diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/client/eventPlugins/ChangeEventPlugin.js b/src/renderers/dom/client/eventPlugins/ChangeEventPlugin.js
index b0724a92b3bc9..06fe96f026800 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/client/eventPlugins/ChangeEventPlugin.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/client/eventPlugins/ChangeEventPlugin.js
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ var ChangeEventPlugin = {
           targetID,
           nativeEvent
         );
+        event.type = 'change';
         EventPropagators.accumulateTwoPhaseDispatches(event);
         return event;
       }
diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/client/eventPlugins/__tests__/ChangeEventPlugin-test.js b/src/renderers/dom/client/eventPlugins/__tests__/ChangeEventPlugin-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3d00cac832827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/client/eventPlugins/__tests__/ChangeEventPlugin-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2013-2015, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @emails react-core
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var React = require('React');
+var ReactTestUtils = require('ReactTestUtils');
+
+describe('ChangeEventPlugin', function() {
+  it('should fire change for checkbox input', function() {
+    var called = 0;
+
+    function cb(e) {
+      called = 1;
+      expect(e.type).toBe('change');
+    }
+
+    var input = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<input type="checkbox" onChange={cb}/>);
+    ReactTestUtils.SimulateNative.click(input);
+    expect(called).toBe(1);
+  });
+});