diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/getEventTarget.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/getEventTarget.js
index 76c0052c8520c..960ba2040a666 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/getEventTarget.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/getEventTarget.js
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import {TEXT_NODE} from '../shared/HTMLNodeType';
  * @return {DOMEventTarget} Target node.
  */
 function getEventTarget(nativeEvent) {
-  let target = nativeEvent.target || window;
+  // Fallback to nativeEvent.srcElement for IE9
+  // https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/12506
+  let target = nativeEvent.target || nativeEvent.srcElement || window;
 
   // Normalize SVG <use> element events #4963
   if (target.correspondingUseElement) {