diff --git a/compiler/taglibs/taglib-loader/loader-tag.js b/compiler/taglibs/taglib-loader/loader-tag.js
index ab988b08e..36996be20 100644
--- a/compiler/taglibs/taglib-loader/loader-tag.js
+++ b/compiler/taglibs/taglib-loader/loader-tag.js
@@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ TagHandlers.prototype = {
             nestedTag.name = nestedTagName;
             tag.addNestedTag(nestedTag);
         });
+    },
+    escapeXmlBody: function(value) {
+        if (value === false) {
+            this.tag.escapeXmlBody = false;
+        }
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/taglibs/core/core-tag-transformer.js b/taglibs/core/core-tag-transformer.js
index d084a676f..cf52e34bc 100644
--- a/taglibs/core/core-tag-transformer.js
+++ b/taglibs/core/core-tag-transformer.js
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ module.exports = function transform(node, compiler, template) {
             node.setPreserveWhitespace(true);
         }
 
+        if (tag.escapeXmlBody === false) {
+            node.setEscapeXmlBodyText(false);
+        }
+
         if (tag.renderer || tag.isNestedTag) {
             shouldRemoveAttr = false;
 
diff --git a/taglibs/html/marko-taglib.json b/taglibs/html/marko-taglib.json
index 5cf943f10..18c4b08b9 100644
--- a/taglibs/html/marko-taglib.json
+++ b/taglibs/html/marko-taglib.json
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
             "transformer": "./html-tag-transformer"
         },
         "html-comment": {
-            "renderer": "./CommentTag"
+            "renderer": "./CommentTag",
+            "escape-xml-body": false
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/expected.html b/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6bd67f32a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!--[if lt IE 9]><div><![endif]-->
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/template.marko b/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/template.marko
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab8080b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/template.marko
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<html-comment><![CDATA[[if lt IE 9]><div><![endif]]]></html-comment>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/test.js b/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27e834445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/templates/cdata-comment/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+exports.templateData = {
+    "name": "World"
+};