diff --git a/src/hydrate/platform/hydrate-app.ts b/src/hydrate/platform/hydrate-app.ts
index fc554b3a27a..f24c9a29e90 100644
--- a/src/hydrate/platform/hydrate-app.ts
+++ b/src/hydrate/platform/hydrate-app.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ export function hydrateApp(
 
           // add it to our Set so we know it's already being connected
           connectedElements.add(elm);
-          return hydrateComponent(win, results, elm.nodeName, elm, waitingElements);
+          return hydrateComponent.call(elm, win, results, elm.nodeName, elm, waitingElements);
         }
       }
 
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ export function hydrateApp(
 }
 
 async function hydrateComponent(
+  this: HTMLElement,
   win: Window & typeof globalThis,
   results: d.HydrateResults,
   tagName: string,
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/src/components.d.ts b/test/end-to-end/src/components.d.ts
index 57cf1d21e50..5f7107efecb 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/test/end-to-end/src/components.d.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ export namespace Components {
     }
     interface DomVisible {
     }
+    interface DsdListenCmp {
+    }
     interface ElementCmp {
     }
     interface EmptyCmp {
@@ -257,6 +259,12 @@ declare global {
         prototype: HTMLDomVisibleElement;
         new (): HTMLDomVisibleElement;
     };
+    interface HTMLDsdListenCmpElement extends Components.DsdListenCmp, HTMLStencilElement {
+    }
+    var HTMLDsdListenCmpElement: {
+        prototype: HTMLDsdListenCmpElement;
+        new (): HTMLDsdListenCmpElement;
+    };
     interface HTMLElementCmpElement extends Components.ElementCmp, HTMLStencilElement {
     }
     var HTMLElementCmpElement: {
@@ -401,6 +409,7 @@ declare global {
         "dom-api": HTMLDomApiElement;
         "dom-interaction": HTMLDomInteractionElement;
         "dom-visible": HTMLDomVisibleElement;
+        "dsd-listen-cmp": HTMLDsdListenCmpElement;
         "element-cmp": HTMLElementCmpElement;
         "empty-cmp": HTMLEmptyCmpElement;
         "empty-cmp-shadow": HTMLEmptyCmpShadowElement;
@@ -464,6 +473,8 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
     }
     interface DomVisible {
     }
+    interface DsdListenCmp {
+    }
     interface ElementCmp {
     }
     interface EmptyCmp {
@@ -532,6 +543,7 @@ declare namespace LocalJSX {
         "dom-api": DomApi;
         "dom-interaction": DomInteraction;
         "dom-visible": DomVisible;
+        "dsd-listen-cmp": DsdListenCmp;
         "element-cmp": ElementCmp;
         "empty-cmp": EmptyCmp;
         "empty-cmp-shadow": EmptyCmpShadow;
@@ -575,6 +587,7 @@ declare module "@stencil/core" {
             "dom-api": LocalJSX.DomApi & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDomApiElement>;
             "dom-interaction": LocalJSX.DomInteraction & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDomInteractionElement>;
             "dom-visible": LocalJSX.DomVisible & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDomVisibleElement>;
+            "dsd-listen-cmp": LocalJSX.DsdListenCmp & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDsdListenCmpElement>;
             "element-cmp": LocalJSX.ElementCmp & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLElementCmpElement>;
             "empty-cmp": LocalJSX.EmptyCmp & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLEmptyCmpElement>;
             "empty-cmp-shadow": LocalJSX.EmptyCmpShadow & JSXBase.HTMLAttributes<HTMLEmptyCmpShadowElement>;
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/dsd-listen-cmp.css b/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/dsd-listen-cmp.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ade72b0110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/dsd-listen-cmp.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:host {
+  display: block;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/dsd-listen-cmp.tsx b/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/dsd-listen-cmp.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a692755878d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/dsd-listen-cmp.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { Component, Element, h, Host, Listen } from '@stencil/core';
+
+@Component({
+  tag: 'dsd-listen-cmp',
+  styleUrl: 'dsd-listen-cmp.css',
+  shadow: true,
+})
+export class MyWhateverComponent {
+  @Element() hostElement: HTMLSlotElement;
+  private slotRef: HTMLSlotElement;
+
+  @Listen('keydown', { capture: true }) // Crashes, incorrect binding in hydrate index.js
+  handleKeyPress(e: CustomEvent): void {
+    e.stopPropagation();
+    console.log(this.slotRef);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Host>
+        <slot ref={(el: HTMLSlotElement) => (this.slotRef = el)}></slot>
+      </Host>
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/test.e2e.ts b/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/test.e2e.ts
index bdea1ef7eff..8a1b5b717a8 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/test.e2e.ts
+++ b/test/end-to-end/src/declarative-shadow-dom/test.e2e.ts
@@ -205,4 +205,52 @@ describe('renderToString', () => {
     const button = await page.find('cmp-server-vs-client');
     expect(button.shadowRoot.querySelector('div')).toEqualText('Server vs Client? Winner: Client');
   });
+
+  it('can hydrate components with event listeners', async () => {
+    const { html } = await renderToString(
+      `
+      <dsd-listen-cmp>Hello World</dsd-listen-cmp>
+      <car-list cars=${JSON.stringify([vento, beetle])}></car-list>
+    `,
+      {
+        serializeShadowRoot: true,
+        fullDocument: false,
+      },
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * renders the component with listener with proper vdom annotation, e.g.
+     * ```html
+     * <dsd-listen-cmp class="sc-dsd-listen-cmp-h" custom-hydrate-flag="" s-id="1">
+     *   <template shadowrootmode="open">
+     *     <style sty-id="sc-dsd-listen-cmp">
+     *       .sc-dsd-listen-cmp-h{display:block}
+     *     </style>
+     *     <slot c-id="1.0.0.0" class="sc-dsd-listen-cmp"></slot>
+     *   </template>
+     *   <!--r.1-->
+     *   Hello World
+     * </dsd-listen-cmp>
+     * ```
+     */
+
+    expect(html).toContain(
+      `<dsd-listen-cmp class=\"sc-dsd-listen-cmp-h\" custom-hydrate-flag=\"\" s-id=\"1\"><template shadowrootmode=\"open\"><style sty-id=\"sc-dsd-listen-cmp\">/*!@:host*/.sc-dsd-listen-cmp-h{display:block}</style><slot class=\"sc-dsd-listen-cmp\" c-id=\"1.0.0.0\"></slot></template><!--r.1-->Hello World</dsd-listen-cmp>`,
+    );
+
+    /**
+     * renders second component with proper vdom annotation, e.g.:
+     * ```html
+     * <car-detail c-id="2.4.2.0" class="sc-car-list" custom-hydrate-flag="" s-id="4">
+     *   <!--r.4-->
+     *   <section c-id="4.0.0.0" class="sc-car-list">
+     *     <!--t.4.1.1.0-->
+     *     2023 VW Beetle
+     *   </section>
+     * </car-detail>
+     */
+    expect(html).toContain(
+      `<car-detail class=\"sc-car-list\" custom-hydrate-flag=\"\" c-id=\"2.4.2.0\" s-id=\"4\"><!--r.4--><section class=\"sc-car-list\" c-id=\"4.0.0.0\"><!--t.4.1.1.0-->2023 VW Beetle</section></car-detail>`,
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/src/miscellaneous/test.e2e.ts b/test/end-to-end/src/miscellaneous/test.e2e.ts
index b9256d5d7ff..960fc73df25 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/src/miscellaneous/test.e2e.ts
+++ b/test/end-to-end/src/miscellaneous/test.e2e.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import { type E2EPage, newE2EPage } from '@stencil/core/testing';
 
 let page: E2EPage;
 
+function checkSorted(arr: string[]) {
+  return arr.every((value, index, array) => index === 0 || value >= array[index - 1]);
+}
+
 describe('do not throw page already closed if page was defined in before(All) hook', () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
     page = await newE2EPage();
@@ -38,8 +42,6 @@ describe('sorts hydrated component styles', () => {
       .split('\n')
       .map((c) => c.slice(0, c.indexOf('{')))
       .find((c) => c.includes('app-root'));
-    expect(classSelector).toBe(
-      'another-car-detail,another-car-list,app-root,build-data,car-detail,car-list,cmp-a,cmp-b,cmp-c,cmp-dsd,cmp-server-vs-client,dom-api,dom-interaction,dom-visible,element-cmp,empty-cmp,empty-cmp-shadow,env-data,event-cmp,import-assets,listen-cmp,method-cmp,path-alias-cmp,prerender-cmp,prop-cmp,scoped-car-detail,scoped-car-list,slot-cmp,slot-cmp-container,slot-parent-cmp,state-cmp',
-    );
+    expect(checkSorted(classSelector.split(','))).toBeTruthy();
   });
 });