leptos_macro/src/view.rs
+++ b/leptos_macro/src/view.rs
@@ -590,11 +590,11 @@ fn attr_to_tokens(
                 });
             } else if let Some(event_type) = EVENTS.get(&name.as_str()).map(|&e| e.parse::<TokenStream>().unwrap_or_default()) {
                 expressions.push(quote_spanned! {
-                    span => ::leptos::add_event_listener::<#event_type>(#el_id.unchecked_ref(), #name, #handler);
+                    span => ::leptos::add_event_listener::<web_sys::#event_type>(#el_id.unchecked_ref(), #name, #handler);
                 });
             } else {
                 expressions.push(quote_spanned! {
-                    span => ::leptos::add_event_listener::<Event>(#el_id.unchecked_ref(), #name, #handler);
+                    span => ::leptos::add_event_listener::<web_sys::Event>(#el_id.unchecked_ref(), #name, #handler);
                 });
             }
         } else {
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ fn create_component(cx: &Ident, node: &NodeElement, mode: Mode) -> TokenStream {
                 })
             } else {
                 Some(quote_spanned! {
-                    span => ::leptos::add_event_listener::<Event>(#component_name.unchecked_ref(), #event_name, #handler)
+                    span => ::leptos::add_event_listener::<web_sys::Event>(#component_name.unchecked_ref(), #event_name, #handler)
                 })
             }
         }