diff --git a/src/ng/http.js b/src/ng/http.js
index deeb6cbb2621..06ad57d690fd 100644
--- a/src/ng/http.js
+++ b/src/ng/http.js
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
      *    - **withCredentials** - `{boolean}` - whether to to set the `withCredentials` flag on the
      *      XHR object. See {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en/http_access_control#section_5
      *      requests with credentials} for more information.
+     *    - **useXDomain** 0 `{boolean}` - use XDomainRequest in IE requests 
      *
      * @returns {HttpPromise} Returns a {@link ng.$q promise} object with the
      *   standard `then` method and two http specific methods: `success` and `error`. The `then`
@@ -697,7 +698,7 @@ function $HttpProvider() {
       // if we won't have the response in cache, send the request to the backend
       if (!cachedResp) {
         $httpBackend(config.method, url, reqData, done, reqHeaders, config.timeout,
-            config.withCredentials);
+            config.withCredentials, config.useXDomain || $http.defaults.useXDomain);
       }
 
       return promise;
diff --git a/src/ng/httpBackend.js b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
index 0a12aa23b4a5..36b8a50a32e1 100644
--- a/src/ng/httpBackend.js
+++ b/src/ng/httpBackend.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var XHR = window.XMLHttpRequest || function() {
   try { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0"); } catch (e2) {}
   try { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e3) {}
   throw new Error("This browser does not support XMLHttpRequest.");
-};
+}, XDR = !window.msPerformance && window.XDomainRequest || null;
 
 
 /**
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ var XHR = window.XMLHttpRequest || function() {
  */
 function $HttpBackendProvider() {
   this.$get = ['$browser', '$window', '$document', function($browser, $window, $document) {
-    return createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browser.defer, $window.angular.callbacks,
+    return createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, XDR, $browser.defer, $window.angular.callbacks,
         $document[0], $window.location.protocol.replace(':', ''));
   }];
 }
 
-function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument, locationProtocol) {
+function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, XDR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument, locationProtocol) {
   // TODO(vojta): fix the signature
-  return function(method, url, post, callback, headers, timeout, withCredentials) {
+  return function(method, url, post, callback, headers, timeout, withCredentials, useXDomain) {
     $browser.$$incOutstandingRequestCount();
     url = url || $browser.url();
 
@@ -44,43 +44,80 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument,
 
       jsonpReq(url.replace('JSON_CALLBACK', 'angular.callbacks.' + callbackId),
           function() {
-        if (callbacks[callbackId].data) {
-          completeRequest(callback, 200, callbacks[callbackId].data);
-        } else {
-          completeRequest(callback, -2);
-        }
-        delete callbacks[callbackId];
-      });
-    } else {
-      var xhr = new XHR();
-      xhr.open(method, url, true);
-      forEach(headers, function(value, key) {
-        if (value) xhr.setRequestHeader(key, value);
-      });
-
+            if (callbacks[callbackId].data) {
+              completeRequest(callback, 200, callbacks[callbackId].data);
+            } else {
+              completeRequest(callback, -2);
+            }
+            delete callbacks[callbackId];
+          });
+     } else {
       var status;
+      if (useXDomain && XDR) {
+        var xdr = new XDR();        
+        xdr.open(method.toLowerCase(), url);
+
+        // Required to XDomainRequest works
+        xdr.timeout = timeout;
+        xdr.onprogress = function() {};
+
+        xdr.ontimeout = function() {
+          completeRequest(callback, 408, 'Timeout', 'Content-Type: text/plain');
+          xdr.abort();
+        };
+
+        xdr.onload = function() {
+          completeRequest(callback, 200, xdr.responseText, 'Content-Type: ' + xdr.contentType);          
+        };
 
-      // In IE6 and 7, this might be called synchronously when xhr.send below is called and the
-      // response is in the cache. the promise api will ensure that to the app code the api is
-      // always async
-      xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
-        if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
-          completeRequest(
-              callback, status || xhr.status, xhr.responseText, xhr.getAllResponseHeaders());
+        xdr.onerror = function() {
+          completeRequest(callback, 500, 'Error', 'Content-Type: text/plain');
+          xdr.abort();
+        };
+
+        
+        $browserDefer(function () {
+          xdr.send();
+        }, 0); //fix IE bug that raises '$apply already in progress' on cached requests
+
+        if (timeout > 0) {
+          $browserDefer(function() {
+            status = -1;
+            xdr.abort();
+          }, timeout);
         }
-      };
 
-      if (withCredentials) {
-        xhr.withCredentials = true;
-      }
+      } else {
+        var xhr = new XHR();
+        xhr.open(method, url, true);
+
+        forEach(headers, function(value, key) {
+          if (value) xhr.setRequestHeader(key, value);
+        });       
+
+        // In IE6 and 7, this might be called synchronously when xhr.send below is called and the
+        // response is in the cache. the promise api will ensure that to the app code the api is
+        // always async
+        xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
+          if (xhr.readyState == 4) {
+            completeRequest(
+                callback, status || xhr.status, xhr.responseText, xhr.getAllResponseHeaders());
+          }
+        };        
+
+        if (withCredentials) {
+          xhr.withCredentials = true;
+        }
 
-      xhr.send(post || '');
+        xhr.send(post || '');
+
+        if (timeout > 0) {
+          $browserDefer(function() {
+            status = -1;
+            xhr.abort();
+          }, timeout);
+        }
 
-      if (timeout > 0) {
-        $browserDefer(function() {
-          status = -1;
-          xhr.abort();
-        }, timeout);
       }
     }
 
@@ -93,7 +130,7 @@ function createHttpBackend($browser, XHR, $browserDefer, callbacks, rawDocument,
       status = (protocol == 'file') ? (response ? 200 : 404) : status;
 
       // normalize IE bug (http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/1450)
-      status = status == 1223 ? 204 : status;
+      status = status == 1223 ? 204 : status;      
 
       callback(status, response, headersString);
       $browser.$$completeOutstandingRequest(noop);
diff --git a/src/ngResource/resource.js b/src/ngResource/resource.js
index 5bf3e07a0757..5eb52c49055f 100644
--- a/src/ngResource/resource.js
+++ b/src/ngResource/resource.js
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ angular.module('ngResource', ['ng']).
           $http({
             method: action.method,
             url: route.url(extend({}, extractParams(data), action.params || {}, params)),
-            data: data
+            data: data,
+            useXDomain: $http.defaults.useXDomain || false
           }).then(function(response) {
               var data = response.data;
 
diff --git a/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js b/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
index 06b63c3c8c8d..99b80d2a5769 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpBackendSpec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 describe('$httpBackend', function() {
 
   var $backend, $browser, callbacks,
-      xhr, fakeDocument, callback;
+      xhr, xdr, fakeDocument, callback;
 
   // TODO(vojta): should be replaced by $defer mock
   function fakeTimeout(fn, delay) {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
         })
       }
     };
-    $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, fakeTimeout, callbacks, fakeDocument);
+    $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, MockXhr, fakeTimeout, callbacks, fakeDocument);
     callback = jasmine.createSpy('done');
   }));
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
 
 
     it('should convert 0 to 200 if content', function() {
-      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, 'http');
+      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, null, 'http');
 
       $backend('GET', 'file:///whatever/index.html', null, callback);
       respond(0, 'SOME CONTENT');
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
 
 
     it('should convert 0 to 200 if content - relative url', function() {
-      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, 'file');
+      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, null, 'file');
 
       $backend('GET', '/whatever/index.html', null, callback);
       respond(0, 'SOME CONTENT');
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
 
 
     it('should convert 0 to 404 if no content', function() {
-      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, 'http');
+      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, null, 'http');
 
       $backend('GET', 'file:///whatever/index.html', null, callback);
       respond(0, '');
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
 
 
     it('should convert 0 to 200 if content - relative url', function() {
-      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, 'file');
+      $backend = createHttpBackend($browser, MockXhr, null, null, null, null, 'file');
 
       $backend('GET', '/whatever/index.html', null, callback);
       respond(0, '');
@@ -276,5 +276,4 @@ describe('$httpBackend', function() {
       expect(callback.mostRecentCall.args[0]).toBe(404);
     });
   });
-});
-
+});
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