diff --git a/src/AngularPublic.js b/src/AngularPublic.js
index a317d4ddacb4..d1ae4a187841 100644
--- a/src/AngularPublic.js
+++ b/src/AngularPublic.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ function publishExternalAPI(angular){
             form: ngFormDirective,
             script: scriptTemplateLoader,
             select: selectDirective,
+            style: styleDirective,
             option: optionDirective,
             ngBind: ngBindDirective,
             ngBindHtml: ngBindHtmlDirective,
diff --git a/src/directives.js b/src/directives.js
index 8a2af70449b9..2d42d3efa07c 100644
--- a/src/directives.js
+++ b/src/directives.js
@@ -969,3 +969,9 @@ var ngTranscludeDirective = valueFn({
     });
   }]
 });
+
+
+var styleDirective = valueFn({
+  restrict: 'E',
+  terminal: true
+});
diff --git a/test/directivesSpec.js b/test/directivesSpec.js
index 88e70b506a2d..c05337457c4c 100644
--- a/test/directivesSpec.js
+++ b/test/directivesSpec.js
@@ -557,4 +557,28 @@ describe("directive", function() {
       expect(element.hasClass('bar')).toBe(true);
     }));
   });
+
+
+  describe('style', function() {
+
+    it('should not compile style element', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
+      element = jqLite('<style type="text/css">should {{notBound}}</style>');
+      $compile(element)($rootScope);
+      $rootScope.$digest();
+
+      // read innerHTML and trim to pass on IE8
+      expect(trim(element[0].innerHTML)).toBe('should {{notBound}}');
+    }));
+
+
+    it('should compile content of element with style attr', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
+      element = jqLite('<div style="some">{{bind}}</div>');
+      $compile(element)($rootScope);
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.bind = 'value';
+      });
+
+      expect(element.text()).toBe('value');
+    }));
+  });
 });