diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index bec343fd2f..2171f4be47 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -618,6 +618,10 @@ jQuery.event = {
 	}
 };
 
+// Some plugins are using, but it's undocumented/deprecated and will be removed.
+// The 1.7 special event interface should provide all the hooks needed now.
+jQuery.event.handle = jQuery.event.dispatch;
+
 jQuery.removeEvent = document.removeEventListener ?
 	function( elem, type, handle ) {
 		if ( elem.removeEventListener ) {