diff --git a/docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc b/docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc
index f0a896baa1d4..15d4ae9a13af 100644
--- a/docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc
+++ b/docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Here is an example of manually initializing Angular:
         $scope.greetMe = 'World';
       }]);
 
-    angular.element(document).ready(function() {
+    angular.element(function() {
       angular.bootstrap(document, ['myApp']);
     });
   </script>
@@ -167,4 +167,4 @@ until `angular.resumeBootstrap()` is called.
 
 `angular.resumeBootstrap()` takes an optional array of modules that
 should be added to the original list of modules that the app was
-about to be bootstrapped with.
\ No newline at end of file
+about to be bootstrapped with.
diff --git a/src/angular.bind.js b/src/angular.bind.js
index 45bcdecb7247..e23e8915a7e9 100644
--- a/src/angular.bind.js
+++ b/src/angular.bind.js
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 if (window.angular.bootstrap) {
-  //AngularJS is already loaded, so we can return here...
+  // AngularJS is already loaded, so we can return here...
   if (window.console) {
     console.log('WARNING: Tried to load angular more than once.');
   }
   return;
 }
 
-//try to bind to jquery now so that one can write jqLite(document).ready()
-//but we will rebind on bootstrap again.
+// try to bind to jquery now so that one can write jqLite(fn)
+// but we will rebind on bootstrap again.
 bindJQuery();
-
diff --git a/src/angular.suffix b/src/angular.suffix
index 9cdd66db8a4b..fddb3d072ebe 100644
--- a/src/angular.suffix
+++ b/src/angular.suffix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-  jqLite(window.document).ready(function() {
+  jqLite(function() {
     angularInit(window.document, bootstrap);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/jqLite.js b/src/jqLite.js
index 92da9ef6fa65..df8565e90ad2 100644
--- a/src/jqLite.js
+++ b/src/jqLite.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
  * - [`after()`](http://api.jquery.com/after/)
  * - [`append()`](http://api.jquery.com/append/)
  * - [`attr()`](http://api.jquery.com/attr/) - Does not support functions as parameters
- * - [`bind()`](http://api.jquery.com/bind/) (_deprecated_ - to be removed in 1.7.0, use [`on()`](http://api.jquery.com/on/)) - Does not support namespaces, selectors or eventData
+ * - [`bind()`](http://api.jquery.com/bind/) (_deprecated_, use [`on()`](http://api.jquery.com/on/)) - Does not support namespaces, selectors or eventData
  * - [`children()`](http://api.jquery.com/children/) - Does not support selectors
  * - [`clone()`](http://api.jquery.com/clone/)
  * - [`contents()`](http://api.jquery.com/contents/)
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
  * - [`parent()`](http://api.jquery.com/parent/) - Does not support selectors
  * - [`prepend()`](http://api.jquery.com/prepend/)
  * - [`prop()`](http://api.jquery.com/prop/)
- * - [`ready()`](http://api.jquery.com/ready/)
+ * - [`ready()`](http://api.jquery.com/ready/) (_deprecated_, use `angular.element(callback)` instead of `angular.element(document).ready(callback)`)
  * - [`remove()`](http://api.jquery.com/remove/)
  * - [`removeAttr()`](http://api.jquery.com/removeAttr/) - Does not support multiple attributes
  * - [`removeClass()`](http://api.jquery.com/removeClass/) - Does not support a function as first argument
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
  * - [`text()`](http://api.jquery.com/text/)
  * - [`toggleClass()`](http://api.jquery.com/toggleClass/) - Does not support a function as first argument
  * - [`triggerHandler()`](http://api.jquery.com/triggerHandler/) - Passes a dummy event object to handlers
- * - [`unbind()`](http://api.jquery.com/unbind/) (_deprecated_ - to be removed in 1.7.0, use [`off()`](http://api.jquery.com/off/)) - Does not support namespaces or event object as parameter
+ * - [`unbind()`](http://api.jquery.com/unbind/) (_deprecated_, use [`off()`](http://api.jquery.com/off/)) - Does not support namespaces or event object as parameter
  * - [`val()`](http://api.jquery.com/val/)
  * - [`wrap()`](http://api.jquery.com/wrap/)
  *
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ function JQLite(element) {
 
   if (argIsString) {
     jqLiteAddNodes(this, jqLiteParseHTML(element));
+  } else if (isFunction(element)) {
+    jqLiteReady(element);
   } else {
     jqLiteAddNodes(this, element);
   }
@@ -519,29 +521,32 @@ function jqLiteDocumentLoaded(action, win) {
   }
 }
 
+function jqLiteReady(fn) {
+  function trigger() {
+    window.document.removeEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', trigger);
+    window.removeEventListener('load', trigger);
+    fn();
+  }
+
+  // check if document is already loaded
+  if (window.document.readyState === 'complete') {
+    window.setTimeout(fn);
+  } else {
+    // We can not use jqLite since we are not done loading and jQuery could be loaded later.
+
+    // Works for modern browsers and IE9
+    window.document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', trigger);
+
+    // Fallback to window.onload for others
+    window.addEventListener('load', trigger);
+  }
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////
 // Functions which are declared directly.
 //////////////////////////////////////////
 var JQLitePrototype = JQLite.prototype = {
-  ready: function(fn) {
-    var fired = false;
-
-    function trigger() {
-      if (fired) return;
-      fired = true;
-      fn();
-    }
-
-    // check if document is already loaded
-    if (window.document.readyState === 'complete') {
-      window.setTimeout(trigger);
-    } else {
-      this.on('DOMContentLoaded', trigger); // works for modern browsers and IE9
-      // we can not use jqLite since we are not done loading and jQuery could be loaded later.
-      // eslint-disable-next-line new-cap
-      JQLite(window).on('load', trigger); // fallback to window.onload for others
-    }
-  },
+  ready: jqLiteReady,
   toString: function() {
     var value = [];
     forEach(this, function(e) { value.push('' + e);});
diff --git a/src/ngScenario/angular.suffix b/src/ngScenario/angular.suffix
index bb2bd6af2848..5c89e61036f3 100644
--- a/src/ngScenario/angular.suffix
+++ b/src/ngScenario/angular.suffix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ angular.forEach(script.attributes, function(attr) {
 });
 
 if (config.autotest) {
-  JQLite(window.document).ready(function() {
+  JQLite(function() {
     angular.scenario.setUpAndRun(config);
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/ready/index.html b/test/e2e/fixtures/ready/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..732ce0690dc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/ready/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html ng-app="test" ng-jq>
+  <body>
+    <span class="before-ready">{{beforeReady}}</span>
+    <span class="after-ready">{{afterReady}}</span>
+    <span class="after-ready-sync">{{afterReadySync}}</span>
+    <span class="after-ready-method">{{afterReadyMethod}}</span>
+    <span class="after-ready-method-sync">{{afterReadyMethodSync}}</span>
+    <script src="angular.js"></script>
+    <script src="script.js"></script>
+    <div id="div-after-scripts">This div is loaded after scripts.</div>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/test/e2e/fixtures/ready/script.js b/test/e2e/fixtures/ready/script.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77713e4606cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/fixtures/ready/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var beforeReady;
+(function() {
+  var divAfterScripts = window.document.getElementById('div-after-scripts');
+  beforeReady = divAfterScripts && divAfterScripts.textContent;
+})();
+
+var afterReady;
+angular.element(function() {
+  var divAfterScripts = window.document.getElementById('div-after-scripts');
+  afterReady = divAfterScripts && divAfterScripts.textContent;
+});
+
+var afterReadyMethod;
+angular.element(window.document).ready(function() {
+  var divAfterScripts = window.document.getElementById('div-after-scripts');
+  afterReadyMethod = divAfterScripts && divAfterScripts.textContent;
+});
+
+var afterReadySync = afterReady;
+var afterReadyMethodSync = afterReadyMethod;
+
+angular
+  .module('test', [])
+  .run(function($rootScope) {
+    $rootScope.beforeReady = beforeReady;
+    $rootScope.afterReady = afterReady;
+    $rootScope.afterReadySync = afterReadySync;
+    $rootScope.afterReadyMethod = afterReadyMethod;
+    $rootScope.afterReadyMethodSync = afterReadyMethodSync;
+  });
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/ready.spec.js b/test/e2e/tests/ready.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2576b8c6734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/ready.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('Firing a callback on ready', function() {
+  it('should not have the div available immediately', function() {
+    loadFixture('ready');
+    expect(element(by.className('before-ready')).getText())
+      .toBe('');
+  });
+
+  it('should wait for document ready', function() {
+    loadFixture('ready');
+    expect(element(by.className('after-ready')).getText())
+      .toBe('This div is loaded after scripts.');
+    expect(element(by.className('after-ready-method')).getText())
+      .toBe('This div is loaded after scripts.');
+  });
+
+  it('should be asynchronous', function() {
+    loadFixture('ready');
+    expect(element(by.className('after-ready-sync')).getText())
+      .toBe('');
+    expect(element(by.className('after-ready-method-sync')).getText())
+      .toBe('');
+  });
+});