diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/client/syntheticEvents/__tests__/SyntheticEvent-test.js b/src/renderers/dom/client/syntheticEvents/__tests__/SyntheticEvent-test.js
index d05ebdf367baa..a8799c8f87ad8 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/client/syntheticEvents/__tests__/SyntheticEvent-test.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/client/syntheticEvents/__tests__/SyntheticEvent-test.js
@@ -144,7 +144,10 @@ describe('SyntheticEvent', function() {
     );
   });
 
-  it('should properly log warnings when events simulated with rendered components', function() {
+  // TODO: reenable this test. We are currently silencing these warnings when
+  // using TestUtils.Simulate to avoid spurious warnings that result from the
+  // way we simulate events.
+  xit('should properly log warnings when events simulated with rendered components', function() {
     spyOn(console, 'error');
     var event;
     var element = document.createElement('div');
diff --git a/src/test/ReactTestUtils.js b/src/test/ReactTestUtils.js
index f331bf6e22b95..8cc08615eea85 100644
--- a/src/test/ReactTestUtils.js
+++ b/src/test/ReactTestUtils.js
@@ -498,6 +498,9 @@ function makeSimulator(eventType) {
       fakeNativeEvent,
       node
     );
+    // Since we aren't using pooling, always persist the event. This will make
+    // sure it's marked and won't warn when setting additional properties.
+    event.persist();
     Object.assign(event, eventData);
 
     if (dispatchConfig.phasedRegistrationNames) {
diff --git a/src/test/__tests__/ReactTestUtils-test.js b/src/test/__tests__/ReactTestUtils-test.js
index a7cf4ab846536..81fda9cebf652 100644
--- a/src/test/__tests__/ReactTestUtils-test.js
+++ b/src/test/__tests__/ReactTestUtils-test.js
@@ -474,6 +474,29 @@ describe('ReactTestUtils', function() {
     expect(handler).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should not warn when simulating events with extra properties', function() {
+    spyOn(console, 'error');
+
+    var CLIENT_X = 100;
+
+    var Component = React.createClass({
+      handleClick: function(e) {
+        expect(e.clientX).toBe(CLIENT_X);
+      },
+      render: function() {
+        return <div onClick={this.handleClick} />;
+      },
+    });
+
+    var element = document.createElement('div');
+    var instance = ReactDOM.render(<Component />, element);
+    ReactTestUtils.Simulate.click(
+      ReactDOM.findDOMNode(instance),
+      {clientX: CLIENT_X}
+    );
+    expect(console.error.calls.length).toBe(0);
+  });
+
   it('can scry with stateless components involved', function() {
     var Stateless = () => <div><hr /></div>;
     var SomeComponent = React.createClass({