diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/InvalidEventListeners-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/InvalidEventListeners-test.js
index dc5f0e694fe1..32cecb4640ec 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/InvalidEventListeners-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/InvalidEventListeners-test.js
@@ -13,32 +13,71 @@ jest.mock('../events/isEventSupported');
 
 describe('InvalidEventListeners', () => {
   let React;
-  let ReactTestUtils;
+  let ReactDOM;
+  let container;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
     jest.resetModules();
     React = require('react');
-    ReactTestUtils = require('react-dom/test-utils');
+    ReactDOM = require('react-dom');
+
+    container = document.createElement('div');
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    document.body.removeChild(container);
+    container = null;
   });
 
   it('should prevent non-function listeners, at dispatch', () => {
     let node;
     expect(() => {
-      node = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(
-        <div onClick="not a function" />,
-      );
+      node = ReactDOM.render(<div onClick="not a function" />, container);
     }).toErrorDev(
       'Expected `onClick` listener to be a function, instead got a value of `string` type.',
     );
-    expect(() => ReactTestUtils.SimulateNative.click(node)).toThrowError(
-      'Expected `onClick` listener to be a function, instead got a value of `string` type.',
+
+    spyOnProd(console, 'error');
+
+    const uncaughtErrors = [];
+    function handleWindowError(e) {
+      uncaughtErrors.push(e.error);
+    }
+    window.addEventListener('error', handleWindowError);
+    try {
+      node.dispatchEvent(
+        new MouseEvent('click', {
+          bubbles: true,
+        }),
+      );
+    } finally {
+      window.removeEventListener('error', handleWindowError);
+    }
+    expect(uncaughtErrors.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(uncaughtErrors[0]).toEqual(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        message:
+          'Expected `onClick` listener to be a function, ' +
+          'instead got a value of `string` type.',
+      }),
     );
+
+    if (!__DEV__) {
+      expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(console.error.calls.argsFor(0)[0]).toMatch(
+        'Expected `onClick` listener to be a function, ' +
+          'instead got a value of `string` type.',
+      );
+    }
   });
 
   it('should not prevent null listeners, at dispatch', () => {
-    const node = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<div onClick={null} />);
-    expect(function() {
-      ReactTestUtils.SimulateNative.click(node);
-    }).not.toThrow();
+    const node = ReactDOM.render(<div onClick={null} />, container);
+    node.dispatchEvent(
+      new MouseEvent('click', {
+        bubbles: true,
+      }),
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactTestUtils-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactTestUtils-test.js
index b0ac326e9573..d926e85641e2 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactTestUtils-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactTestUtils-test.js
@@ -35,6 +35,22 @@ describe('ReactTestUtils', () => {
     expect(Object.keys(ReactTestUtils.SimulateNative).sort()).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  it('SimulateNative should warn about deprecation', () => {
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    const node = ReactDOM.render(<div />, container);
+    expect(() =>
+      ReactTestUtils.SimulateNative.click(node),
+    ).toWarnDev(
+      'ReactTestUtils.SimulateNative is an undocumented API that does not match ' +
+        'how the browser dispatches events, and will be removed in a future major ' +
+        'version of React. If you rely on it for testing, consider attaching the root ' +
+        'DOM container to the document during the test, and then dispatching native browser ' +
+        'events by calling `node.dispatchEvent()` on the DOM nodes. Make sure to set ' +
+        'the `bubbles` flag to `true` when creating the native browser event.',
+      {withoutStack: true},
+    );
+  });
+
   it('gives Jest mocks a passthrough implementation with mockComponent()', () => {
     class MockedComponent extends React.Component {
       render() {
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/test-utils/ReactTestUtils.js b/packages/react-dom/src/test-utils/ReactTestUtils.js
index 2ce109de9f51..aae4703b561b 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/test-utils/ReactTestUtils.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/test-utils/ReactTestUtils.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const [
 function Event(suffix) {}
 
 let hasWarnedAboutDeprecatedMockComponent = false;
+let didWarnSimulateNativeDeprecated = false;
 
 /**
  * @class ReactTestUtils
@@ -622,6 +623,20 @@ buildSimulators();
 
 function makeNativeSimulator(eventType, topLevelType) {
   return function(domComponentOrNode, nativeEventData) {
+    if (__DEV__) {
+      if (!didWarnSimulateNativeDeprecated) {
+        didWarnSimulateNativeDeprecated = true;
+        console.warn(
+          'ReactTestUtils.SimulateNative is an undocumented API that does not match ' +
+            'how the browser dispatches events, and will be removed in a future major ' +
+            'version of React. If you rely on it for testing, consider attaching the root ' +
+            'DOM container to the document during the test, and then dispatching native browser ' +
+            'events by calling `node.dispatchEvent()` on the DOM nodes. Make sure to set ' +
+            'the `bubbles` flag to `true` when creating the native browser event.',
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     const fakeNativeEvent = new Event(eventType);
     Object.assign(fakeNativeEvent, nativeEventData);
     if (isDOMComponent(domComponentOrNode)) {