diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 678c6fe12484..bf541d39f459 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -931,7 +931,19 @@ var csp = function() {
   return (csp.isActive_ = active);
 };
 
+var jq = function() {
+  if (isDefined(jq.name_)) return jq.name_;
 
+  var el = document.querySelector('[ng-jq]') ||
+           document.querySelector('[data-ng-jq]');
+  var name = null;
+
+  if (el) {
+    name = el.getAttribute('ng-jq') || el.getAttribute('data-ng-jq') || '';
+  }
+
+  return (jq.name_ = name);
+};
 
 function concat(array1, array2, index) {
   return array1.concat(slice.call(array2, index));
@@ -1448,7 +1460,7 @@ function bindJQuery() {
   }
 
   // bind to jQuery if present;
-  jQuery = window.jQuery;
+  jQuery = jq() !== null ? window[jq()] : window.jQuery;
   // Use jQuery if it exists with proper functionality, otherwise default to us.
   // Angular 1.2+ requires jQuery 1.7+ for on()/off() support.
   // Angular 1.3+ technically requires at least jQuery 2.1+ but it may work with older
@@ -1467,7 +1479,7 @@ function bindJQuery() {
     // are passed through jQuery.cleanData. Monkey-patch this method to fire
     // the $destroy event on all removed nodes.
     originalCleanData = jQuery.cleanData;
-    jQuery.cleanData = function(elems) {
+    jQuery.cleanData = function (elems) {
       if (!skipDestroyOnNextJQueryCleanData) {
         for (var i = 0, elem; (elem = elems[i]) != null; i++) {
           jQuery(elem).triggerHandler('$destroy');
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index 878eb9567d63..6c97456a25d3 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -454,6 +454,57 @@ describe('angular', function() {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('jq', function() {
+
+    var element;
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      element = document.createElement('html');
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+      delete jq.name_;
+    });
+
+    it('should return null when jq is not set (the default)', function() {
+      expect(jq()).toBe(null);
+    });
+
+    it('should return empty string when jq is enabled manually via [ng-jq] with empty string', function() {
+      element.setAttribute('ng-jq', '');
+      spyOn(document, 'querySelector').andCallFake(function(selector) {
+        if (selector == '[ng-jq]') return element;
+      });
+      expect(jq()).toBe('');
+    });
+
+    it('should return empty string when jq is enabled manually via [data-ng-jq] with empty string', function() {
+      element.setAttribute('data-ng-jq', '');
+      spyOn(document, 'querySelector').andCallFake(function(selector) {
+        if (selector == '[data-ng-jq]') return element;
+      });
+      expect(jq()).toBe('');
+      expect(document.querySelector).toHaveBeenCalledWith('[data-ng-jq]');
+    });
+
+    it('should return "jquery" when jq is enabled manually via [ng-jq] with value "jquery"', function() {
+      element.setAttribute('ng-jq', 'jquery');
+      spyOn(document, 'querySelector').andCallFake(function(selector) {
+        if (selector == '[ng-jq]') return element;
+      });
+      expect(jq()).toBe('jquery');
+    });
+
+    it('should return "jquery" when jq is enabled manually via [data-ng-jq] with value "jquery"', function() {
+      element.setAttribute('data-ng-jq', 'jquery');
+      spyOn(document, 'querySelector').andCallFake(function(selector) {
+        if (selector == '[data-ng-jq]') return element;
+      });
+      expect(jq()).toBe('jquery');
+      expect(document.querySelector).toHaveBeenCalledWith('[data-ng-jq]');
+    });
+  });
+
 
   describe('parseKeyValue', function() {
     it('should parse a string into key-value pairs', function() {