diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5dd09c7b..87c31e24 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -75,9 +75,39 @@ function compression (options) {
     var stream
 
     var _end = res.end
-    var _on = res.on
     var _write = res.write
 
+    // proxy drain events from stream
+    var _addListener = interceptAddListener(res, function (type, listener) {
+      if (!listeners || type !== 'drain') {
+        // skip intercept
+        return false
+      } else if (stream) {
+        // add listener to stream instead
+        stream.on(type, listener)
+      } else {
+        // buffer listeners for future stream
+        listeners.push([type, listener])
+      }
+    })
+
+    interceptRemoveListener(res, function (type, listener) {
+      if (!listeners || type !== 'drain') {
+        // skip intercept
+        return false
+      } else if (stream) {
+        // remove listener from stream
+        stream.removeListener(type, listener)
+      } else {
+        // remove buffered listener
+        for (var i = listeners.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+          if (listeners[i][0] === type && listeners[i][1] === listener) {
+            listeners.splice(i, 1)
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
     // flush
     res.flush = function flush (cb) {
       if (stream) {
@@ -128,24 +158,9 @@ function compression (options) {
         : stream.end()
     }
 
-    res.on = function on (type, listener) {
-      if (!listeners || type !== 'drain') {
-        return _on.call(this, type, listener)
-      }
-
-      if (stream) {
-        return stream.on(type, listener)
-      }
-
-      // buffer listeners for future stream
-      listeners.push([type, listener])
-
-      return this
-    }
-
     function nocompress (msg) {
       debug('no compression: %s', msg)
-      addListeners(res, _on, listeners)
+      addListeners(res, _addListener, listeners)
       listeners = null
     }
 
@@ -231,7 +246,7 @@ function compression (options) {
         _end.call(res)
       })
 
-      _on.call(res, 'drain', function onResponseDrain () {
+      _addListener.call(res, 'drain', function onResponseDrain () {
         stream.resume()
       })
 
@@ -254,9 +269,9 @@ function compression (options) {
  * @private
  */
 
-function addListeners (stream, on, listeners) {
+function addListeners (stream, addListener, listeners) {
   for (var i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
-    on.apply(stream, listeners[i])
+    addListener.apply(stream, listeners[i])
   }
 }
 
@@ -274,6 +289,69 @@ function chunkLength (chunk, encoding) {
     : Buffer.byteLength(chunk, encoding)
 }
 
+/**
+ * Intercept add listener on event emitter.
+ * @private
+ */
+
+function interceptAddListener (ee, fn) {
+  var _addListener = ee.addListener
+  var _on = ee.on
+
+  if (_addListener) {
+    ee.addListener = function addListener (type, listener) {
+      return fn.call(this, type, listener) === false
+        ? _addListener.call(this, type, listener)
+        : this
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (_on) {
+    ee.on = function on (type, listener) {
+      return fn.call(this, type, listener) === false
+        ? _on.call(this, type, listener)
+        : this
+    }
+  }
+
+  return _addListener || _on || noop
+}
+
+/**
+ * Intercept remove listener on event emitter.
+ * @private
+ */
+
+function interceptRemoveListener (ee, fn) {
+  var _removeListener = ee.removeListener
+  var _off = ee.off
+
+  if (_removeListener) {
+    ee.removeListener = function removeListener (type, listener) {
+      return fn.call(this, type, listener) === false
+        ? _removeListener.call(this, type, listener)
+        : this
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (_off) {
+    ee.off = function off (type, listener) {
+      return fn.call(this, type, listener) === false
+        ? _off.call(this, type, listener)
+        : this
+    }
+  }
+
+  return _removeListener || _off || noop
+}
+
+/**
+ * Reusable no-op function.
+ * @private
+ */
+
+function noop () {}
+
 /**
  * Default filter function.
  * @private
diff --git a/test/compression.js b/test/compression.js
index 78173c33..13074437 100644
--- a/test/compression.js
+++ b/test/compression.js
@@ -306,6 +306,186 @@ describe('compression()', function () {
       .expect(200, done)
   })
 
+  describe('listeners', function () {
+    it('should support removeListener("drain") after on("drain"); stream present', function (done) {
+      // compression doesn't proxy listenerCount() to the compression stream, so
+      // instead watch for a MaxListenersExceededWarning
+      var hasWarned = false
+      var onWarning = function () {
+        hasWarned = true
+      }
+      process.on('warning', onWarning)
+      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        var len = bytes('40kb')
+        var buf = Buffer.alloc(len, '.')
+        res.write(buf)
+        for (var times = 0; times < res.getMaxListeners() + 1; times++) {
+          var listener = function () {}
+          res.on('drain', listener)
+          res.removeListener('drain', listener)
+        }
+        res.end()
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip')
+        .expect(function () {
+          process.removeListener('warning', onWarning)
+          assert.ok(!hasWarned)
+        })
+        .expect(200, done)
+    })
+
+    it('should support removeListener("drain") after addListener("drain")', function (done) {
+      var hasWarned = false
+      var onWarning = function () {
+        hasWarned = true
+      }
+      process.on('warning', onWarning)
+      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        var len = bytes('40kb')
+        var buf = Buffer.alloc(len, '.')
+        res.write(buf)
+        for (var times = 0; times < res.getMaxListeners() + 1; times++) {
+          var listener = function () {}
+          res.addListener('drain', listener)
+          res.removeListener('drain', listener)
+        }
+        res.end()
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip')
+        .expect(function () {
+          process.removeListener('warning', onWarning)
+          assert.ok(!hasWarned)
+        })
+        .expect(200, done)
+    })
+
+    it('should support off("drain") after addListener("drain")', function (done) {
+      var hasWarned = false
+      var onWarning = function () {
+        hasWarned = true
+      }
+      process.on('warning', onWarning)
+      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        var len = bytes('40kb')
+        var buf = Buffer.alloc(len, '.')
+        res.write(buf)
+        for (var times = 0; times < res.getMaxListeners() + 1; times++) {
+          var listener = function () {}
+          res.addListener('drain', listener)
+          res.off('drain', listener)
+        }
+        res.end()
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip')
+        .expect(function () {
+          process.removeListener('warning', onWarning)
+          assert.ok(!hasWarned)
+        })
+        .expect(200, done)
+    })
+
+    it('should support removeListener("drain"); buffered', function (done) {
+      // Variant of above tests for scenario when the listener is buffered (stream
+      // is not yet present).
+      var hasWarned = false
+      var onWarning = function () {
+        hasWarned = true
+      }
+      process.on('warning', onWarning)
+      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        res.on('end', function () {})
+        for (var times = 0; times < res.getMaxListeners() + 1; times++) {
+          var listener = function () {}
+          res.on('drain', listener)
+          res.removeListener('drain', listener)
+        }
+        res.end()
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip')
+        .expect(function () {
+          process.removeListener('warning', onWarning)
+          assert.ok(!hasWarned)
+        })
+        .expect(200, done)
+    })
+
+    it('should support removeListener("drain"); multiple bindings of same listener, buffered', function (done) {
+      // Variant of above test for scenario when the listener is buffered (stream
+      // is not yet present) and the same listener is added two or more times.
+      var hasWarned = false
+      var onWarning = function () {
+        hasWarned = true
+      }
+      process.on('warning', onWarning)
+      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        for (var times = 0; times < res.getMaxListeners() + 1; times++) {
+          var listener = function () {}
+          res.on('drain', listener)
+          res.on('drain', listener)
+          res.removeListener('drain', listener)
+        }
+        res.end()
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip')
+        .expect(function () {
+          process.removeListener('warning', onWarning)
+          assert.ok(!hasWarned)
+        })
+        .expect(200, done)
+    })
+
+    // https://github.com/expressjs/compression/issues/135
+    it('should not leak event listeners when res.unpipe()', function (done) {
+      var hasWarned = false
+      var onWarning = function () {
+        hasWarned = true
+      }
+      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
+        var times = 0
+        var int = setInterval(function () {
+          var rs = require('fs').createReadStream('does not exist')
+          rs.on('error', function (e) {
+            rs.unpipe(res)
+          })
+          rs.pipe(res)
+          if (times++ > res.getMaxListeners()) {
+            clearInterval(int)
+            res.end('hello, world')
+          }
+        })
+      })
+
+      request(server)
+        .get('/')
+        .set('Accept-Encoding', 'gzip')
+        .expect(function () {
+          process.removeListener('warning', onWarning)
+          assert.ok(!hasWarned)
+        })
+        .expect(200, done)
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('http2', function () {
     it('should work with http2 server', function (done) {
       var server = createHttp2Server({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {