3 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 5195489e..6ea5d1ad 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ var /** holds major version number for IE or NaN for real browsers */
     push              = [].push,
     toString          = Object.prototype.toString,
 
+
+    _angular          = window.angular, 
     /** @name angular */
     angular           = window.angular || (window.angular = {}),
     angularModule,
@@ -65,6 +67,24 @@ var /** holds major version number for IE or NaN for real browsers */
 
 /**
  * @ngdoc function
+ * @name angular.noConflict
+ * @function
+ *
+ * @description
+ * Restores the previous global value of angular and returns the current instance. Other libraries may already use the
+ * angular namespace. Or a previous version of angular is already loaded on the page. In these cases you may want to
+ * restore the previous namespace and keep a reference to angular.
+ *
+ * @return {Object} The current angular namespace
+ */
+function noConflict() {
+  var a = window.angular;
+  window.angular = _angular;
+  return a;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @ngdoc function
  * @name angular.forEach
  * @function
  *
diff --git a/src/AngularPublic.js b/src/AngularPublic.js
index 61c77af3..9928a125 100644
--- a/src/AngularPublic.js
+++ b/src/AngularPublic.js
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ function publishExternalAPI(angular){
     'isDate': isDate,
     'lowercase': lowercase,
     'uppercase': uppercase,
-    'callbacks': {counter: 0}
+    'callbacks': {counter: 0},
+    'noConflict': noConflict
   });
 
   angularModule = setupModuleLoader(window);
diff --git a/test/AngularSpec.js b/test/AngularSpec.js
index e734decf..aed191e7 100644
--- a/test/AngularSpec.js
+++ b/test/AngularSpec.js
@@ -737,4 +737,27 @@ describe('angular', function() {
       expect(toJson({key: $rootScope})).toEqual('{"key":"$SCOPE"}');
     }));
   });
+
+  describe('noConflict', function() {
+    var globalAngular;
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      globalAngular = angular;  
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function() {
+      angular = globalAngular;  
+    });
+
+    it('should return angular', function() {
+      var a = angular.noConflict();
+      expect(a).toBe(globalAngular);
+    });
+
+    it('should restore original angular', function() {
+      var a = angular.noConflict();
+      expect(angular).toBeUndefined();
+    });
+      
+  });
+
 });