diff --git a/boot/boot.js b/boot/boot.js
index d52ae9d7d..954071c2f 100644
--- a/boot/boot.js
+++ b/boot/boot.js
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ children: array of further child nodes
 innerHTML: optional HTML for element
 class: class name(s)
 document: defaults to current document
+eventListeners: array of event listeners (this option won't work until $tw.utils.addEventListeners() has been loaded)
 */
 $tw.utils.domMaker = function(tag,options) {
 	var doc = options.document || document;
@@ -133,6 +134,9 @@ $tw.utils.domMaker = function(tag,options) {
 	$tw.utils.each(options.attributes,function(attribute,name) {
 		element.setAttribute(name,attribute);
 	});
+	if(options.eventListeners) {
+		$tw.utils.addEventListeners(element,options.eventListeners);
+	}
 	return element;
 };