diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index aee6cb78f..44961ef7d 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ jQuery.event = {
 	},
 
 	// Includes some event props shared by KeyEvent and MouseEvent
-	props: ( "altKey bubbles cancelable ctrlKey currentTarget eventPhase " +
+	props: ( "altKey bubbles cancelable ctrlKey currentTarget detail eventPhase " +
 		"metaKey relatedTarget shiftKey target timeStamp view which" ).split(" "),
 
 	fixHooks: {},
diff --git a/test/unit/event.js b/test/unit/event.js
index 8572c952b..652d83945 100644
--- a/test/unit/event.js
+++ b/test/unit/event.js
@@ -2381,6 +2381,25 @@ test("hover event no longer special since 1.9", function() {
 		.off("hover");
 });
 
+test( "event object properties on natively-triggered event", function() {
+	expect( 3 );
+
+	var link = document.createElement( "a" ),
+		$link = jQuery( link ),
+		evt = document.createEvent( "MouseEvents" );
+
+	// IE9+ requires element to be in the body before it will dispatch
+	$link.appendTo( "body" ).on( "click", function( e ) {
+		// Not trying to assert specific values here, just ensure the property exists
+		equal( "detail" in e, true, "has .detail" );
+		equal( "cancelable" in e, true, "has .cancelable" );
+		equal( "bubbles" in e, true, "has .bubbles" );
+	});
+	evt.initEvent( "click", true, true );
+	link.dispatchEvent( evt );
+	$link.off( "click" ).remove();
+});
+
 test("fixHooks extensions", function() {
 	expect( 2 );