diff --git a/src/ng/httpBackend.js b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
index 5496589be50f..3982fad0997d 100644
--- a/src/ng/httpBackend.js
+++ b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument,
     // - adds and immediately removes script elements from the document
     var script = rawDocument.createElement('script'),
         doneWrapper = function() {
+        script.onreadystatechange = script.onload = script.onerror = null;
           rawDocument.body.removeChild(script);
           if (done) done();
         };
@@ -143,12 +144,16 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument,
     script.type = 'text/javascript';
     script.src = url;
 
-    if (msie) {
+    if (msie && msie <= 8) {
       script.onreadystatechange = function() {
-        if (/loaded|complete/.test(script.readyState)) doneWrapper();
+        if (/loaded|complete/.test(script.readyState)) {
+          doneWrapper();
+        }
       };
     } else {
-      script.onload = script.onerror = doneWrapper;
+      script.onload = script.onerror = function() {
+        doneWrapper();
+      };
     }
 
     rawDocument.body.appendChild(script);
diff --git a/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js b/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
index cc73ea8e2d13..0748d1161cf9 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
         script.readyState = 'complete';
         script.onreadystatechange();
       } else {
-        script.onload()
+        script.onload();
       }
 
       expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
         script.readyState = 'complete';
         script.onreadystatechange();
       } else {
-        script.onload()
+        script.onload();
       }
 
       expect(callbacks[callbackId]).toBeUndefined();
@@ -321,6 +321,38 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
     });
 
 
+    if(msie<=8) {
+
+      it('should attach onreadystatechange handler to the script object', function() {
+        $backend('JSONP', 'http://example.org/path?cb=JSON_CALLBACK', null, noop);
+
+        expect(fakeDocument.$$scripts[0].onreadystatechange).toEqual(jasmine.any(Function));
+
+        var script = fakeDocument.$$scripts[0];
+
+        script.readyState = 'complete';
+        script.onreadystatechange();
+
+        expect(script.onreadystatechange).toBe(null);
+      });
+
+    } else {
+
+      it('should attach onload and onerror handlers to the script object', function() {
+        $backend('JSONP', 'http://example.org/path?cb=JSON_CALLBACK', null, noop);
+
+        expect(fakeDocument.$$scripts[0].onload).toEqual(jasmine.any(Function));
+        expect(fakeDocument.$$scripts[0].onerror).toEqual(jasmine.any(Function));
+
+        var script = fakeDocument.$$scripts[0];
+        script.onload();
+
+        expect(script.onload).toBe(null);
+        expect(script.onerror).toBe(null);
+      });
+
+    }
+
     it('should call callback with status -2 when script fails to load', function() {
       callback.andCallFake(function(status, response) {
         expect(status).toBe(-2);
@@ -335,7 +367,7 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
         script.readyState = 'complete';
         script.onreadystatechange();
       } else {
-        script.onload()
+        script.onload();
       }
       expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     });