diff --git a/src/manipulation.js b/src/manipulation.js
index 758cdbae..52d59d83 100644
--- a/src/manipulation.js
+++ b/src/manipulation.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var rinlinejQuery = / jQuery\d+="(?:\d+|null)"/g,
 	rnocache = /<(?:script|object|embed|option|style)/i,
 	// checked="checked" or checked
 	rchecked = /checked\s*(?:[^=]|=\s*.checked.)/i,
+	rscriptType = /\/(java|ecma)script/i,
 	wrapMap = {
 		option: [ 1, "<select multiple='multiple'>", "</select>" ],
 		legend: [ 1, "<fieldset>", "</fieldset>" ],
@@ -635,7 +636,11 @@ jQuery.extend({
 
 				} else {
 					if ( ret[i].nodeType === 1 ) {
-						ret.splice.apply( ret, [i + 1, 0].concat(jQuery.makeArray(ret[i].getElementsByTagName("script"))) );
+						var jsTags = jQuery.grep( ret[i].getElementsByTagName( "script" ), function( elem ) {
+							return !elem.type || rscriptType.test( elem.type );
+						});
+
+						ret.splice.apply( ret, [i + 1, 0].concat( jsTags ) );
 					}
 					fragment.appendChild( ret[i] );
 				}
diff --git a/test/unit/manipulation.js b/test/unit/manipulation.js
index 64265c9b..de65daa1 100644
--- a/test/unit/manipulation.js
+++ b/test/unit/manipulation.js
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ test("clone() on XML nodes", function() {
 }
 
 var testHtml = function(valueObj) {
-	expect(31);
+	expect(34);
 
 	jQuery.scriptorder = 0;
 
@@ -1115,6 +1115,12 @@ var testHtml = function(valueObj) {
 
 	jQuery("#main").html(valueObj("<script type='something/else'>ok( false, 'Non-script evaluated.' );</script><script type='text/javascript'>ok( true, 'text/javascript is evaluated.' );</script><script>ok( true, 'No type is evaluated.' );</script><div><script type='text/javascript'>ok( true, 'Inner text/javascript is evaluated.' );</script><script>ok( true, 'Inner No type is evaluated.' );</script><script type='something/else'>ok( false, 'Non-script evaluated.' );</script></div>"));
 
+	var child = jQuery("#main").find("script");
+
+	equals( child.length, 2, "Make sure that two non-JavaScript script tags are left." );
+	equals( child[0].type, "something/else", "Verify type of script tag." );
+	equals( child[1].type, "something/else", "Verify type of script tag." );
+
 	jQuery("#main").html(valueObj("<script>ok( true, 'Test repeated injection of script.' );</script>"));
 	jQuery("#main").html(valueObj("<script>ok( true, 'Test repeated injection of script.' );</script>"));
 	jQuery("#main").html(valueObj("<script>ok( true, 'Test repeated injection of script.' );</script>"));
@@ -1133,7 +1139,7 @@ test("html(String)", function() {
 test("html(Function)", function() {
 	testHtml(functionReturningObj);
 
-	expect(33);
+	expect(36);
 
 	QUnit.reset();