diff --git a/templates/default/tmpl/layout.tmpl b/templates/default/tmpl/layout.tmpl
index 2f5f7f0a..177286c6 100644
--- a/templates/default/tmpl/layout.tmpl
+++ b/templates/default/tmpl/layout.tmpl
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
     
     <script src="http://shjs.sourceforge.net/sh_main.min.js"> </script>
     <script src="http://shjs.sourceforge.net/lang/sh_javascript.min.js"> </script>
-    
+    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
+      <script src="//html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
+    <![endif]-->
     <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="styles/node-dark.css">
     <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="styles/jsdoc-default.css">
 </head>