diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js
index 10d683ea07..b190c36254 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/compiler/view.js
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ export class ProtoView {
   }
 
   _instantiate(hostElementInjector: ElementInjector, eventManager: EventManager): View {
-    var rootElementClone = this.instantiateInPlace ? this.element : DOM.clone(this.element);
+    var rootElementClone = this.instantiateInPlace ? this.element : DOM.importIntoDoc(this.element);
     var elementsWithBindingsDynamic;
     if (this.isTemplateElement) {
       elementsWithBindingsDynamic = DOM.querySelectorAll(DOM.content(rootElementClone), NG_BINDING_CLASS_SELECTOR);
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.dart b/modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.dart
index 79d0ec859c..25283272a1 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.dart
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ class DOM {
       node.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE;
   static bool isElementNode(Node node) =>
       node.nodeType == Node.ELEMENT_NODE;
+  static Node importIntoDoc(Node node) {
+    return document.importNode(node, true);
+  }
 }
 
 class CSSRuleWrapper {
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.es6 b/modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.es6
index f2175e218f..beebeffefa 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.es6
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/facade/dom.es6
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ export class DOM {
   static isElementNode(node:Node):boolean {
     return node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE;
   }
+  static importIntoDoc(node:Node) {
+    return document.importNode(node, true);
+  }
 }
 
 export class CSSRuleWrapper {