diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 740cd6911427..3aa52083977d 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ var /** holds major version number for IE or NaN for real browsers */
  * IE 11 changed the format of the UserAgent string.
  * See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503.aspx
  */
-msie = int((/msie (\d+)/.exec(lowercase(navigator.userAgent)) || [])[1]);
+msie = document.documentMode || int((/msie (\d+)/.exec(lowercase(navigator.userAgent)) || [])[1]);
 if (isNaN(msie)) {
   msie = int((/trident\/.*; rv:(\d+)/.exec(lowercase(navigator.userAgent)) || [])[1]);
 }