diff --git a/lib/datastore.js b/lib/datastore.js
index cc21bd2..cac521e 100755
--- a/lib/datastore.js
+++ b/lib/datastore.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function Datastore (options) {
   }); }
 }
 
-util.inherits(Datastore, require('events'));
+util.inherits(Datastore, require('events').EventEmitter);
 
 
 /**