diff --git a/src/auto/injector.js b/src/auto/injector.js
index f6980a671403..cf76afba7f61 100644
--- a/src/auto/injector.js
+++ b/src/auto/injector.js
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
  * Implicit module which gets automatically added to each {@link auto.$injector $injector}.
  */
 
-var FN_ARGS = /^function\s*[^\(]*\(\s*([^\)]*)\)/m;
+var FN_ARGS = /^[^\(]*\(\s*([^\)]*)\)/m;
 var FN_ARG_SPLIT = /,/;
 var FN_ARG = /^\s*(_?)(\S+?)\1\s*$/;
 var STRIP_COMMENTS = /((\/\/.*$)|(\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/))/mg;
diff --git a/test/auto/injectorSpec.js b/test/auto/injectorSpec.js
index cff2ec5b0e7b..15199a23286c 100644
--- a/test/auto/injectorSpec.js
+++ b/test/auto/injectorSpec.js
@@ -237,6 +237,15 @@ describe('injector', function() {
     });
 
 
+    // Only Chrome and Firefox support this syntax.
+    if (/chrome|firefox/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) {
+      it('should be possible to annotate functions that are declared using ES6 syntax', function() {
+        // The function is generated using `eval` as just having the ES6 syntax can break some browsers.  
+        expect(annotate(eval('({ fn(x) { return; } })').fn)).toEqual(['x']);
+      });
+    }
+
+
     it('should publish annotate API', function() {
       expect(angular.mock.$$annotate).toBe(annotate);
       spyOn(angular.mock, '$$annotate').andCallThrough();