diff --git a/src/ng/rootScope.js b/src/ng/rootScope.js
index 0b9a2410d503..a7ba7b179b15 100644
--- a/src/ng/rootScope.js
+++ b/src/ng/rootScope.js
@@ -101,6 +101,29 @@ function $RootScopeProvider() {
         $event.currentScope.$$destroyed = true;
     }
 
+    function cleanUpScope($scope) {
+
+      if (msie === 9) {
+        // There is a memory leak in IE9 if all child scopes are not disconnected
+        // completely when a scope is destroyed. So this code will recurse up through
+        // all this scopes children
+        //
+        // See issue https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/10706
+        $scope.$$childHead && cleanUpScope($scope.$$childHead);
+        $scope.$$nextSibling && cleanUpScope($scope.$$nextSibling);
+      }
+
+      // The code below works around IE9 and V8's memory leaks
+      //
+      // See:
+      // - https://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=2073#c26
+      // - https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/6794#issuecomment-38648909
+      // - https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/1313#issuecomment-10378451
+
+      $scope.$parent = $scope.$$nextSibling = $scope.$$prevSibling = $scope.$$childHead =
+          $scope.$$childTail = $scope.$root = $scope.$$watchers = null;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @ngdoc type
      * @name $rootScope.Scope
@@ -897,16 +920,9 @@ function $RootScopeProvider() {
         this.$on = this.$watch = this.$watchGroup = function() { return noop; };
         this.$$listeners = {};
 
-        // All of the code below is bogus code that works around V8's memory leak via optimized code
-        // and inline caches.
-        //
-        // see:
-        // - https://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=2073#c26
-        // - https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/6794#issuecomment-38648909
-        // - https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/1313#issuecomment-10378451
-
-        this.$parent = this.$$nextSibling = this.$$prevSibling = this.$$childHead =
-            this.$$childTail = this.$root = this.$$watchers = null;
+        // Disconnect the next sibling to prevent `cleanUpScope` destroying those too
+        this.$$nextSibling = null;
+        cleanUpScope(this);
       },
 
       /**
diff --git a/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js b/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
index 8bdc6b4c50f0..e704608db990 100644
--- a/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
@@ -1211,6 +1211,34 @@ describe('Scope', function() {
       expect(child.parentModel).toBe('parent');
       expect(child.childModel).toBe('child');
     }));
+
+
+    if (msie === 9) {
+      // See issue https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/10706
+      it('should completely disconnect all child scopes on IE9', inject(function($rootScope) {
+        var parent = $rootScope.$new(),
+            child1 = parent.$new(),
+            child2 = parent.$new(),
+            grandChild = child1.$new();
+        parent.$destroy();
+
+        $rootScope.$digest();
+
+        expect(isDisconnected(parent)).toBe(true);
+        expect(isDisconnected(child1)).toBe(true);
+        expect(isDisconnected(child2)).toBe(true);
+        expect(isDisconnected(grandChild)).toBe(true);
+
+        function isDisconnected($scope) {
+          return $scope.$$nextSibling === null &&
+                 $scope.$$prevSibling === null &&
+                 $scope.$$childHead === null &&
+                 $scope.$$childTail === null &&
+                 $scope.$root === null &&
+                 $scope.$$watchers === null;
+        }
+      }));
+    }
   });