diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 90c7234a33bf..9e2f93f2eac6 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if ('i' !== 'I'.toLowerCase()) {
 
 
 var /** holds major version number for IE or NaN for real browsers */
-    msie              = int((/msie (\d+)/.exec(lowercase(navigator.userAgent)) || [])[1]),
+    msie,
     jqLite,           // delay binding since jQuery could be loaded after us.
     jQuery,           // delay binding
     slice             = [].slice,
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ var /** holds major version number for IE or NaN for real browsers */
     nodeName_,
     uid               = ['0', '0', '0'];
 
+/**
+ * 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]);
+if (isNaN(msie)) {
+  msie = int((/trident\/.*; rv:(\d+)/.exec(lowercase(navigator.userAgent)) || [])[1]);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * @private
  * @param {*} obj
diff --git a/src/ng/urlUtils.js b/src/ng/urlUtils.js
index c747ad9ace95..f1e31d7a3f7e 100644
--- a/src/ng/urlUtils.js
+++ b/src/ng/urlUtils.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function $$UrlUtilsProvider() {
      */
     function resolve(url, parse) {
       var href = url;
-      if (msie) {
+      if (msie <= 11) {
         // Normalize before parse.  Refer Implementation Notes on why this is
         // done in two steps on IE.
         urlParsingNode.setAttribute("href", href);
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index 344e2ead3c11..f6796496e74a 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -1003,4 +1003,19 @@ describe('angular', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('msie UA parsing', function() {
+    if (/ Trident\/.*; rv:/.test(window.navigator.userAgent)) {
+      it('should fail when the Trident and the rv versions disagree for IE11+', function() {
+        // When this test fails, we can think about whether we want to use the version from the
+        // Trident token in the UA string or stick with the version from rv: as we currently do.
+        // Refer https://github.com/angular/angular.js/pull/3758#issuecomment-23529245 for the
+        // discussion.
+        var UA = window.navigator.userAgent;
+        var tridentVersion = parseInt((/Trident\/(\d+)/.exec(UA) || [])[1], 10) + 4;
+        var rvVersion = parseInt((/Trident\/.*; rv:(\d+)/.exec(UA) || [])[1], 10);
+        expect(tridentVersion).toBe(rvVersion);
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
 });
diff --git a/test/ng/compileSpec.js b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
index 13604f6fa131..d26438783d70 100755
--- a/test/ng/compileSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
@@ -2897,7 +2897,7 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
     }));
 
 
-    // Fails on IE < 10 with "TypeError: Access is denied" when trying to set img[src]
+    // Fails on IE <= 10 with "TypeError: Access is denied" when trying to set img[src]
     if (!msie || msie > 10) {
       it('should sanitize mailto: urls', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
         element = $compile('<img src="{{testUrl}}"></a>')($rootScope);
@@ -3008,9 +3008,9 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
       inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
         element = $compile('<img src="{{testUrl}}"></img>')($rootScope);
 
-        // Fails on IE < 10 with "TypeError: Object doesn't support this property or method" when
+        // Fails on IE <= 11 with "TypeError: Object doesn't support this property or method" when
         // trying to set img[src]
-        if (!msie || msie > 10) {
+        if (!msie || msie > 11) {
           $rootScope.testUrl = "javascript:doEvilStuff()";
           $rootScope.$apply();
           expect(element.attr('src')).toBe('javascript:doEvilStuff()');
diff --git a/test/ng/snifferSpec.js b/test/ng/snifferSpec.js
index 1bf29f735ec2..6edf9f61d740 100644
--- a/test/ng/snifferSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/snifferSpec.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ describe('$sniffer', function() {
         else if(/firefox/i.test(ua)) {
           expectedPrefix = 'Moz';
         }
-        else if(/ie/i.test(ua)) {
+        else if(/ie/i.test(ua) || /trident/i.test(ua)) {
           expectedPrefix = 'Ms';
         }
         else if(/opera/i.test(ua)) {