diff --git a/compiler/ast/Text.js b/compiler/ast/Text.js
index 1e831c125..aae8d7db0 100644
--- a/compiler/ast/Text.js
+++ b/compiler/ast/Text.js
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ class Text extends Node {
                 return;
             }
 
+            if (codegen.context.isFlagSet('SCRIPT_BODY')) {
+                escape = false;
+            }
+
             if (escape === true) {
                 argument.value = escapeXml(argument.value.toString());
             }
diff --git a/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/expected.html b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9700a5d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<script><test></script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/marko.json b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/marko.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e85a78200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/marko.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "tags-dir": "./tags"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/tags/test-script/code-generator.js b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/tags/test-script/code-generator.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e56d231c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/tags/test-script/code-generator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+module.exports = function generateCode(elNode, codegen) {
+    var builder = codegen.builder;
+    return builder.htmlElement('script', {}, [
+        builder.text(builder.literal('<test>'))
+    ]);
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/tags/test-script/marko-tag.json b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/tags/test-script/marko-tag.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d0664211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/tags/test-script/marko-tag.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "code-generator": "./code-generator"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/template.marko b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/template.marko
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08c4a4065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/template.marko
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<test-script/>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/test.js b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd8ffe152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/autotests/render/script-tag-entities-static/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+exports.templateData = {
+    name: 'John'
+};