diff --git a/moli-renderer-v8/src/context_bootstrap/event_worlds.rs b/moli-renderer-v8/src/context_bootstrap/event_worlds.rs
index 29eb005811..de5af61149 100644
--- a/moli-renderer-v8/src/context_bootstrap/event_worlds.rs
+++ b/moli-renderer-v8/src/context_bootstrap/event_worlds.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,23 @@
 use super::{events, platform_object_worlds, shared_event_targets, world_wrappers};
 use crate::native_bridge::identity::contexts_share_wrapper_world;
 
+fn construction_context_in_world<'s>(
+    scope: &mut v8::PinScope<'s, '_>,
+    event: v8::Local<'s, v8::Object>,
+    world: v8::Local<'s, v8::Context>,
+) -> Option<v8::Local<'s, v8::Context>> {
+    let creation = event.get_creation_context(scope)?;
+    if contexts_share_wrapper_world(creation, world) {
+        return Some(creation);
+    }
+    let host_ptr = crate::util::context_host_ptr_from_context_slot(creation)?;
+    let host = unsafe { &*host_ptr };
+    let identity = host.window_execution_context_identity_for_access_check(creation)?;
+    let (_, default) =
+        host.window_execution_context(scope, identity.owner(), identity.dispatch_scope())?;
+    contexts_share_wrapper_world(default, world).then_some(default)
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn target_in_realm<'s>(
     scope: &mut v8::PinScope<'s, '_>,
     target: v8::Local<'s, v8::Object>,
@@ -29,15 +46,19 @@ pub(crate) fn event_in_realm<'s>(
     }
     let backing = events::event_backing(scope, event);
     let target = target_in_realm(scope, target, context)?;
-    // Preserve owner identity within a wrapper world. A foreign Window without
-    // a local view must not move the Event into that Window's different world.
-    let context = target
-        .get_creation_context(scope)
-        .filter(|creation| contexts_share_wrapper_world(*creation, context))
-        .unwrap_or(context);
     if let Some(wrapper) = world_wrappers::get(scope, backing, context) {
         return Some(wrapper);
     }
+    // Project into the construction Window's counterpart when it belongs to
+    // the listener's world. Adoption retains the target's prototype realm,
+    // which cannot determine an independently constructed Event's realm.
+    let context = construction_context_in_world(scope, backing, context)
+        .or_else(|| {
+            target
+                .get_creation_context(scope)
+                .filter(|creation| contexts_share_wrapper_world(*creation, context))
+        })
+        .unwrap_or(context);
     let scope = &mut v8::ContextScope::new(scope, context);
     events::new_event_wrapper(scope, backing)
 }
diff --git a/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/browser_api/dom_event_worlds.rs b/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/browser_api/dom_event_worlds.rs
index bb8b2c8534..9bb16420b2 100644
--- a/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/browser_api/dom_event_worlds.rs
+++ b/moli-renderer-v8/src/script_vm/tests/browser_api/dom_event_worlds.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,64 @@ use super::*;
 
 const WORLD_PROBE: &str = include_str!("dom_event_worlds.js");
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn isolated_event_default_view_uses_its_construction_window() {
+    let loader = ResourceRequestClient::new(&moli_fetch::FetchConfig::default()).unwrap();
+    let mut vm =
+        new_storage_page_task_executor_test_vm_with_loader("https://event-worlds.test/", &loader);
+    vm.eval(
+        "document.body.innerHTML = '<iframe></iframe>'; \
+         const frame = document.querySelector('iframe'); \
+         frame.srcdoc = '<button id=target></button>'; void frame.contentWindow; 'ready'",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    vm.run_one_child_frame_task_executor_turn(
+        ChildFrameSemanticTurnKind::RealmMaterialization,
+        &loader,
+    )
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+    vm.drain_ready_page_task_executor_turns_for_setup(&loader, 128)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let child = vm
+        .live_child_default_runtime_realm_inventory()
+        .into_iter()
+        .next()
+        .unwrap()
+        .context_id;
+    vm.eval_in_child_default_context(
+        child,
+        r#"
+        document.getElementById('target').addEventListener('construction', function(event) {
+            globalThis.constructionFacts = [
+                event instanceof parent.Event, !(event instanceof Event),
+                event.createdIn === undefined, event.target === this,
+                event.currentTarget === this, this === document.getElementById('target')
+            ];
+        }); 'ready'
+        "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    let isolated = vm
+        .create_isolated_world("construction-world", false)
+        .unwrap();
+    vm.eval_in_isolated_context(
+        isolated,
+        r#"
+        const event = new Event('construction'); event.createdIn = 'isolated';
+        document.querySelector('iframe').contentDocument.getElementById('target').dispatchEvent(event);
+        'dispatched'
+        "#,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        vm.eval_in_child_default_context(child, "JSON.stringify(constructionFacts)")
+            .unwrap(),
+        "[true,true,true,true,true,true]"
+    );
+}
+
 fn assert_world_probe(result: &str, label: &str) {
     let facts: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(result).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(facts["errors"], serde_json::json!([]), "{label}: {facts}");