diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmlareaelement.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmlareaelement.rs
index 5111e376979..c251243ff05 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmlareaelement.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmlareaelement.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,30 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
+use dom::bindings::codegen::HTMLAreaElementBinding;
 use dom::bindings::utils::{DOMString, ErrorResult};
+use dom::document::AbstractDocument;
+use dom::element::HTMLAreaElementTypeId;
 use dom::htmlelement::HTMLElement;
+use dom::node::{AbstractNode, Node, ScriptView};
 
 pub struct HTMLAreaElement {
     htmlelement: HTMLElement
 }
 
+impl HTMLAreaElement {
+    pub fn new_inherited(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> HTMLAreaElement {
+        HTMLAreaElement {
+            htmlelement: HTMLElement::new(HTMLAreaElementTypeId, localName, document)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
+        let element = HTMLAreaElement::new_inherited(localName, document);
+        Node::reflect_node(@mut element, document, HTMLAreaElementBinding::Wrap)
+    }
+}
+
 impl HTMLAreaElement {
     pub fn Alt(&self) -> DOMString {
         None
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index 546f8b17f7a..462e8faeca2 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str, document: AbstractDocum
     // TODO (Issue #85): use atoms
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "a",       HTMLAnchorElementTypeId, HTMLAnchorElement, []);
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "applet",  HTMLAppletElementTypeId, HTMLAppletElement, []);
-    handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "area",    HTMLAreaElementTypeId, HTMLAreaElement, []);
 
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "aside",   HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "b",       HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
@@ -219,6 +218,7 @@ pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str, document: AbstractDocum
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "section", HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "small",   HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
 
+    handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "area",      HTMLAreaElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "audio",     HTMLAudioElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "base",      HTMLBaseElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "body",      HTMLBodyElement);