diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/render/xhr_impl.ts b/modules/angular2/src/render/xhr_impl.ts
index 71b61f2451..00c779162f 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/render/xhr_impl.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/render/xhr_impl.ts
@@ -11,9 +11,22 @@ export class XHRImpl extends XHR {
     xhr.responseType = 'text';
 
     xhr.onload = function() {
-      var status = xhr.status;
+      // responseText is the old-school way of retrieving response (supported by IE8 & 9)
+      // response/responseType properties were introduced in XHR Level2 spec (supported by IE10)
+      var response = ('response' in xhr) ? xhr.response : xhr.responseText;
+
+      // normalize IE9 bug (http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/1450)
+      var status = xhr.status === 1223 ? 204 : xhr.status;
+
+      // fix status code when it is 0 (0 status is undocumented).
+      // Occurs when accessing file resources or on Android 4.1 stock browser
+      // while retrieving files from application cache.
+      if (status === 0) {
+        status = response ? 200 : 0;
+      }
+
       if (200 <= status && status <= 300) {
-        completer.resolve(xhr.responseText);
+        completer.resolve(response);
       } else {
         completer.reject(`Failed to load ${url}`, null);
       }