diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 88ea452b3749..386682a325e7 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ function forEach(obj, iterator, context) {
   if (obj) {
     if (isFunction(obj)){
       for (key in obj) {
-        if (key != 'prototype' && key != 'length' && key != 'name' && obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+        // Need to check if hasOwnProperty exists,
+        // as on IE8 the result of querySelectorAll is an object without a hasOwnProperty function
+        if (key != 'prototype' && key != 'length' && key != 'name' && (!obj.hasOwnProperty || obj.hasOwnProperty(key))) {
           iterator.call(context, obj[key], key);
         }
       }
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index 36d4926e709b..7fe65f4c8051 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -504,6 +504,21 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       expect(log).toEqual(['0:a', '1:c']);
     });
 
+    if (document.querySelectorAll) {
+      it('should handle the result of querySelectorAll in IE8 as it has no hasOwnProperty function', function() {
+        document.body.innerHTML = "<p>" +
+          "<a name='x'>a</a>" +
+          "<a name='y'>b</a>" +
+          "<a name='x'>c</a>" +
+          "</p>";
+
+        var htmlCollection = document.querySelectorAll('[name="x"]'),
+          log = [];
+
+        forEach(htmlCollection, function(value, key) { log.push(key + ':' + value.innerHTML)});
+        expect(log).toEqual(['0:a', '1:c']);
+      });
+    }
 
     it('should handle arguments objects like arrays', function() {
       var args,