diff --git a/common/content/buffer.js b/common/content/buffer.js
index 877e30c0..4ee88ba2 100644
--- a/common/content/buffer.js
+++ b/common/content/buffer.js
@@ -1197,6 +1197,7 @@ var Buffer = Module("buffer", {
             dactyl.assert(file.exists());
 
             elem.value = file.path;
+            events.dispatch(elem, events.create(elem.ownerDocument, "change", {}));
         }, {
             completer: function (context) completion.file(context),
             default: elem.value
diff --git a/common/content/events.js b/common/content/events.js
index 6fe35884..ee9e4a2e 100644
--- a/common/content/events.js
+++ b/common/content/events.js
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
      */
     create: function (doc, type, opts) {
         var DEFAULTS = {
+            HTML: {
+                type: type, bubbles: true, cancelable: false
+            },
             Key: {
                 type: type,
                 bubbles: true, cancelable: true,
@@ -355,14 +358,15 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
             }
         };
         const TYPES = {
+            change: "",
             click: "Mouse", mousedown: "Mouse", mouseup: "Mouse",
             mouseover: "Mouse", mouseout: "Mouse",
             keypress: "Key", keyup: "Key", keydown: "Key"
         };
         var t = TYPES[type];
-        var evt = doc.createEvent(t + "Events");
+        var evt = doc.createEvent((t || "HTML") + "Events");
         evt["init" + t + "Event"].apply(evt,
-                [v for ([k, v] in Iterator(util.extend(DEFAULTS[t], opts)))]);
+                [v for ([k, v] in Iterator(util.extend(DEFAULTS[t || "HTML"], opts)))]);
         return evt;
     },