diff --git a/src/lib/core/EventWidget.ts b/src/lib/core/EventWidget.ts
index 3260eaf45..cf32e693d 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/EventWidget.ts
+++ b/src/lib/core/EventWidget.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { NativeElement, Component, NativeRawPointer } from './Component';
+import { wrapWithActivateUvLoop } from '../utils/helpers';
 
 function addDefaultErrorHandler(native: NativeElement, emitter: EventEmitter): void {
     native.subscribeToQtEvent('error');
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ export abstract class EventWidget<Signals extends {}> extends Component {
         super();
         if (native.initNodeEventEmitter) {
             this.emitter = new EventEmitter();
-            native.initNodeEventEmitter(this.emitter.emit.bind(this.emitter));
+            this.emitter.emit = wrapWithActivateUvLoop(this.emitter.emit.bind(this.emitter));
+            native.initNodeEventEmitter(this.emitter.emit);
         } else {
             throw new Error('initNodeEventEmitter not implemented on native side');
         }
diff --git a/src/lib/core/bootstrap.ts b/src/lib/core/bootstrap.ts
index 576b49fd7..bbff3799f 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/src/lib/core/bootstrap.ts
@@ -9,17 +9,7 @@
     This is required inorder to make the timers work nicely due to merger of event loops
 */
 
-function noop(): void {
-    return;
-}
-
-const wrapWithActivateUvLoop = (func: Function) => {
-    return (...args: any[]): any => {
-        const activateUvLoop = (process as any).activateUvLoop || noop;
-        activateUvLoop();
-        return func(...args);
-    };
-};
+import { wrapWithActivateUvLoop } from '../utils/helpers';
 
 function main(): void {
     process.nextTick = wrapWithActivateUvLoop(process.nextTick);
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/helpers.ts b/src/lib/utils/helpers.ts
index 0f70cbb79..d17c61c10 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -9,3 +9,15 @@ export function checkIfNativeElement(arg: any): boolean {
 export function checkIfNapiExternal(arg: any): boolean {
     return addon.NUtils.isNapiExternal(arg);
 }
+
+function noop(): void {
+    return;
+}
+
+export const wrapWithActivateUvLoop = (func: Function) => {
+    return (...args: any[]): any => {
+        const activateUvLoop = (process as any).activateUvLoop || noop;
+        activateUvLoop();
+        return func(...args);
+    };
+};