diff --git a/src/vueWrapper.ts b/src/vueWrapper.ts
index 467621b61..c6ceb4cbf 100644
--- a/src/vueWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/vueWrapper.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,15 @@ export class VueWrapper<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>
     const vm = this.vm
     if (!vm) return
 
-    const emits = vm.$options.emits || []
+    const emits = vm.$options.emits
+      ? // if emits is declared as an array
+        Array.isArray(vm.$options.emits)
+        ? // use it
+          vm.$options.emits
+        : // otherwise it's declared as an object
+          // and we only need the keys
+          Object.keys(vm.$options.emits)
+      : []
     const element = this.element
     for (let eventName of Object.keys(eventTypes)) {
       // if a component includes events in 'emits' with the same name as native
diff --git a/tests/emit.spec.ts b/tests/emit.spec.ts
index e8ec397d8..9862a3a90 100644
--- a/tests/emit.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/emit.spec.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ describe('emitted', () => {
   it('should not propagate child custom events', () => {
     const Child = defineComponent({
       name: 'Child',
-      emits: ['hi'],
+      emits: {
+        hi: (foo: 'foo', bar: 'bar') => true
+      },
       setup(props, { emit }) {
         return () =>
           h('div', [h('button', { onClick: () => emit('hi', 'foo', 'bar') })])