diff --git a/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js b/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
index fae50aac259d..593e62f59ef1 100644
--- a/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
+++ b/src/ngSanitize/sanitize.js
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ function htmlParser( html, handler ) {
           html = html.substring( match[0].length );
           match[0].replace( START_TAG_REGEXP, parseStartTag );
           chars = false;
+        } else {
+          // no ending tag found
+          if (handler.chars) handler.chars( '<' );
+          html = html.substring(1);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/test/ngSanitize/sanitizeSpec.js b/test/ngSanitize/sanitizeSpec.js
index 76a48087576e..611d9664cc73 100644
--- a/test/ngSanitize/sanitizeSpec.js
+++ b/test/ngSanitize/sanitizeSpec.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ describe('HTML', function() {
 
     var handler, start, text, comment;
     beforeEach(function() {
+      text = "";
       handler = {
         start: function(tag, attrs, unary){
           start = {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ describe('HTML', function() {
           });
         },
         chars: function(text_){
-          text = text_;
+          text += text_;
         },
         end:function(tag) {
           expect(tag).toEqual(start.tag);
@@ -81,6 +82,16 @@ describe('HTML', function() {
       expect(text).toEqual('text');
     });
 
+    it('should parse unterminated tags as regular content', function() {
+      htmlParser('<a text1 text2 <a text1 text2', handler);
+      expect(text).toEqual('<a text1 text2 <a text1 text2');
+    });
+
+    it('should accept tag delimiters such as "<" inside real tags', function() {
+      htmlParser('<p> 10 < 100 </p>', handler);
+      expect(text).toEqual(' 10 < 100 ');
+    });
+
     it('should parse newlines in tags', function() {
       htmlParser('<\ntag\n attr="value"\n>text<\n/\ntag\n>', handler);
       expect(start).toEqual({tag:'tag', attrs:{attr:'value'}, unary:false});
@@ -195,6 +206,12 @@ describe('HTML', function() {
     expectHTML('\na\n').toEqual('&#10;a&#10;');
   });
 
+  it('should accept tag delimiters such as "<" inside real tags (with nesting)', function() {
+    //this is an integrated version of the 'should accept tag delimiters such as "<" inside real tags' test
+    expectHTML('<p> 10 < <span>100</span> </p>')
+    .toEqual('<p> 10 &lt; <span>100</span> </p>');
+  });
+
   describe('htmlSanitizerWriter', function() {
     /* global htmlSanitizeWriter: false */
     if (angular.isUndefined(window.htmlSanitizeWriter)) return;