diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
index d3ba6ae8ee3e7..bf5508c72cbb3 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {canUseDOM} from 'shared/ExecutionEnvironment';
 import warningWithoutStack from 'shared/warningWithoutStack';
 import type {ReactEventResponderEventType} from 'shared/ReactTypes';
 import type {DOMTopLevelEventType} from 'events/TopLevelEventTypes';
+import {setListenToResponderEventTypes} from '../events/DOMEventResponderSystem';
 
 import {
   getValueForAttribute,
@@ -1337,3 +1338,8 @@ export function listenToEventResponderEventTypes(
     }
   }
 }
+
+// We can remove this once the event API is stable and out of a flag
+if (enableEventAPI) {
+  setListenToResponderEventTypes(listenToEventResponderEventTypes);
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
index 058d633fa0398..8ef3c42d55384 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@ import {interactiveUpdates} from 'events/ReactGenericBatching';
 import {executeDispatch} from 'events/EventPluginUtils';
 import type {Fiber} from 'react-reconciler/src/ReactFiber';
 
-import {listenToEventResponderEventTypes} from '../client/ReactDOMComponent';
 import {getClosestInstanceFromNode} from '../client/ReactDOMComponentTree';
 
 import {enableEventAPI} from 'shared/ReactFeatureFlags';
 
+let listenToResponderEventTypesImpl;
+
+export function setListenToResponderEventTypes(
+  _listenToResponderEventTypesImpl: Function,
+) {
+  listenToResponderEventTypesImpl = _listenToResponderEventTypesImpl;
+}
+
 const rootEventTypesToEventComponents: Map<
   DOMTopLevelEventType | string,
   Set<Fiber>,
@@ -156,7 +163,7 @@ DOMEventResponderContext.prototype.addRootEventTypes = function(
   rootEventTypes: Array<ReactEventResponderEventType>,
 ) {
   const element = this.eventTarget.ownerDocument;
-  listenToEventResponderEventTypes(rootEventTypes, element);
+  listenToResponderEventTypesImpl(rootEventTypes, element);
   const eventComponent = this._fiber;
   for (let i = 0; i < rootEventTypes.length; i++) {
     const rootEventType = rootEventTypes[i];