diff --git a/lib/core/scope.dart b/lib/core/scope.dart
index 128cf77e9..84beb674d 100644
--- a/lib/core/scope.dart
+++ b/lib/core/scope.dart
@@ -605,6 +605,7 @@ class RootScope extends Scope {
   {
     _zone.onTurnDone = apply;
     _zone.onError = (e, s, ls) => _exceptionHandler(e, s);
+    _zone.onScheduleMicrotask = runAsync;
   }
 
   RootScope get rootScope => this;
diff --git a/lib/core/zone.dart b/lib/core/zone.dart
index 6fa29d062..9ce95e9bb 100644
--- a/lib/core/zone.dart
+++ b/lib/core/zone.dart
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class VmTurnZone {
   /// an "inner" [Zone], which is a child of the outer [Zone].
   async.Zone _innerZone;
 
-  ZoneScheduleMicrotask defaultOnScheduleMicrotask;
+  ZoneScheduleMicrotask onScheduleMicrotask;
 
   /**
    * Associates with this
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ class VmTurnZone {
 
   _onScheduleMicrotask(async.Zone self, async.ZoneDelegate delegate,
                        async.Zone zone, fn()) {
-    if (defaultOnScheduleMicrotask != null) {
-      return defaultOnScheduleMicrotask(fn);
+    if (onScheduleMicrotask != null) {
+      return onScheduleMicrotask(fn);
     }
 
     _asyncQueue.add(() => delegate.run(zone, fn));
diff --git a/test/core/templateurl_spec.dart b/test/core/templateurl_spec.dart
index 2c513125a..109c4baa2 100644
--- a/test/core/templateurl_spec.dart
+++ b/test/core/templateurl_spec.dart
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@ void main() {
             ..whenGET('PREFIX:simple.css').respond('.hello{}');
 
         var element = e('<div><html-and-css log>ignore</html-and-css><div>');
-        zone.run(() {
-          compile([element], directives)(injector, [element]);
-        });
+        compile([element], directives)(injector, [element]);
 
+        microLeap();
         backend.flush();
         microLeap();
 
diff --git a/test/core/zone_spec.dart b/test/core/zone_spec.dart
index d0a5b99b8..30148e0bf 100644
--- a/test/core/zone_spec.dart
+++ b/test/core/zone_spec.dart
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ void main() {
           });
           log('onTurnDone(end)');
         };
-        zone.defaultOnScheduleMicrotask = (microTaskFn) {
+        zone.onScheduleMicrotask = (microTaskFn) {
           log('onScheduleMicrotask(begin)');
           microtaskResult = microTaskFn();
           log('onScheduleMicrotask(end)');
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ void main() {
           });
           log('onTurnDone(end)');
         };
-        zone.defaultOnScheduleMicrotask = (microTaskFn) {
+        zone.onScheduleMicrotask = (microTaskFn) {
           log('onScheduleMicrotask(begin)');
           microTaskFn();
           log('onScheduleMicrotask(end)');
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void main() {
         zone.onTurnDone = () {
           log('onTurnDone');
         };
-        zone.defaultOnScheduleMicrotask = (microTaskFn) {
+        zone.onScheduleMicrotask = (microTaskFn) {
           log('onScheduleMicrotask(begin)');
           microTaskFn();
           log('onScheduleMicrotask(end)');
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ void main() {
         zone.onTurnDone = () {
           log('onTurnDone');
         };
-        zone.defaultOnScheduleMicrotask = (microTaskFn) {
+        zone.onScheduleMicrotask = (microTaskFn) {
           log('onScheduleMicrotask(begin)');
           microTaskFn();
           log('onScheduleMicrotask(end)');