diff --git a/src/EventQueue.php b/src/EventQueue.php
index 3041d08..32fd8ac 100644
--- a/src/EventQueue.php
+++ b/src/EventQueue.php
@@ -20,8 +20,15 @@
  * @category Phergie
  * @package Phergie\Irc\Bot\React
  */
-class EventQueue extends \SplPriorityQueue implements EventQueueInterface
+class EventQueue implements EventQueueInterface
 {
+    /**
+     * Internal priority queue.
+     *
+     * @var \Phergie\Irc\Bot\React\EventQueueInternal
+     */
+    protected $queue;
+
     /**
      * Prefix for queued messages
      *
@@ -48,18 +55,31 @@ class EventQueue extends \SplPriorityQueue implements EventQueueInterface
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        // For HHVM compatibility
-        // @see https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/issues/1695
-        // @see http://stackoverflow.com/a/4650617/906821
-        // @codeCoverageIgnoreStart
-        if (method_exists('\SplPriorityQueue', '__construct')) {
-            parent::__construct();
-        }
-        // @codeCoverageIgnoreEnd
+        $this->queue = new EventQueueInternal;
 
         $this->priorities = $this->getPriorities();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Allows iteration over the event queue.
+     *
+     * @return \Phergie\Irc\Bot\React\EventQueueInternal
+     */
+    public function getIterator()
+    {
+        return clone $this->queue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Wrapper for the queue's internal count method.
+     *
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function count()
+    {
+        return $this->queue->count();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Removes and returns an event from the front of the queue.
      *
@@ -68,10 +88,10 @@ public function __construct()
      */
     public function extract()
     {
-        if ($this->isEmpty()) {
+        if ($this->queue->isEmpty()) {
             return null;
         }
-        return parent::extract();
+        return $this->queue->extract();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -115,7 +135,7 @@ protected function queueRequest(UserEventInterface $event, $command, array $para
         $event->setPrefix($this->prefix);
         $event->setCommand($command);
         $event->setParams(array_filter($params));
-        $this->insert($event, $this->getPriority($command, $params));
+        $this->queue->insert($event, $this->getPriority($command, $params));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -129,23 +149,6 @@ protected function queueIrcRequest($command, array $params = array())
         $this->queueRequest(new UserEvent, $command, $params);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Overrides native default comparison logic to assign higher priority to
-     * events inserted earlier.
-     *
-     * @param \Phergie\Irc\Bot\React\EventQueuePriority $priority1
-     * @param \Phergie\Irc\Bot\React\EventQueuePriority $priority2
-     * @return int
-     */
-    public function compare($priority1, $priority2)
-    {
-        $priority = $priority1->value - $priority2->value;
-        if (!$priority) {
-            $priority = $priority2->timestamp - $priority1->timestamp;
-        }
-        return $priority;
-    }
-
     /**
      * Enqueues a new CTCP event.
      *
diff --git a/src/EventQueueInterface.php b/src/EventQueueInterface.php
index 4ed130b..d13fe9e 100644
--- a/src/EventQueueInterface.php
+++ b/src/EventQueueInterface.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * @category Phergie
  * @package Phergie\Irc\Bot\React
  */
-interface EventQueueInterface extends GeneratorInterface, \Iterator, \Countable
+interface EventQueueInterface extends GeneratorInterface, \IteratorAggregate, \Countable
 {
     /**
      * Removes and returns an event from the front of the queue.
diff --git a/src/EventQueueInternal.php b/src/EventQueueInternal.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7c09cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/EventQueueInternal.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Phergie (http://phergie.org)
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2008-2015 Phergie Development Team (http://phergie.org)
+ * @license http://phergie.org/license Simplified BSD License
+ * @package Phergie\Irc\Bot\React
+ */
+
+namespace Phergie\Irc\Bot\React;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of SplPriorityQueue specifically for internal use within
+ * the EventQueue class.
+ *
+ * @category Phergie
+ * @package Phergie\Irc\Bot\React
+ */
+class EventQueueInternal extends \SplPriorityQueue
+{
+    /**
+     * Overrides native default comparison logic to assign higher priority to
+     * events inserted earlier.
+     *
+     * @param \Phergie\Irc\Bot\React\EventQueuePriority $priority1
+     * @param \Phergie\Irc\Bot\React\EventQueuePriority $priority2
+     * @return int
+     */
+    public function compare($priority1, $priority2)
+    {
+        if (!$priority1 instanceof EventQueuePriority || !$priority2 instanceof EventQueuePriority) {
+            return parent::compare($priority1, $priority2);
+        }
+
+        $priority = $priority1->value - $priority2->value;
+        if (!$priority) {
+            $priority = $priority2->timestamp - $priority1->timestamp;
+        }
+        return $priority;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/EventQueueTest.php b/tests/EventQueueTest.php
index bcdd21c..8eebc4c 100644
--- a/tests/EventQueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/EventQueueTest.php
@@ -222,4 +222,25 @@ public function testPriorities()
 
         $this->assertNull($this->queue->extract());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that iterating over the event queue does not truncate its contents.
+     */
+    public function testNonDestructiveIteration()
+    {
+        $this->assertNull($this->queue->extract());
+
+        $this->queue->ircQuit();
+        $contents = [];
+        foreach ($this->queue as $value) {
+            $contents[] = $value;
+        }
+
+        $event = $this->queue->extract();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\Phergie\Irc\Event\EventInterface', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals('QUIT', $event->getCommand());
+        $this->assertEmpty($event->getParams());
+
+        $this->assertEquals([$event], $contents);
+    }
 }