diff --git a/lib/internal/worker/io.js b/lib/internal/worker/io.js
index 9aa8c199588050..a72868916ca6cc 100644
--- a/lib/internal/worker/io.js
+++ b/lib/internal/worker/io.js
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ MessagePort.prototype.unref = MessagePortPrototype.unref;
 // uv_async_t) which can receive information from other threads and emits
 // .onmessage events, and a function used for sending data to a MessagePort
 // in some other thread.
-MessagePort.prototype[kOnMessageListener] = function onmessage(payload) {
-  if (payload.type !== messageTypes.STDIO_WANTS_MORE_DATA)
-    debug(`[${threadId}] received message`, payload);
+MessagePort.prototype[kOnMessageListener] = function onmessage(event) {
+  if (event.data && event.data.type !== messageTypes.STDIO_WANTS_MORE_DATA)
+    debug(`[${threadId}] received message`, event);
   // Emit the deserialized object to userland.
-  this.emit('message', payload);
+  this.emit('message', event.data);
 };
 
 // This is for compatibility with the Web's MessagePort API. It makes sense to
diff --git a/src/env.h b/src/env.h
index 48aaa63a39cab4..749ad22b67267f 100644
--- a/src/env.h
+++ b/src/env.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ constexpr size_t kFsStatsBufferLength = kFsStatsFieldsNumber * 2;
   V(crypto_ec_string, "ec")                                                    \
   V(crypto_rsa_string, "rsa")                                                  \
   V(cwd_string, "cwd")                                                         \
+  V(data_string, "data")                                                       \
   V(dest_string, "dest")                                                       \
   V(destroyed_string, "destroyed")                                             \
   V(detached_string, "detached")                                               \
@@ -291,6 +292,7 @@ constexpr size_t kFsStatsBufferLength = kFsStatsFieldsNumber * 2;
   V(subject_string, "subject")                                                 \
   V(subjectaltname_string, "subjectaltname")                                   \
   V(syscall_string, "syscall")                                                 \
+  V(target_string, "target")                                                   \
   V(thread_id_string, "threadId")                                              \
   V(ticketkeycallback_string, "onticketkeycallback")                           \
   V(timeout_string, "timeout")                                                 \
@@ -359,6 +361,7 @@ constexpr size_t kFsStatsBufferLength = kFsStatsFieldsNumber * 2;
   V(inspector_console_extension_installer, v8::Function)                       \
   V(libuv_stream_wrap_ctor_template, v8::FunctionTemplate)                     \
   V(message_port, v8::Object)                                                  \
+  V(message_event_object_template, v8::ObjectTemplate)                         \
   V(message_port_constructor_template, v8::FunctionTemplate)                   \
   V(native_module_require, v8::Function)                                       \
   V(performance_entry_callback, v8::Function)                                  \
diff --git a/src/node_messaging.cc b/src/node_messaging.cc
index 896f43cd23d372..62f333bab0db98 100644
--- a/src/node_messaging.cc
+++ b/src/node_messaging.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ using v8::Maybe;
 using v8::MaybeLocal;
 using v8::Nothing;
 using v8::Object;
+using v8::ObjectTemplate;
 using v8::SharedArrayBuffer;
 using v8::String;
 using v8::Value;
@@ -589,12 +590,19 @@ void MessagePort::OnMessage() {
       // Call the JS .onmessage() callback.
       HandleScope handle_scope(env()->isolate());
       Context::Scope context_scope(context);
-      Local<Value> args[] = {
-        received.Deserialize(env(), context).FromMaybe(Local<Value>())
-      };
 
-      if (args[0].IsEmpty() ||
-          MakeCallback(env()->onmessage_string(), 1, args).IsEmpty()) {
+      Local<Object> event;
+      Local<Value> payload;
+      Local<Value> cb_args[1];
+      if (!received.Deserialize(env(), context).ToLocal(&payload) ||
+          !env()->message_event_object_template()->NewInstance(context)
+              .ToLocal(&event) ||
+          event->Set(context, env()->data_string(), payload).IsNothing() ||
+          event->Set(context, env()->target_string(), object()).IsNothing() ||
+          (cb_args[0] = event, false) ||
+          MakeCallback(env()->onmessage_string(),
+                       arraysize(cb_args),
+                       cb_args).IsEmpty()) {
         // Re-schedule OnMessage() execution in case of failure.
         if (data_)
           TriggerAsync();
@@ -763,6 +771,8 @@ MaybeLocal<Function> GetMessagePortConstructor(
   if (!templ.IsEmpty())
     return templ->GetFunction(context);
 
+  Isolate* isolate = env->isolate();
+
   {
     Local<FunctionTemplate> m = env->NewFunctionTemplate(MessagePort::New);
     m->SetClassName(env->message_port_constructor_string());
@@ -775,6 +785,13 @@ MaybeLocal<Function> GetMessagePortConstructor(
     env->SetProtoMethod(m, "drain", MessagePort::Drain);
 
     env->set_message_port_constructor_template(m);
+
+    Local<FunctionTemplate> event_ctor = FunctionTemplate::New(isolate);
+    event_ctor->SetClassName(FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "MessageEvent"));
+    Local<ObjectTemplate> e = event_ctor->InstanceTemplate();
+    e->Set(env->data_string(), Null(isolate));
+    e->Set(env->target_string(), Null(isolate));
+    env->set_message_event_object_template(e);
   }
 
   return GetMessagePortConstructor(env, context);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-self.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-self.js
index f076d3cb70f733..f02f06eaaea53f 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-self.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port-transfer-self.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ assert.throws(common.mustCall(() => {
 
 // The failed transfer should not affect the ports in anyway.
 port2.onmessage = common.mustCall((message) => {
-  assert.strictEqual(message, 2);
+  assert.strictEqual(message.data, 2);
 
   const inspectedPort1 = util.inspect(port1);
   const inspectedPort2 = util.inspect(port2);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port.js
index 47a8ddf6653c53..dce9da0b3063f5 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-message-port.js
@@ -21,14 +21,15 @@ const { MessageChannel, MessagePort } = require('worker_threads');
   const { port1, port2 } = new MessageChannel();
 
   port1.onmessage = common.mustCall((message) => {
-    assert.strictEqual(message, 4);
+    assert.strictEqual(message.data, 4);
+    assert.strictEqual(message.target, port1);
     port2.close(common.mustCall());
   });
 
   port1.postMessage(2);
 
   port2.onmessage = common.mustCall((message) => {
-    port2.postMessage(message * 2);
+    port2.postMessage(message.data * 2);
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-worker-onmessage.js b/test/parallel/test-worker-onmessage.js
index 47f6324aad6933..f315b0d2019a9a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-worker-onmessage.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-worker-onmessage.js
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ if (!process.env.HAS_STARTED_WORKER) {
   w.postMessage(2);
 } else {
   parentPort.onmessage = common.mustCall((message) => {
-    parentPort.postMessage(message * 2);
+    parentPort.postMessage(message.data * 2);
   });
 }