diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmlbodyelement.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmlbodyelement.rs
index 3f409a23789..2dea5fdcbfa 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmlbodyelement.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmlbodyelement.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::HTMLBodyElementBinding;
 use dom::bindings::utils::{DOMString, ErrorResult};
+use dom::document::AbstractDocument;
+use dom::element::HTMLBodyElementTypeId;
 use dom::htmlelement::HTMLElement;
+use dom::node::{AbstractNode, Node, ScriptView};
 
 pub struct HTMLBodyElement {
     htmlelement: HTMLElement
 }
 
+impl HTMLBodyElement {
+    pub fn new_inherited(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> HTMLBodyElement {
+        HTMLBodyElement {
+            htmlelement: HTMLElement::new(HTMLBodyElementTypeId, localName, document)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
+        let element = HTMLBodyElement::new_inherited(localName, document);
+        Node::reflect_node(@mut element, document, HTMLBodyElementBinding::Wrap)
+    }
+}
+
 impl HTMLBodyElement {
     pub fn Text(&self) -> DOMString {
         None
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index 07983994c74..593a17ff56f 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str, document: AbstractDocum
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "area",    HTMLAreaElementTypeId, HTMLAreaElement, []);
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "base",    HTMLBaseElementTypeId, HTMLBaseElement, []);
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "br",      HTMLBRElementTypeId, HTMLBRElement, []);
-    handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "body",    HTMLBodyElementTypeId, HTMLBodyElement, []);
 
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "aside",   HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "b",       HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
@@ -223,6 +222,7 @@ 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, "body",      HTMLBodyElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "button",    HTMLButtonElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "canvas",    HTMLCanvasElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "caption",   HTMLTableCaptionElement);