diff --git a/okhttp-sse/api/okhttp-sse.api b/okhttp-sse/api/okhttp-sse.api
index e9265a686154..d1baa0735188 100644
--- a/okhttp-sse/api/okhttp-sse.api
+++ b/okhttp-sse/api/okhttp-sse.api
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ public abstract class okhttp3/sse/EventSourceListener {
 
 public final class okhttp3/sse/EventSources {
 	public static final field INSTANCE Lokhttp3/sse/EventSources;
-	public static final fun createFactory (Lokhttp3/OkHttpClient;)Lokhttp3/sse/EventSource$Factory;
+	public static final fun createFactory (Lokhttp3/Call$Factory;)Lokhttp3/sse/EventSource$Factory;
+	public static final synthetic fun createFactory (Lokhttp3/OkHttpClient;)Lokhttp3/sse/EventSource$Factory;
 	public static final fun processResponse (Lokhttp3/Response;Lokhttp3/sse/EventSourceListener;)V
 }
 
diff --git a/okhttp-sse/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/sse/EventSources.kt b/okhttp-sse/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/sse/EventSources.kt
index cb6a3c1e749d..f3dc002f39d7 100644
--- a/okhttp-sse/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/sse/EventSources.kt
+++ b/okhttp-sse/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/sse/EventSources.kt
@@ -15,13 +15,21 @@
  */
 package okhttp3.sse
 
+import okhttp3.Call
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
 import okhttp3.Response
 import okhttp3.sse.internal.RealEventSource
 
 object EventSources {
+  @Deprecated(
+    message = "required for binary-compatibility!",
+    level = DeprecationLevel.HIDDEN,
+  )
   @JvmStatic
-  fun createFactory(client: OkHttpClient): EventSource.Factory {
+  fun createFactory(client: OkHttpClient) = createFactory(client as Call.Factory)
+
+  @JvmStatic
+  fun createFactory(callFactory: Call.Factory): EventSource.Factory {
     return EventSource.Factory { request, listener ->
       val actualRequest =
         if (request.header("Accept") == null) {
@@ -31,7 +39,7 @@ object EventSources {
         }
 
       RealEventSource(actualRequest, listener).apply {
-        connect(client)
+        connect(callFactory)
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/okhttp-sse/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/sse/internal/RealEventSource.kt b/okhttp-sse/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/sse/internal/RealEventSource.kt
index 1346b28097b2..1cd3d135d479 100644
--- a/okhttp-sse/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/sse/internal/RealEventSource.kt
+++ b/okhttp-sse/src/main/kotlin/okhttp3/sse/internal/RealEventSource.kt
@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@ package okhttp3.sse.internal
 import java.io.IOException
 import okhttp3.Call
 import okhttp3.Callback
-import okhttp3.EventListener
-import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
 import okhttp3.Request
 import okhttp3.Response
 import okhttp3.ResponseBody
-import okhttp3.internal.connection.RealCall
 import okhttp3.internal.stripBody
 import okhttp3.sse.EventSource
 import okhttp3.sse.EventSourceListener
@@ -32,16 +29,13 @@ internal class RealEventSource(
   private val request: Request,
   private val listener: EventSourceListener
 ) : EventSource, ServerSentEventReader.Callback, Callback {
-  private var call: RealCall? = null
+  private var call: Call? = null
   @Volatile private var canceled = false
 
-  fun connect(client: OkHttpClient) {
-    val client = client.newBuilder()
-        .eventListener(EventListener.NONE)
-        .build()
-    val realCall = client.newCall(request) as RealCall
-    call = realCall
-    realCall.enqueue(this)
+  fun connect(callFactory: Call.Factory) {
+    call = callFactory.newCall(request).apply {
+      enqueue(this@RealEventSource)
+    }
   }
 
   override fun onResponse(call: Call, response: Response) {
@@ -64,7 +58,7 @@ internal class RealEventSource(
       }
 
       // This is a long-lived response. Cancel full-call timeouts.
-      call?.timeoutEarlyExit()
+      call?.timeout()?.cancel()
 
       // Replace the body with a stripped one so the callbacks can't see real data.
       val response = response.stripBody()
diff --git a/okhttp-sse/src/test/java/okhttp3/sse/internal/EventSourceHttpTest.java b/okhttp-sse/src/test/java/okhttp3/sse/internal/EventSourceHttpTest.java
index 19229feadbb9..418a595dfeae 100644
--- a/okhttp-sse/src/test/java/okhttp3/sse/internal/EventSourceHttpTest.java
+++ b/okhttp-sse/src/test/java/okhttp3/sse/internal/EventSourceHttpTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import mockwebserver3.junit5.internal.MockWebServerExtension;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClientTestRule;
+import okhttp3.RecordingEventListener;
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.sse.EventSource;
 import okhttp3.sse.EventSources;
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
 import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.RetryingTest;
-
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 @Tag("Slowish")
@@ -45,8 +45,12 @@ public final class EventSourceHttpTest {
   private MockWebServer server;
   @RegisterExtension public final OkHttpClientTestRule clientTestRule = new OkHttpClientTestRule();
 
+  private final RecordingEventListener eventListener = new RecordingEventListener();
+
   private final EventSourceRecorder listener = new EventSourceRecorder();
-  private OkHttpClient client = clientTestRule.newClient();
+  private OkHttpClient client = clientTestRule.newClientBuilder()
+    .eventListenerFactory(clientTestRule.wrap(eventListener))
+    .build();
 
   @BeforeEach public void before(MockWebServer server) {
     this.server = server;
@@ -177,6 +181,41 @@ public void cancelInEventShortCircuits() throws IOException {
     assertThat(server.takeRequest().getHeaders().get("Accept")).isEqualTo("text/event-stream");
   }
 
+  @Test public void eventListenerEvents() {
+    server.enqueue(new MockResponse.Builder()
+        .body(""
+          + "data: hey\n"
+          + "\n").setHeader("content-type", "text/event-stream")
+        .build());
+
+    EventSource source = newEventSource();
+
+    assertThat(source.request().url().encodedPath()).isEqualTo("/");
+
+    listener.assertOpen();
+    listener.assertEvent(null, null, "hey");
+    listener.assertClose();
+
+    assertThat(eventListener.recordedEventTypes()).containsExactly(
+        "CallStart",
+        "ProxySelectStart",
+        "ProxySelectEnd",
+        "DnsStart",
+        "DnsEnd",
+        "ConnectStart",
+        "ConnectEnd",
+        "ConnectionAcquired",
+        "RequestHeadersStart",
+        "RequestHeadersEnd",
+        "ResponseHeadersStart",
+        "ResponseHeadersEnd",
+        "ResponseBodyStart",
+        "ResponseBodyEnd",
+        "ConnectionReleased",
+        "CallEnd"
+    );
+  }
+
   private EventSource newEventSource() {
     return newEventSource(null);
   }