diff --git a/src/jqLite.js b/src/jqLite.js
index b169d1b5acd5..e1231b61f731 100644
--- a/src/jqLite.js
+++ b/src/jqLite.js
@@ -715,12 +715,7 @@ forEach({
     if (element.nodeType === 1) {
       var index = element.firstChild;
       forEach(new JQLite(node), function(child){
-        if (index) {
-          element.insertBefore(child, index);
-        } else {
-          element.appendChild(child);
-          index = child;
-        }
+        element.insertBefore(child, index);
       });
     }
   },
diff --git a/test/jqLiteSpec.js b/test/jqLiteSpec.js
index f66305361104..92ccc2a80db9 100644
--- a/test/jqLiteSpec.js
+++ b/test/jqLiteSpec.js
@@ -1075,6 +1075,18 @@ describe('jqLite', function() {
       expect(root.prepend('abc')).toEqual(root);
       expect(root.html().toLowerCase()).toEqual('abctext');
     });
+    it('should prepend array to empty in the right order', function() {
+      var root = jqLite('<div>');
+      expect(root.prepend([a, b, c])).toBe(root);
+      expect(sortedHtml(root)).
+        toBe('<div><div>A</div><div>B</div><div>C</div></div>');
+    });
+    it('should prepend array to content in the right order', function() {
+      var root = jqLite('<div>text</div>');
+      expect(root.prepend([a, b, c])).toBe(root);
+      expect(sortedHtml(root)).
+        toBe('<div><div>A</div><div>B</div><div>C</div>text</div>');
+    });
   });