1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index 08c161f7..7ec8c3ce 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide) {
       // We can not compile top level text elements since text nodes can be merged and we will
       // not be able to attach scope data to them, so we will wrap them in <span>
       forEach($compileNodes, function(node, index){
-        if (node.nodeType == 3 /* text node */) {
+        if (node.nodeType == 3 /* text node */ && node.nodeValue.match(/\S+/) /* non-empty */ ) {
           $compileNodes[index] = jqLite(node).wrap('<span></span>').parent()[0];
         }
       });