diff --git a/src/ng/log.js b/src/ng/log.js
index c64e04f311ff..1d9a001a321b 100644
--- a/src/ng/log.js
+++ b/src/ng/log.js
@@ -139,9 +139,16 @@ function $LogProvider(){
 
     function consoleLog(type) {
       var console = $window.console || {},
-          logFn = console[type] || console.log || noop;
+          logFn = console[type] || console.log || noop,
+          hasApply = false;
 
-      if (logFn.apply) {
+      // Note: reading logFn.apply throws an error in IE11 in IE8 document mode.
+      // The reason behind this is that console.log has type "object" in IE8...
+      try {
+        hasApply = !! logFn.apply;
+      } catch (e) {}
+
+      if (hasApply) {
         return function() {
           var args = [];
           forEach(arguments, function(arg) {