diff --git a/.changeset/light-jobs-retire.md b/.changeset/light-jobs-retire.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c9f747b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/light-jobs-retire.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@lit-labs/react': patch
+---
+
+Event callbacks can be typed by casting with EventHandler
diff --git a/packages/labs/react/README.md b/packages/labs/react/README.md
index 1a89e72eee..247d034e82 100644
--- a/packages/labs/react/README.md
+++ b/packages/labs/react/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,51 @@ React component.
 />
 ```
 
+#### Typescript
+
+Event callback types can be refined by type casting with `EventName`. The
+type cast helps `createComponent` correlate typed callbacks to property names in
+the event property map.
+
+Non-casted event names will fallback to an event type of `Event`.
+
+```ts
+import type {EventName} from '@lit-labs/react';
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {createComponent} from '@lit-labs/react';
+import {MyElement} from './my-element.js';
+
+export const MyElementComponent = createComponent(
+  React,
+  'my-element',
+  MyElement,
+  {
+    onClick: 'pointerdown' as EventName<PointerEvent>,
+    onChange: 'input',
+  }
+);
+```
+
+Event callbacks will match their type cast. In the example below, a
+`PointerEvent` is expected in the `onClick` callback.
+
+```tsx
+<MyElementComponent
+  onClick={(e: PointerEvent) => {
+    console.log('DOM PointerEvent called!');
+  }}
+  onChange={(e: Event) => {
+    console.log(e);
+  }}
+/>
+```
+
+NOTE: This type casting is not associated to any component property. Be
+careful to use the corresponding type dispatched or bubbled from the
+webcomponent. Incorrect types might result in additional properties, missing
+properties, or properties of the wrong type.
+
 ## `useController`
 
 Reactive Controllers allow developers to hook a component's lifecycle to bundle
diff --git a/packages/labs/react/src/create-component.ts b/packages/labs/react/src/create-component.ts
index 2164c74787..2f79f65fd7 100644
--- a/packages/labs/react/src/create-component.ts
+++ b/packages/labs/react/src/create-component.ts
@@ -84,16 +84,28 @@ const setRef = (ref: React.Ref<unknown>, value: Element | null) => {
   }
 };
 
-type Events<S> = {
-  [P in keyof S]?: (e: Event) => unknown;
-};
-
 type StringValued<T> = {
   [P in keyof T]: string;
 };
 
 type Constructor<T> = {new (): T};
 
+/***
+ * Typecast that curries an Event type through a string. The goal of the type
+ * cast is to match a prop name to a typed event callback.
+ */
+export type EventName<T extends Event = Event> = string & {
+  __event_type: T;
+};
+
+type Events = Record<string, EventName | string>;
+
+type EventProps<R extends Events> = {
+  [K in keyof R]: R[K] extends EventName
+    ? (e: R[K]['__event_type']) => void
+    : (e: Event) => void;
+};
+
 /**
  * Creates a React component for a custom element. Properties are distinguished
  * from attributes automatically, and events can be configured so they are
@@ -115,11 +127,11 @@ type Constructor<T> = {new (): T};
  * messages. Default value is inferred from the name of custom element class
  * registered via `customElements.define`.
  */
-export const createComponent = <I extends HTMLElement, E>(
+export const createComponent = <I extends HTMLElement, E extends Events>(
   React: typeof ReactModule,
   tagName: string,
   elementClass: Constructor<I>,
-  events?: StringValued<E>,
+  events?: E,
   displayName?: string
 ) => {
   const Component = React.Component;
@@ -132,8 +144,8 @@ export const createComponent = <I extends HTMLElement, E>(
   type UserProps = React.PropsWithChildren<
     React.PropsWithRef<
       Partial<Omit<I, 'children'>> &
-        Events<E> &
-        React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement>
+        Partial<EventProps<E>> &
+        Omit<React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement>, keyof E>
     >
   >;
 
diff --git a/packages/labs/react/src/test/create-component_test.tsx b/packages/labs/react/src/test/create-component_test.tsx
index 95cba0581e..24336d1fe0 100644
--- a/packages/labs/react/src/test/create-component_test.tsx
+++ b/packages/labs/react/src/test/create-component_test.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
+import type {EventName} from "../create-component.js";
+
 import {ReactiveElement} from '@lit/reactive-element';
 import {property} from '@lit/reactive-element/decorators/property.js';
 import {customElement} from '@lit/reactive-element/decorators/custom-element.js';
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ suite('createComponent', () => {
   });
 
   const basicElementEvents = {
-    onFoo: 'foo',
+    onFoo: 'foo' as EventName<MouseEvent>,
     onBar: 'bar',
   };
 
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ suite('createComponent', () => {
     let fooEvent: Event | undefined,
       fooEvent2: Event | undefined,
       barEvent: Event | undefined;
-    const onFoo = (e: Event) => {
+    const onFoo = (e: MouseEvent) => {
       fooEvent = e;
     };
     const onFoo2 = (e: Event) => {