diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js b/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
index e69e6c8c61b0..e833c8e833d5 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngEventDirs.js
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
    </example>
  */
 /*
- * A directive that allows creation of custom onclick handlers that are defined as angular
+ * A directive that allows creation of custom event handlers that are defined as angular
  * expressions and are compiled and executed within the current scope.
  *
  * Events that are handled via these handler are always configured not to propagate further.
  */
 var ngEventDirectives = {};
 forEach(
-  'click dblclick mousedown mouseup mouseover mouseout mousemove mouseenter mouseleave keydown keyup keypress submit focus blur copy cut paste'.split(' '),
+  'click dblclick mousedown mouseup mouseover mouseout mousemove mouseenter mouseleave keydown keyup keypress submit copy cut paste'.split(' '),
   function(name) {
     var directiveName = directiveNormalize('ng-' + name);
     ngEventDirectives[directiveName] = ['$parse', function($parse) {
@@ -58,6 +58,32 @@ forEach(
   }
 );
 
+/*
+ * Focus and blur need to use $evalAsync to prevent $rootScope.inprog errors caused by other event directives triggering
+ * focus() and blur() respectively
+ *
+ */
+forEach(
+  'focus blur'.split(' '),
+  function(name) {
+    var directiveName = directiveNormalize('ng-' + name);
+    ngEventDirectives[directiveName] = ['$parse', function($parse) {
+      return {
+        compile: function($element, attr) {
+          var fn = $parse(attr[directiveName]);
+          return function(scope, element, attr) {
+            element.on(lowercase(name), function(event) {
+              scope.$evalAsync(function() {
+                fn(scope, {$event:event});
+              });
+            });
+          };
+        }
+      };
+    }];
+  }
+);
+
 /**
  * @ngdoc directive
  * @name ngDblclick
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/ngEventDirsSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/ngEventDirsSpec.js
index 5b73c2dd6a8b..7dda5a0169d4 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/ngEventDirsSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/ngEventDirsSpec.js
@@ -39,4 +39,38 @@ describe('event directives', function() {
       expect($rootScope.formSubmitted).toEqual('foo');
     }));
   });
+
+  describe('ngBlur', function() {
+    iit('should get called when ngKeydown triggers blur', inject(function($rootScope, $compile) {
+      $rootScope.blur = function() {
+        browserTrigger(element, 'blur');
+      }
+
+      element = $compile('<input type="text" ng-blur="blurred = true" ng-keydown="blur()" />')($rootScope);
+
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+      expect($rootScope.blurred).not.toBeDefined();
+
+      browserTrigger(element, 'keydown');
+      expect($rootScope.blurred).toEqual(true);
+    }));
+  });
+
+  describe('ngFocus', function() {
+    iit('should get called when ngClick triggers focus', inject(function($rootScope, $compile) {
+      $rootScope.focus = function() {
+        browserTrigger(element.children()[0], 'focus');
+      }
+
+      element = $compile('<div><input type="text" ng-focus="focused = true" />' +
+        '<button type="button" ng-click="focus()"></button></div>')($rootScope);
+
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+      expect($rootScope.focused).not.toBeDefined();
+
+      browserTrigger(element.children()[1], 'click');
+      expect($rootScope.focused).toEqual(true);
+    }));
+  });
+
 });