diff --git a/lib/common/events.ts b/lib/common/events.ts
index 934a4c8a2..5fabe3bca 100644
--- a/lib/common/events.ts
+++ b/lib/common/events.ts
@@ -484,6 +484,11 @@ export function patchEventTarget(
           }
         }
       }
+      // issue 930, didn't find the event name or callback
+      // from zone kept existingTasks, the callback maybe
+      // added outside of zone, we need to call native removeEventListener
+      // to try to remove it.
+      return nativeRemoveEventListener.apply(this, arguments);
     };
 
     proto[LISTENERS_EVENT_LISTENER] = function() {
diff --git a/test/browser/browser.spec.ts b/test/browser/browser.spec.ts
index bb8346db8..de127f60e 100644
--- a/test/browser/browser.spec.ts
+++ b/test/browser/browser.spec.ts
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ describe('Zone', function() {
         button.addEventListener('click', listener4);
 
         (button as any).removeAllListeners();
-        const listeners = (button as any).eventListeners('mouseove');
+        const listeners = (button as any).eventListeners('mouseover');
         expect(listeners.length).toBe(0);
 
         const mouseEvent = document.createEvent('Event');
@@ -2125,6 +2125,81 @@ describe('Zone', function() {
         expect(logs).toEqual([]);
       });
 
+      it('should be able to remove listener which was added outside of zone ', function() {
+        let logs: string[] = [];
+        const listener1 = function() {
+          logs.push('listener1');
+        };
+        const listener2 = function() {
+          logs.push('listener2');
+        };
+        const listener3 = {
+          handleEvent: function(event: Event) {
+            logs.push('listener3');
+          }
+        };
+        const listener4 = function() {
+          logs.push('listener4');
+        };
+
+        button.addEventListener('mouseover', listener1);
+        (button as any)[Zone.__symbol__('addEventListener')]('mouseover', listener2);
+        button.addEventListener('click', listener3);
+        (button as any)[Zone.__symbol__('addEventListener')]('click', listener4);
+
+        button.removeEventListener('mouseover', listener1);
+        button.removeEventListener('mouseover', listener2);
+        button.removeEventListener('click', listener3);
+        button.removeEventListener('click', listener4);
+        const listeners = (button as any).eventListeners('mouseover');
+        expect(listeners.length).toBe(0);
+
+        const mouseEvent = document.createEvent('Event');
+        mouseEvent.initEvent('mouseover', true, true);
+
+        button.dispatchEvent(mouseEvent);
+        expect(logs).toEqual([]);
+
+        button.dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
+        expect(logs).toEqual([]);
+      });
+
+      it('should be able to remove all listeners which were added inside of zone ', function() {
+        let logs: string[] = [];
+        const listener1 = function() {
+          logs.push('listener1');
+        };
+        const listener2 = function() {
+          logs.push('listener2');
+        };
+        const listener3 = {
+          handleEvent: function(event: Event) {
+            logs.push('listener3');
+          }
+        };
+        const listener4 = function() {
+          logs.push('listener4');
+        };
+
+        button.addEventListener('mouseover', listener1);
+        (button as any)[Zone.__symbol__('addEventListener')]('mouseover', listener2);
+        button.addEventListener('click', listener3);
+        (button as any)[Zone.__symbol__('addEventListener')]('click', listener4);
+
+        (button as any).removeAllListeners();
+        const listeners = (button as any).eventListeners('mouseover');
+        expect(listeners.length).toBe(0);
+
+        const mouseEvent = document.createEvent('Event');
+        mouseEvent.initEvent('mouseover', true, true);
+
+        button.dispatchEvent(mouseEvent);
+        expect(logs).toEqual(['listener2']);
+
+        button.dispatchEvent(clickEvent);
+        expect(logs).toEqual(['listener2', 'listener4']);
+      });
+
       it('should bypass addEventListener of FunctionWrapper and __BROWSERTOOLS_CONSOLE_SAFEFUNC of IE/Edge',
          ifEnvSupports(ieOrEdge, function() {
            const hookSpy = jasmine.createSpy('hook');