diff --git a/docs/marionette.abstractview.md b/docs/marionette.abstractview.md
index d35348aa5b..ee3d48c0c7 100644
--- a/docs/marionette.abstractview.md
+++ b/docs/marionette.abstractview.md
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ bound at the time of instantiation, and an exception will be thrown
 if the handlers on the view do not exist.
 
 The `modelEvents` and `collectionEvents` will be bound and
-unbound with the Backbone.View `delegateEvents` and `undelegateEvents`
-method calls. This allows the view to be re-used and have
-the model and collection events re-bound.
+unbound with the Backbone.View `delegateEntityEvents` and `undelegateEntityEvents`
+method calls. `delegateEntityEvents` is called in the View's `constructor` and
+entity events are unbound during the View's `destroy`.
 
 ### Multiple Callbacks
 
diff --git a/src/abstract-view.js b/src/abstract-view.js
index 2044334103..3db61553af 100644
--- a/src/abstract-view.js
+++ b/src/abstract-view.js
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Marionette.AbstractView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     Backbone.View.apply(this, arguments);
 
+    this.delegateEntityEvents();
+
     Marionette.MonitorDOMRefresh(this);
     this.on('show', this.onShowCalled);
   },
@@ -89,23 +91,9 @@ Marionette.AbstractView = Backbone.View.extend({
     }, {}, this);
   },
 
-  // Overriding Backbone.View's delegateEvents to handle
-  // the `triggers`, `modelEvents`, and `collectionEvents` configuration
-  delegateEvents: function(events) {
-    this._delegateDOMEvents(events);
-    this.bindEntityEvents(this.model, this.getOption('modelEvents'));
-    this.bindEntityEvents(this.collection, this.getOption('collectionEvents'));
-
-    _.each(this._behaviors, function(behavior) {
-      behavior.bindEntityEvents(this.model, behavior.getOption('modelEvents'));
-      behavior.bindEntityEvents(this.collection, behavior.getOption('collectionEvents'));
-    }, this);
-
-    return this;
-  },
-
-  // internal method to delegate DOM events and triggers
-  _delegateDOMEvents: function(eventsArg) {
+  // Overriding Backbone.View's `delegateEvents` to handle
+  // `events` and `triggers`
+  delegateEvents: function(eventsArg) {
     var events = Marionette._getValue(eventsArg || this.events, this);
 
     // normalize ui keys
@@ -123,13 +111,27 @@ Marionette.AbstractView = Backbone.View.extend({
     _.extend(combinedEvents, behaviorEvents, events, triggers, behaviorTriggers);
 
     Backbone.View.prototype.delegateEvents.call(this, combinedEvents);
+
+    return this;
   },
 
-  // Overriding Backbone.View's undelegateEvents to handle unbinding
-  // the `triggers`, `modelEvents`, and `collectionEvents` config
-  undelegateEvents: function() {
-    Backbone.View.prototype.undelegateEvents.apply(this, arguments);
+  // Handle `modelEvents`, and `collectionEvents` configuration
+  delegateEntityEvents: function() {
+    this.undelegateEntityEvents();
+
+    this.bindEntityEvents(this.model, this.getOption('modelEvents'));
+    this.bindEntityEvents(this.collection, this.getOption('collectionEvents'));
+
+    _.each(this._behaviors, function(behavior) {
+      behavior.bindEntityEvents(this.model, behavior.getOption('modelEvents'));
+      behavior.bindEntityEvents(this.collection, behavior.getOption('collectionEvents'));
+    }, this);
+
+    return this;
+  },
 
+  // Handle unbinding `modelEvents`, and `collectionEvents` configuration
+  undelegateEntityEvents: function() {
     this.unbindEntityEvents(this.model, this.getOption('modelEvents'));
     this.unbindEntityEvents(this.collection, this.getOption('collectionEvents'));
 
diff --git a/test/unit/behaviors.spec.js b/test/unit/behaviors.spec.js
index 1ed41d6820..771a884989 100644
--- a/test/unit/behaviors.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/behaviors.spec.js
@@ -520,16 +520,16 @@ describe('Behaviors', function() {
       expect(this.handleCollectionResetStub).to.have.been.calledOnce.and.calledOn(this.fooBehavior);
     });
 
-    it('should unbind model events on view undelegate', function() {
+    it('should unbind model events on view undelegateEntityEvents', function() {
       this.view = new this.ItemView({ model: this.model });
-      this.view.undelegateEvents();
+      this.view.undelegateEntityEvents();
       this.model.set('foo', 'doge');
       expect(this.handleModelFooChangeStub).not.to.have.been.called;
     });
 
-    it('should unbind collection events on view undelegate', function() {
+    it('should unbind collection events on view undelegateEntityEvents', function() {
       this.view = new this.CollectionView({ collection: this.collection });
-      this.view.undelegateEvents();
+      this.view.undelegateEntityEvents();
       this.collection.reset();
       expect(this.handleCollectionResetStub).not.to.have.been.called;
     });
@@ -678,6 +678,7 @@ describe('Behaviors', function() {
       });
 
       this.sinon.spy(this.view, 'undelegateEvents');
+      this.sinon.spy(this.view, 'undelegateEntityEvents');
     });
 
     it('should call initialize on grouped behaviors', function() {
@@ -703,6 +704,11 @@ describe('Behaviors', function() {
       expect(this.view.undelegateEvents).to.have.been.calledOnce;
     });
 
+    it('should call undelegateEntityEvents once', function() {
+      this.view.undelegateEntityEvents();
+      expect(this.view.undelegateEntityEvents).to.have.been.calledOnce;
+    });
+
     it('should proxy modelEvents to grouped behaviors', function() {
       this.model.trigger('change');
       expect(this.barModelChangeStub).to.have.been.calledOnce.and.calledOn(this.barBehavior);
@@ -767,6 +773,18 @@ describe('Behaviors', function() {
       this.view.undelegateEvents({});
       expect(this.view.undelegateEvents).to.have.returned(this.view);
     });
+
+    it('delegateEntityEvents should return the view', function() {
+      this.sinon.spy(this.view, 'delegateEntityEvents');
+      this.view.delegateEntityEvents();
+      expect(this.view.delegateEntityEvents).to.have.returned(this.view);
+    });
+
+    it('undelegateEntityEvents should return the view', function() {
+      this.sinon.spy(this.view, 'undelegateEntityEvents');
+      this.view.undelegateEntityEvents({});
+      expect(this.view.undelegateEntityEvents).to.have.returned(this.view);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('.destroy', function() {
diff --git a/test/unit/view.entity-events.spec.js b/test/unit/view.entity-events.spec.js
index 64cfe47be3..1bf23853e2 100644
--- a/test/unit/view.entity-events.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/view.entity-events.spec.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ describe('view entity events', function() {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('when undelegating events on a view', function() {
+  describe('when undelegating entity events on a view', function() {
     beforeEach(function() {
       this.View = Marionette.AbstractView.extend({
         modelEvents      : {'foo': 'foo'},
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ describe('view entity events', function() {
         collection : this.collection
       });
 
-      this.sinon.spy(this.view, 'undelegateEvents');
-      this.view.undelegateEvents();
+      this.sinon.spy(this.view, 'undelegateEntityEvents');
+      this.view.undelegateEntityEvents();
 
       this.model.trigger('foo');
       this.collection.trigger('bar');
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe('view entity events', function() {
     });
 
     it('should return the view', function() {
-      expect(this.view.undelegateEvents).to.have.returned(this.view);
+      expect(this.view.undelegateEntityEvents).to.have.returned(this.view);
     });
   });
 
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ describe('view entity events', function() {
         collection : this.collection
       });
 
-      this.view.undelegateEvents();
-      this.sinon.spy(this.view, 'delegateEvents');
-      this.view.delegateEvents();
+      this.view.undelegateEntityEvents();
+      this.sinon.spy(this.view, 'delegateEntityEvents');
+      this.view.delegateEntityEvents();
     });
 
     it('should fire the model event once', function() {
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ describe('view entity events', function() {
       expect(this.barStub).to.have.been.calledOnce;
     });
 
-    it('should return the view from delegateEvents', function() {
-      expect(this.view.delegateEvents).to.have.returned(this.view);
+    it('should return the view from delegateEntityEvents', function() {
+      expect(this.view.delegateEntityEvents).to.have.returned(this.view);
     });
   });