diff --git a/js/modal.js b/js/modal.js
index fdefdd2c5..92eff470a 100644
--- a/js/modal.js
+++ b/js/modal.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
       this.$backdrop = $('<div class="modal-backdrop ' + animate + '" />')
         .appendTo(this.$body)
 
-      this.$element.on('mousedown.dismiss.bs.modal', $.proxy(function (e) {
+      this.$element.on('click.dismiss.bs.modal', $.proxy(function (e) {
         if (e.target !== e.currentTarget) return
         this.options.backdrop == 'static'
           ? this.$element[0].focus.call(this.$element[0])
diff --git a/js/tests/unit/modal.js b/js/tests/unit/modal.js
index 6c48ed44b..2262465a4 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/modal.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/modal.js
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ $(function () {
         notEqual($('#modal-test').length, 0, 'modal insterted into dom')
         $('.contents').click()
         ok($('#modal-test').is(':visible'), 'modal visible')
-        $('#modal-test').mousedown()
+        $('#modal-test').click()
       })
       .on('hidden.bs.modal', function () {
         ok(!$('#modal-test').is(':visible'), 'modal hidden')
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ $(function () {
     $('<div id="modal-test"><div class="contents"/></div>')
       .on('shown.bs.modal', function () {
         triggered = 0
-        $('#modal-test').mousedown()
+        $('#modal-test').click()
       })
       .on('hide.bs.modal', function () {
         triggered += 1