diff --git a/src/ng/directive/script.js b/src/ng/directive/script.js
index dcbd97b18a7e..79f8b26e206a 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/script.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/script.js
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ var scriptDirective = ['$templateCache', function($templateCache) {
     terminal: true,
     compile: function(element, attr) {
       if (attr.type == 'text/ng-template') {
-        var templateUrl = attr.id;
-        $templateCache.put(templateUrl, element.text());
+        var templateUrl = attr.id,
+            // IE is not consistent, in scripts we have to read .text but in other nodes we have to read .textContent
+            text = element[0].text;
+
+        $templateCache.put(templateUrl, text);
       }
     }
   };
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/scriptSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/scriptSpec.js
index 471e04ce0c66..73128765a9a2 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/scriptSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/scriptSpec.js
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ describe('scriptDirective', function() {
 
   it('should populate $templateCache with contents of a ng-template script element', inject(
       function($compile, $templateCache) {
-        if (msie <=8) return;
-        // in ie8 it is not possible to create a script tag with the right content.
-        // it always comes up as empty. I was trying to set the text of the
-        // script tag, but that did not work either, so I gave up.
         $compile('<div>foo' +
                    '<script id="/ignore">ignore me</script>' +
                    '<script type="text/ng-template" id="/myTemplate.html"><x>{{y}}</x></script>' +
@@ -26,19 +22,18 @@ describe('scriptDirective', function() {
 
 
   it('should not compile scripts', inject(function($compile, $templateCache, $rootScope) {
-    if (msie <=8) return; // see above
-
     var doc = jqLite('<div></div>');
-    // jQuery is too smart and removes
-    doc[0].innerHTML = '<script type="text/javascript">some {{binding}}</script>' +
-                       '<script type="text/ng-template" id="/some">other {{binding}}</script>';
+    // jQuery is too smart and removes script tags
+    doc[0].innerHTML = 'foo' +
+        '<script type="text/javascript">some {{binding}}</script>' +
+        '<script type="text/ng-template" id="/some">other {{binding}}</script>';
 
     $compile(doc)($rootScope);
     $rootScope.$digest();
 
     var scripts = doc.find('script');
-    expect(scripts.eq(0).text()).toBe('some {{binding}}');
-    expect(scripts.eq(1).text()).toBe('other {{binding}}');
+    expect(scripts.eq(0)[0].text).toBe('some {{binding}}');
+    expect(scripts.eq(1)[0].text).toBe('other {{binding}}');
     dealoc(doc);
   }));
 });