diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 5de57075eb5c..5d9d2e12fffe 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var /** holds major version number for IE or NaN for real browsers */
     toString          = Object.prototype.toString,
 
 
-    _angular          = window.angular, 
+    _angular          = window.angular,
     /** @name angular */
     angular           = window.angular || (window.angular = {}),
     angularModule,
@@ -964,22 +964,38 @@ function angularInit(element, bootstrap) {
  * @returns {AUTO.$injector} Returns the newly created injector for this app.
  */
 function bootstrap(element, modules) {
-  element = jqLite(element);
-  modules = modules || [];
-  modules.unshift(['$provide', function($provide) {
-    $provide.value('$rootElement', element);
-  }]);
-  modules.unshift('ng');
-  var injector = createInjector(modules);
-  injector.invoke(
-    ['$rootScope', '$rootElement', '$compile', '$injector', function(scope, element, compile, injector){
-      scope.$apply(function() {
-        element.data('$injector', injector);
-        compile(element)(scope);
-      });
-    }]
-  );
-  return injector;
+  var resumeBootstrapInternal = function() {
+    element = jqLite(element);
+    modules = modules || [];
+    modules.unshift(['$provide', function($provide) {
+      $provide.value('$rootElement', element);
+    }]);
+    modules.unshift('ng');
+    var injector = createInjector(modules);
+    injector.invoke(['$rootScope', '$rootElement', '$compile', '$injector',
+       function(scope, element, compile, injector) {
+        scope.$apply(function() {
+          element.data('$injector', injector);
+          compile(element)(scope);
+        });
+      }]
+    );
+    return injector;
+  };
+
+  var NG_DEFER_BOOTSTRAP = /^NG_DEFER_BOOTSTRAP!/;
+
+  if (window && !NG_DEFER_BOOTSTRAP.test(window.name)) {
+    return resumeBootstrapInternal();
+  }
+
+  window.name = window.name.replace(NG_DEFER_BOOTSTRAP, '');
+  angular.resumeBootstrap = function(extraModules) {
+    forEach(extraModules, function(module) {
+      modules.push(module);
+    });
+    resumeBootstrapInternal();
+  };
 }
 
 var SNAKE_CASE_REGEXP = /[A-Z]/g;
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index cc752b6c00bd..7f1ab8a32c26 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       var element = jqLite('<div>{{1+2}}</div>');
       var injector = angular.bootstrap(element);
       expect(injector).toBeDefined();
-      expect(element.data('$injector')).toBe(injector);
+      expect(element.injector()).toBe(injector);
       dealoc(element);
     });
 
@@ -672,6 +672,78 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       expect(element.html()).toBe('{{1+2}}');
       dealoc(element);
     });
+
+
+    describe('deferred bootstrap', function() {
+      var originalName = window.name,
+          element;
+
+      beforeEach(function() {
+        window.name = '';
+        element = jqLite('<div>{{1+2}}</div>');
+      });
+
+      afterEach(function() {
+        dealoc(element);
+        window.name = originalName;
+      });
+
+
+      it('should wait for extra modules', function() {
+        window.name = 'NG_DEFER_BOOTSTRAP!';
+        angular.bootstrap(element);
+
+        expect(element.html()).toBe('{{1+2}}');
+
+        angular.resumeBootstrap();
+
+        expect(element.html()).toBe('3');
+        expect(window.name).toEqual('');
+      });
+
+
+      it('should load extra modules', function() {
+        element = jqLite('<div>{{1+2}}</div>');
+        window.name = 'NG_DEFER_BOOTSTRAP!';
+
+        var bootstrapping = jasmine.createSpy('bootstrapping');
+        angular.bootstrap(element, [bootstrapping]);
+
+        expect(bootstrapping).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(element.injector()).toBeUndefined();
+
+        angular.module('addedModule', []).value('foo', 'bar');
+        angular.resumeBootstrap(['addedModule']);
+
+        expect(bootstrapping).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+        expect(element.injector().get('foo')).toEqual('bar');
+      });
+
+
+      it('should not defer bootstrap without window.name cue', function() {
+        angular.bootstrap(element, []);
+        angular.module('addedModule', []).value('foo', 'bar');
+
+        expect(function() {
+          element.injector().get('foo');
+        }).toThrow('Unknown provider: fooProvider <- foo');
+
+        expect(element.injector().get('$http')).toBeDefined();
+      });
+
+
+      it('should restore the original window.name after bootstrap', function() {
+        window.name = 'NG_DEFER_BOOTSTRAP!my custom name';
+        angular.bootstrap(element);
+
+        expect(element.html()).toBe('{{1+2}}');
+
+        angular.resumeBootstrap();
+
+        expect(element.html()).toBe('3');
+        expect(window.name).toEqual('my custom name');
+      });
+    });
   });