diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/Bindings.conf b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/Bindings.conf
index 4322a8cfa8b..4942b59b132 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/Bindings.conf
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/Bindings.conf
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ addHTMLElement('HTMLHeadingElement')
 addHTMLElement('HTMLHtmlElement')
 addHTMLElement('HTMLHRElement')
 addHTMLElement('HTMLIFrameElement', needsAbstract=['sandbox'])
-addHTMLElement('HTMLImageElement', needsAbstract=['width', 'height'])
+addHTMLElement('HTMLImageElement', needsAbstract=['src', 'width', 'height'])
 addHTMLElement('HTMLInputElement')
 addHTMLElement('HTMLLabelElement')
 addHTMLElement('HTMLLegendElement')
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmlimageelement.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmlimageelement.rs
index c0922859ce7..4af8a36def2 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmlimageelement.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmlimageelement.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@ use dom::bindings::utils::{DOMString, str, null_string, ErrorResult};
 use dom::htmlelement::HTMLElement;
 use dom::node::{ScriptView, AbstractNode};
 use extra::url::Url;
-use layout_interface::{ContentBoxQuery, ContentBoxResponse};
 use gfx::geometry::to_px;
+use layout_interface::{ContentBoxQuery, ContentBoxResponse};
+use servo_net::image_cache_task;
+use servo_util::url::make_url;
 
 pub struct HTMLImageElement {
     parent: HTMLElement,
@@ -15,6 +17,41 @@ pub struct HTMLImageElement {
 }
 
 impl HTMLImageElement {
+    /// Makes the local `image` member match the status of the `src` attribute and starts
+    /// prefetching the image. This method must be called after `src` is changed.
+    pub fn update_image(&mut self) {
+        let elem = &mut self.parent.parent;
+        let src_opt = elem.get_attr("src").map(|x| x.to_str());
+        let node = &mut elem.parent;
+        match node.owner_doc {
+            Some(doc) => {
+                match doc.with_base(|doc| doc.window) {
+                    Some(window) => {
+                        match src_opt {
+                            None => {}
+                            Some(src) => {
+                                let page = window.page;
+                                let img_url = make_url(src,
+                                                       (*page).url
+                                                              .map(|&(ref url, _)| url.clone()));
+                                self.image = Some(img_url.clone());
+
+                                // inform the image cache to load this, but don't store a
+                                // handle.
+                                //
+                                // TODO (Issue #84): don't prefetch if we are within a
+                                // <noscript> tag.
+                                window.image_cache_task.send(image_cache_task::Prefetch(img_url));
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    None => {}
+                }
+            }
+            None => {}
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn Alt(&self) -> DOMString {
         null_string
     }
@@ -22,11 +59,21 @@ impl HTMLImageElement {
     pub fn SetAlt(&mut self, _alt: &DOMString, _rv: &mut ErrorResult) {
     }
 
-    pub fn Src(&self) -> DOMString {
+    pub fn Src(&self, _abstract_self: AbstractNode<ScriptView>) -> DOMString {
         null_string
     }
 
-    pub fn SetSrc(&mut self, _src: &DOMString, _rv: &mut ErrorResult) {
+    pub fn SetSrc(&mut self,
+                  abstract_self: AbstractNode<ScriptView>,
+                  src: &DOMString,
+                  _rv: &mut ErrorResult) {
+        {
+            let node = &mut self.parent.parent;
+            node.set_attr(abstract_self,
+                          &str(~"src"),
+                          &str(src.to_str()));
+        }
+        self.update_image();
     }
 
     pub fn CrossOrigin(&self) -> DOMString {
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/window.rs b/src/components/script/dom/window.rs
index d20ef919966..5c27aa83d00 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/window.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/window.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use dom::navigator::Navigator;
 use layout_interface::ReflowForDisplay;
 use script_task::{ExitMsg, FireTimerMsg, Page, ScriptChan};
 use servo_msg::compositor_msg::ScriptListener;
+use servo_net::image_cache_task::ImageCacheTask;
 
 use js::glue::*;
 use js::jsapi::{JSObject, JSContext, JS_DefineProperty, JS_CallTracer};
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ pub struct Window {
     wrapper: WrapperCache,
     timer_chan: SharedChan<TimerControlMsg>,
     navigator: Option<@mut Navigator>,
+    image_cache_task: ImageCacheTask,
 }
 
 #[unsafe_destructor]
@@ -172,7 +174,11 @@ impl Window {
     }
 
     #[fixed_stack_segment]
-    pub fn new(cx: *JSContext, page: @mut Page, script_chan: ScriptChan, compositor: @ScriptListener)
+    pub fn new(cx: *JSContext,
+               page: @mut Page,
+               script_chan: ScriptChan,
+               compositor: @ScriptListener,
+               image_cache_task: ImageCacheTask)
                -> @mut Window {
         let script_chan_clone = script_chan.clone();
         let win = @mut Window {
@@ -195,6 +201,7 @@ impl Window {
                 SharedChan::new(timer_chan)
             },
             navigator: None,
+            image_cache_task: image_cache_task,
         };
 
         unsafe {
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index c24341c5c80..814374685e6 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ use std::task;
 use std::from_str::FromStr;
 use hubbub::hubbub;
 use servo_msg::constellation_msg::{ConstellationChan, SubpageId};
-use servo_net::image_cache_task::ImageCacheTask;
-use servo_net::image_cache_task;
 use servo_net::resource_task::{Done, Load, Payload, ResourceTask};
 use servo_util::tree::TreeNodeRef;
 use servo_util::url::make_url;
@@ -302,7 +300,6 @@ pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str) -> AbstractNode<ScriptV
 pub fn parse_html(cx: *JSContext,
                   url: Url,
                   resource_task: ResourceTask,
-                  image_cache_task: ImageCacheTask,
                   next_subpage_id: SubpageId,
                   constellation_chan: ConstellationChan) -> HtmlParserResult {
     debug!("Hubbub: parsing %?", url);
@@ -436,19 +433,7 @@ pub fn parse_html(cx: *JSContext,
 
                 ElementNodeTypeId(HTMLImageElementTypeId) => {
                     do node.with_mut_image_element |image_element| {
-                        let elem = &mut image_element.parent.parent;
-                        let src_opt = elem.get_attr("src").map(|x| x.to_str());
-                        match src_opt {
-                            None => {}
-                            Some(src) => {
-                                let img_url = make_url(src, Some(url2.clone()));
-                                image_element.image = Some(img_url.clone());
-                                // inform the image cache to load this, but don't store a handle.
-                                // TODO (Issue #84): don't prefetch if we are within a <noscript>
-                                // tag.
-                                image_cache_task.send(image_cache_task::Prefetch(img_url));
-                            }
-                        }
+                        image_element.update_image();
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/script/script_task.rs b/src/components/script/script_task.rs
index a4cf45d022a..145048db72a 100644
--- a/src/components/script/script_task.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/script_task.rs
@@ -583,7 +583,11 @@ impl ScriptTask {
 
         let cx = self.js_runtime.cx();
         // Create the window and document objects.
-        let window = Window::new(cx.ptr, page, self.chan.clone(), self.compositor);
+        let window = Window::new(cx.ptr,
+                                 page,
+                                 self.chan.clone(),
+                                 self.compositor,
+                                 self.image_cache_task.clone());
         page.initialize_js_info(cx, window.get_wrappercache().get_wrapper());
 
         RegisterBindings::Register(page.js_info.get_ref().js_compartment);
@@ -595,7 +599,6 @@ impl ScriptTask {
         let html_parsing_result = hubbub_html_parser::parse_html(cx.ptr,
                                                                  url.clone(),
                                                                  self.resource_task.clone(),
-                                                                 self.image_cache_task.clone(),
                                                                  page.next_subpage_id.clone(),
                                                                  self.constellation_chan.clone());
 
diff --git a/src/test/html/filmstrip.html b/src/test/html/filmstrip.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f8d57d2d39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/html/filmstrip.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+<title>Filmstrip</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<p><img src="longcattop.png"></p>
+<p><img src="longcatbot.png"></p>
+<script>
+var index = 0;
+function change() {
+    document.getElementsByTagName("img")[0].src = "rust-" + (index * 45) + ".png";
+    index = (index + 1) % 8;
+    setTimeout(change, 100);
+}
+change();
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
+
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