diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmltextareaelement.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmltextareaelement.rs
index 07531e87a6f..67f8d8d5bba 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmltextareaelement.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmltextareaelement.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::HTMLTextAreaElementBinding;
 use dom::bindings::utils::{DOMString, ErrorResult, Fallible};
+use dom::document::AbstractDocument;
+use dom::element::HTMLTextAreaElementTypeId;
 use dom::htmlelement::HTMLElement;
+use dom::node::{AbstractNode, Node, ScriptView};
 
 pub struct HTMLTextAreaElement {
     htmlelement: HTMLElement,
 }
 
+impl HTMLTextAreaElement {
+    pub fn new_inherited(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> HTMLTextAreaElement {
+        HTMLTextAreaElement {
+            htmlelement: HTMLElement::new(HTMLTextAreaElementTypeId, localName, document)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
+        let element = HTMLTextAreaElement::new_inherited(localName, document);
+        Node::reflect_node(@mut element, document, HTMLTextAreaElementBinding::Wrap)
+    }
+}
+
 impl HTMLTextAreaElement {
     pub fn Autofocus(&self) -> bool {
         false
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index 6bf0a932eeb..2c54b020289 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -263,7 +263,6 @@ pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str, document: AbstractDocum
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "colgroup",HTMLTableColElementTypeId, HTMLTableColElement, []);
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "tbody",   HTMLTableSectionElementTypeId, HTMLTableSectionElement, []);
     handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "template",HTMLTemplateElementTypeId, HTMLTemplateElement, []);
-    handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "textarea",HTMLTextAreaElementTypeId, HTMLTextAreaElement, []);
 
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "aside",   HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "b",       HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
@@ -281,6 +280,7 @@ pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str, document: AbstractDocum
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "iframe",    HTMLIFrameElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "img",       HTMLImageElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "td",        HTMLTableDataCellElement);
+    handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "textarea",  HTMLTextAreaElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "th",        HTMLTableHeaderCellElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "time",      HTMLTimeElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "title",     HTMLTitleElement);