diff --git a/lib/command.js b/lib/command.js
index 7b081da5..3e1608cb 100644
--- a/lib/command.js
+++ b/lib/command.js
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     return _d;
   };
   compileScript = function(source, code, base) {
-    var _d, _e, _f, codeOpts, file, js, o;
+    var _d, _e, _f, _g, _h, codeOpts, file, js, o, task;
     o = options;
     codeOpts = compileOptions(source);
     if (o.require) {
@@ -106,12 +106,21 @@
       }
     }
     try {
-      CoffeeScript.emit('compile', {
+      CoffeeScript.emit('compile', (task = {
         source: source,
         code: code,
         base: base,
-        options: options
-      });
+        options: options,
+        codeOpts: codeOpts
+      }));
+      if (CoffeeScript.listeners('compile')) {
+        _g = task;
+        source = _g.source;
+        code = _g.code;
+        base = _g.base;
+        options = _g.options;
+        codeOpts = _g.codeOpts;
+      }
       if (o.tokens) {
         return printTokens(CoffeeScript.tokens(code));
       } else if (o.nodes) {
@@ -119,8 +128,12 @@
       } else if (o.run) {
         return CoffeeScript.run(code, codeOpts);
       } else {
-        js = CoffeeScript.compile(code, codeOpts);
-        CoffeeScript.emit('success', js);
+        js = (task.js = CoffeeScript.compile(code, codeOpts));
+        CoffeeScript.emit('success', task);
+        if (CoffeeScript.listeners('success')) {
+          _h = task;
+          js = _h.js;
+        }
         if (o.print) {
           return print(js);
         } else if (o.compile) {
@@ -130,7 +143,7 @@
         }
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      CoffeeScript.emit('failure', err);
+      CoffeeScript.emit('failure', err, task);
       if (CoffeeScript.listeners('failure').length) {
         return null;
       }
diff --git a/src/command.coffee b/src/command.coffee
index 2b2acaee..804b8ed5 100644
--- a/src/command.coffee
+++ b/src/command.coffee
@@ -98,20 +98,22 @@ compileScript = (source, code, base) ->
   if o.require
     require fs.realpathSync file for file in o.require
   try
-    CoffeeScript.emit 'compile', {source, code, base, options}
+    CoffeeScript.emit 'compile', task = {source, code, base, options, codeOpts}
+    {source, code, base, options, codeOpts} = task if CoffeeScript.listeners 'compile'
     if      o.tokens      then printTokens CoffeeScript.tokens code
     else if o.nodes       then puts CoffeeScript.nodes(code).toString()
     else if o.run         then CoffeeScript.run code, codeOpts
     else
-      js = CoffeeScript.compile code, codeOpts
-      CoffeeScript.emit 'success', js
+      js = task.js = CoffeeScript.compile code, codeOpts
+      CoffeeScript.emit 'success', task
+      {js} = task if CoffeeScript.listeners 'success'
       if o.print          then print js
       else if o.compile   then writeJs source, js, base
       else if o.lint      then lint js
   catch err
     # Avoid using 'error' as it is a special event -- if there is no handler,
     # node will print a stack trace and exit the program.
-    CoffeeScript.emit 'failure', err
+    CoffeeScript.emit 'failure', err, task
     return if CoffeeScript.listeners('failure').length
     error(err.stack) and process.exit 1 unless o.watch
     puts err.message