diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index 5a4f7c02909..e762b5b7fb1 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ class EventTarget {
       return;
 
     type = webidl.converters.DOMString(type);
-    const capture = options?.capture === true;
+    const capture = typeof options === 'boolean' ? options : options?.capture === true;
 
     if (this[kEvents] === undefined)
       return;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
index d0b3ad03a1d..0d47511118b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-eventtarget.js
@@ -419,6 +419,20 @@ let asyncTest = Promise.resolve();
   target.removeEventListener('foo', a, { capture: false });
   target.dispatchEvent(new Event('foo'));
 }
+
+{
+  const target = new EventTarget();
+  const a = common.mustCall(3);
+
+  target.addEventListener('foo', a, true);
+  target.addEventListener('foo', a, false);
+
+  target.dispatchEvent(new Event('foo'));
+  target.removeEventListener('foo', a, true);
+  target.dispatchEvent(new Event('foo'));
+  target.removeEventListener('foo', a, false);
+  target.dispatchEvent(new Event('foo'));
+}
 {
   const target = new EventTarget();
   assert.strictEqual(target.toString(), '[object EventTarget]');