diff --git a/src/ng/rootScope.js b/src/ng/rootScope.js
index 89279608464c..16cd5d2b5aeb 100644
--- a/src/ng/rootScope.js
+++ b/src/ng/rootScope.js
@@ -799,6 +799,10 @@ function $RootScopeProvider() {
           }
           asyncQueue.length = 0;
 
+          if (this === $rootScope) {
+            hasRootScopeDigestRun = true;
+          }
+
           traverseScopesLoop:
           do { // "traverse the scopes" loop
             if ((watchers = current.$$watchers)) {
@@ -1014,8 +1018,9 @@ function $RootScopeProvider() {
         // if we are outside of an $digest loop and this is the first time we are scheduling async
         // task also schedule async auto-flush
         if (!$rootScope.$$phase && !asyncQueue.length) {
+          hasRootScopeDigestRun = false;
           $browser.defer(function() {
-            if (asyncQueue.length) {
+            if (!hasRootScopeDigestRun || asyncQueue.length) {
               $rootScope.$digest();
             }
           });
@@ -1333,6 +1338,7 @@ function $RootScopeProvider() {
     var postDigestQueue = $rootScope.$$postDigestQueue = [];
     var applyAsyncQueue = $rootScope.$$applyAsyncQueue = [];
 
+    var hasRootScopeDigestRun = false;
     var postDigestQueuePosition = 0;
 
     return $rootScope;
diff --git a/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js b/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
index 93f3dc9e6eef..55a168701cee 100644
--- a/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/rootScopeSpec.js
@@ -1498,6 +1498,26 @@ describe('Scope', function() {
         $browser.defer.flush(100000);
         expect(log).toEqual(['eval-ed 1!', 'eval-ed 2!']);
       });
+
+
+      it('should not have execution affected by a local `$digest` call', function() {
+        var scope1 = $rootScope.$new();
+        var scope2 = $rootScope.$new();
+
+        scope1.$watch('value', function(value) {
+          scope1.result = value;
+        });
+
+        scope1.$evalAsync(function() {
+          scope1.value = 'bar';
+        });
+
+        scope2.$digest();
+
+        $browser.defer.flush(0);
+
+        expect(scope1.result).toBe('bar');
+      });
     });
   });