diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index e49543bd34..a21cfa7bfc 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export {APP_INITIALIZER, ApplicationInitStatus} from './application_init';
 export * from './zone';
 export * from './render';
 export * from './linker';
-export {DebugElement, DebugNode, asNativeElements, getDebugNode, Predicate} from './debug/debug_node';
+export {DebugElement, DebugEventListener, DebugNode, asNativeElements, getDebugNode, Predicate} from './debug/debug_node';
 export {GetTestability, Testability, TestabilityRegistry, setTestabilityGetter} from './testability/testability';
 export * from './change_detection';
 export * from './platform_core_providers';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts b/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
index 7e2a3210ee..12f4c1c245 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/debug/debug_node.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ import {getComponentViewByIndex, getNativeByTNode, isComponent, isLContainer} fr
 import {assertDomNode} from '../util/assert';
 import {DebugContext} from '../view/index';
 
-export class EventListener {
+/**
+ * @publicApi
+ */
+export class DebugEventListener {
   constructor(public name: string, public callback: Function) {}
 }
 
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ export class EventListener {
  * @publicApi
  */
 export interface DebugNode {
-  readonly listeners: EventListener[];
+  readonly listeners: DebugEventListener[];
   readonly parent: DebugElement|null;
   readonly nativeNode: any;
   readonly injector: Injector;
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ export interface DebugNode {
   readonly providerTokens: any[];
 }
 export class DebugNode__PRE_R3__ {
-  readonly listeners: EventListener[] = [];
+  readonly listeners: DebugEventListener[] = [];
   readonly parent: DebugElement|null = null;
   readonly nativeNode: any;
   private readonly _debugContext: DebugContext;
@@ -219,7 +222,7 @@ class DebugNode__POST_R3__ implements DebugNode {
   }
   get context(): any { return getContext(this.nativeNode as Element); }
 
-  get listeners(): EventListener[] {
+  get listeners(): DebugEventListener[] {
     return getListeners(this.nativeNode as Element).filter(isBrowserEvents);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/view/services.ts b/packages/core/src/view/services.ts
index 02302ba35e..8c705f378e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/view/services.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/view/services.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {DebugElement__PRE_R3__, DebugNode__PRE_R3__, EventListener, getDebugNode, indexDebugNode, removeDebugNodeFromIndex} from '../debug/debug_node';
+import {DebugElement__PRE_R3__, DebugEventListener, DebugNode__PRE_R3__, getDebugNode, indexDebugNode, removeDebugNodeFromIndex} from '../debug/debug_node';
 import {Injector} from '../di';
 import {InjectableType} from '../di/injectable';
 import {getInjectableDef, ɵɵInjectableDef} from '../di/interface/defs';
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ export class DebugRenderer2 implements Renderer2 {
     if (typeof target !== 'string') {
       const debugEl = getDebugNode(target);
       if (debugEl) {
-        debugEl.listeners.push(new EventListener(eventName, callback));
+        debugEl.listeners.push(new DebugEventListener(eventName, callback));
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
index 74f2fd5e9b..cb31ced994 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/core/core.d.ts
@@ -224,11 +224,17 @@ export declare const DebugElement: {
     new (...args: any[]): DebugElement;
 };
 
+export declare class DebugEventListener {
+    callback: Function;
+    name: string;
+    constructor(name: string, callback: Function);
+}
+
 export interface DebugNode {
     readonly componentInstance: any;
     readonly context: any;
     readonly injector: Injector;
-    readonly listeners: EventListener[];
+    readonly listeners: DebugEventListener[];
     readonly nativeNode: any;
     readonly parent: DebugElement | null;
     readonly providerTokens: any[];