diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/htmlanchorelement.rs b/src/components/script/dom/htmlanchorelement.rs
index 74f65de57c6..d5743b71ea0 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/htmlanchorelement.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/htmlanchorelement.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::htmlelement::HTMLElement;
+use dom::bindings::codegen::HTMLAnchorElementBinding;
 use dom::bindings::utils::{DOMString, ErrorResult};
+use dom::document::AbstractDocument;
+use dom::element::HTMLAnchorElementTypeId;
+use dom::htmlelement::HTMLElement;
+use dom::node::{AbstractNode, Node, ScriptView};
 
 pub struct HTMLAnchorElement {
     htmlelement: HTMLElement
 }
 
+impl HTMLAnchorElement {
+    pub fn new_inherited(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> HTMLAnchorElement {
+        HTMLAnchorElement {
+            htmlelement: HTMLElement::new(HTMLAnchorElementTypeId, localName, document)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(localName: ~str, document: AbstractDocument) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
+        let element = HTMLAnchorElement::new_inherited(localName, document);
+        Node::reflect_node(@mut element, document, HTMLAnchorElementBinding::Wrap)
+    }
+}
+
 impl HTMLAnchorElement {
     pub fn Href(&self) -> DOMString {
         None
diff --git a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
index 9a8dab73e21..48a1c7d1c41 100644
--- a/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/html/hubbub_html_parser.rs
@@ -209,14 +209,13 @@ fn js_script_listener(to_parent: SharedChan<HtmlDiscoveryMessage>,
 
 pub fn build_element_from_tag(cx: *JSContext, tag: &str, document: AbstractDocument) -> AbstractNode<ScriptView> {
     // TODO (Issue #85): use atoms
-    handle_element!(cx, document, tag, "a",       HTMLAnchorElementTypeId, HTMLAnchorElement, []);
-
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "aside",   HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "b",       HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "i",       HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "section", HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
     handle_htmlelement!(cx, document, tag, "small",   HTMLElementTypeId, HTMLElement);
 
+    handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "a",         HTMLAnchorElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "applet",    HTMLAppletElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "area",      HTMLAreaElement);
     handle_newable_element!(document, tag, "audio",     HTMLAudioElement);