diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index ff18c96c..f449e1b9 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ function isArrayLike(obj) {
  *
  * @description
  * Invokes the `iterator` function once for each item in `obj` collection, which can be either an
- * object or an array. The `iterator` function is invoked with `iterator(value, key)`, where `value`
- * is the value of an object property or an array element and `key` is the object property key or
- * array element index. Specifying a `context` for the function is optional.
+ * object or an array. The `iterator` function is invoked with `iterator(value, key, obj)`, where `value`
+ * is the value of an object property or an array element, `key` is the object property key or
+ * array element index and obj is the `obj` itself. Specifying a `context` for the function is optional.
  *
  * It is worth noting that `.forEach` does not iterate over inherited properties because it filters
  * using the `hasOwnProperty` method.
@@ -240,22 +240,22 @@ function forEach(obj, iterator, context) {
         // Need to check if hasOwnProperty exists,
         // as on IE8 the result of querySelectorAll is an object without a hasOwnProperty function
         if (key != 'prototype' && key != 'length' && key != 'name' && (!obj.hasOwnProperty || obj.hasOwnProperty(key))) {
-          iterator.call(context, obj[key], key);
+          iterator.call(context, obj[key], key, obj);
         }
       }
     } else if (isArray(obj) || isArrayLike(obj)) {
       var isPrimitive = typeof obj !== 'object';
       for (key = 0, length = obj.length; key < length; key++) {
         if (isPrimitive || key in obj) {
-          iterator.call(context, obj[key], key);
+          iterator.call(context, obj[key], key, obj);
         }
       }
     } else if (obj.forEach && obj.forEach !== forEach) {
-        obj.forEach(iterator, context);
+        obj.forEach(iterator, context, obj);
     } else {
       for (key in obj) {
         if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-          iterator.call(context, obj[key], key);
+          iterator.call(context, obj[key], key, obj);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index 42b2bbc4..bece0ef3 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -654,10 +654,79 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       var log = [];
       var collection = [];
       collection[5] = 'SPARSE';
-      forEach(collection, function (item, index) { log.push(item + index); });
+      forEach(collection, function (item, index) {
+        log.push(item + index);
+      });
       expect(log.length).toBe(1);
       expect(log[0]).toBe('SPARSE5');
     });
+
+
+    describe('ES spec api compliance', function() {
+
+      function testForEachSpec(expectedSize, collection) {
+        var that = {};
+
+        forEach(collection, function(value, key, collectionArg) {
+          expect(collectionArg).toBe(collection);
+          expect(collectionArg[key]).toBe(value);
+
+          expect(this).toBe(that);
+
+          expectedSize--;
+        }, that);
+
+        expect(expectedSize).toBe(0);
+      }
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with array', function() {
+        testForEachSpec(2, [1,2]);
+      });
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with arguments', function() {
+        testForEachSpec(2, (function(){ return arguments; }(1,2)));
+      });
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with string', function() {
+        testForEachSpec(2, '12');
+      });
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with jQuery/jqLite', function() {
+        testForEachSpec(2, jqLite("<span>a</span><span>b</span>"));
+      });
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with childNodes NodeList', function() {
+        testForEachSpec(2, jqLite("<p><span>a</span><span>b</span></p>")[0].childNodes);
+      });
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with getElementsByTagName HTMLCollection', function() {
+        testForEachSpec(2, jqLite("<p><span>a</span><span>b</span></p>")[0].getElementsByTagName("*"));
+      });
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with querySelectorAll HTMLCollection', function() {
+        testForEachSpec(2, jqLite("<p><span>a</span><span>b</span></p>")[0].querySelectorAll("*"));
+      });
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with JSON', function() {
+        testForEachSpec(2, {a: 1, b: 2});
+      });
+
+
+      it('should follow the ES spec when called with function', function() {
+        function f(){}
+        f.a = 1;
+        f.b = 2;
+        testForEachSpec(2, f);
+      });
+    });
   });