diff --git a/iphone/Classes/TiUIListView.m b/iphone/Classes/TiUIListView.m
index f893e7a4255..3aac24b5fb5 100644
--- a/iphone/Classes/TiUIListView.m
+++ b/iphone/Classes/TiUIListView.m
@@ -1169,30 +1169,7 @@ - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionA
 
 - (void)tableViewDidEndMultipleSelectionInteraction:(UITableView *)tableView
 {
-  if ([self.proxy _hasListeners:@"itemsselected"]) {
-    NSMutableArray *selectedItems = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows.count];
-    NSMutableDictionary *startingItem = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:1];
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows.count; i++) {
-      NSIndexPath *indexPath = tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows[i];
-      NSIndexPath *realIndexPath = [self pathForSearchPath:indexPath];
-      TiUIListSectionProxy *theSection = [[self.listViewProxy sectionForIndex:realIndexPath.section] retain];
-
-      NSMutableDictionary *eventObject = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
-                                                                          theSection, @"section",
-                                                                      NUMINTEGER(realIndexPath.section), @"sectionIndex",
-                                                                      NUMINTEGER(realIndexPath.row), @"itemIndex",
-                                                                      nil];
-      if (i == 0) {
-        [startingItem setDictionary:eventObject];
-      }
-      [selectedItems addObject:eventObject];
-
-      RELEASE_TO_NIL(eventObject);
-      RELEASE_TO_NIL(theSection);
-    }
-    [self.proxy fireEvent:@"itemsselected" withObject:@{ @"selectedItems" : selectedItems, @"startingItem" : startingItem }];
-  }
+  [self fireItemsSelectedEvent];
 }
 
 - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView commitEditingStyle:(UITableViewCellEditingStyle)editingStyle forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
@@ -1891,6 +1868,12 @@ - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath
 {
   // send indexPath of tableView which could be self.tableView or searchController.searchResultsTableView
   [self fireClickForItemAtIndexPath:indexPath tableView:tableView accessoryButtonTapped:NO];
+  [self fireItemsSelectedEvent];
+}
+
+- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
+{
+  [self fireItemsSelectedEvent];
 }
 
 - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView accessoryButtonTappedForRowWithIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
@@ -2333,6 +2316,34 @@ - (void)fireClickForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath tableView:(UITableV
   [eventObject release];
 }
 
+- (void)fireItemsSelectedEvent
+{
+  if ((_tableView != nil) && [self.proxy _hasListeners:@"itemsselected"]) {
+    NSMutableArray *selectedItems = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:_tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows.count];
+    NSMutableDictionary *startingItem = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:1];
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < _tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows.count; i++) {
+      NSIndexPath *indexPath = _tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows[i];
+      NSIndexPath *realIndexPath = [self pathForSearchPath:indexPath];
+      TiUIListSectionProxy *theSection = [[self.listViewProxy sectionForIndex:realIndexPath.section] retain];
+
+      NSMutableDictionary *eventObject = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:
+                                                                          theSection, @"section",
+                                                                      NUMINTEGER(realIndexPath.section), @"sectionIndex",
+                                                                      NUMINTEGER(realIndexPath.row), @"itemIndex",
+                                                                      nil];
+      if (i == 0) {
+        [startingItem setDictionary:eventObject];
+      }
+      [selectedItems addObject:eventObject];
+
+      RELEASE_TO_NIL(eventObject);
+      RELEASE_TO_NIL(theSection);
+    }
+    [self.proxy fireEvent:@"itemsselected" withObject:@{ @"selectedItems" : selectedItems, @"startingItem" : startingItem }];
+  }
+}
+
 - (CGFloat)contentWidthForWidth:(CGFloat)width
 {
   return width;
diff --git a/iphone/Classes/TiUITableView.m b/iphone/Classes/TiUITableView.m
index c2dc5ffd844..85a0ba48278 100644
--- a/iphone/Classes/TiUITableView.m
+++ b/iphone/Classes/TiUITableView.m
@@ -2321,30 +2321,7 @@ - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didBeginMultipleSelectionInteractionA
 
 - (void)tableViewDidEndMultipleSelectionInteraction:(UITableView *)tableView
 {
-  if ([self.proxy _hasListeners:@"rowsselected"]) {
-    NSMutableArray *selectedItems = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows.count];
-    NSMutableDictionary *startingRowObject = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:1];
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows.count; i++) {
-      NSIndexPath *index = tableView.indexPathsForSelectedRows[i];
-      NSInteger sectionIdx = [index section];
-      NSArray *sections = [(TiUITableViewProxy *)[self proxy] internalSections];
-      TiUITableViewSectionProxy *section = [self sectionForIndex:sectionIdx];
-
-      NSInteger dataIndex = [self rowIndexForIndexPath:index andSections:sections];
-
-      TiUITableViewRowProxy *row = [section rowAtIndex:[index row]];
-
-      NSMutableDictionary *eventObject = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
-                                                                  section, @"section",
-                                                              NUMINTEGER(dataIndex), @"index",
-                                                              row, @"row",
-                                                              row, @"rowData",
-                                                              nil];
-      [selectedItems addObject:eventObject];
-    }
-    [self.proxy fireEvent:@"rowsselected" withObject:@{ @"selectedRows" : selectedItems, @"startingRow" : startingRowObject }];
-  }
+  [self fireRowsSelectedEvent];
 }
 
 #pragma mark Collation
@@ -2514,6 +2491,12 @@ - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)ourTableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPa
     search = YES;
   }
   [self triggerActionForIndexPath:indexPath fromPath:nil tableView:ourTableView wasAccessory:NO search:search name:@"click"];
+  [self fireRowsSelectedEvent];
+}
+
+- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didDeselectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
+{
+  [self fireRowsSelectedEvent];
 }
 
 - (void)tableView:(UITableView *)ourTableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
@@ -2781,6 +2764,45 @@ - (void)fireScrollEvent:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
   }
 }
 
+- (void)fireRowsSelectedEvent
+{
+  // Do not continue if TableView has been released.
+  if (!tableview) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Do not continue if not in multi-selection edit mode.
+  if (!tableview.editing || !tableview.allowsMultipleSelectionDuringEditing) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Do not continue if there aren't any listeners.
+  NSString *eventName = @"rowsselected";
+  if (![self.proxy _hasListeners:eventName]) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // Fire an event providing an array of all selected rows.
+  NSMutableArray *selectedItems = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:tableview.indexPathsForSelectedRows.count];
+  NSMutableDictionary *startingRowObject = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithCapacity:1];
+  for (int i = 0; i < tableview.indexPathsForSelectedRows.count; i++) {
+    NSIndexPath *index = tableview.indexPathsForSelectedRows[i];
+    NSInteger sectionIdx = [index section];
+    NSArray *sections = [(TiUITableViewProxy *)[self proxy] internalSections];
+    TiUITableViewSectionProxy *section = [self sectionForIndex:sectionIdx];
+    NSInteger dataIndex = [self rowIndexForIndexPath:index andSections:sections];
+    TiUITableViewRowProxy *row = [section rowAtIndex:[index row]];
+    NSMutableDictionary *eventObject = [NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys:
+                                                                section, @"section",
+                                                            NUMINTEGER(dataIndex), @"index",
+                                                            row, @"row",
+                                                            row, @"rowData",
+                                                            nil];
+    [selectedItems addObject:eventObject];
+  }
+  [self.proxy fireEvent:eventName withObject:@{ @"selectedRows" : selectedItems, @"startingRow" : startingRowObject }];
+}
+
 - (void)scrollViewDidScroll:(UIScrollView *)scrollView
 {
   if (scrollView.isDragging || scrollView.isDecelerating) {