diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmlcanvaselement.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmlcanvaselement.rs
index dba29030bfa..81adc4550f1 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmlcanvaselement.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmlcanvaselement.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::HTMLCanvasElementBinding;
 use dom::bindings::utils::{ErrorResult};
+use dom::document::AbstractDocument;
+use dom::element::HTMLCanvasElementTypeId;
 use dom::htmlelement::HTMLElement;
+use dom::node::{AbstractNode, Node, ScriptView};
 
 pub struct HTMLCanvasElement {
     htmlelement: HTMLElement,
 }
 
+impl HTMLCanvasElement {
+    pub fn new_inherited(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> HTMLCanvasElement {
+        HTMLCanvasElement {
+            htmlelement: HTMLElement::new(HTMLCanvasElementTypeId, localName, document)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
+        let element = HTMLCanvasElement::new_inherited(localName, document);
+        Node::reflect_node(@mut element, document, HTMLCanvasElementBinding::Wrap)
+    }
+}
+
 impl HTMLCanvasElement {
     pub fn Width(&self) -> u32 {
         0
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index 03c6e30d1e4..61f5b38a2b8 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str, document: AbstractDocum
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "br",      HTMLBRElementTypeId, HTMLBRElement, []);
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "body",    HTMLBodyElementTypeId, HTMLBodyElement, []);
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "button",  HTMLButtonElementTypeId, HTMLButtonElement, []);
-    handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "canvas",  HTMLCanvasElementTypeId, HTMLCanvasElement, []);
 
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "aside",   HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "b",       HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
@@ -225,6 +224,7 @@ pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str, document: AbstractDocum
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "small",   HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
 
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "audio",     HTMLAudioElement);
+    handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "canvas",    HTMLCanvasElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "caption",   HTMLTableCaptionElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "col",       HTMLTableColElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "colgroup",  HTMLTableColElement);