diff --git a/ngReact.js b/ngReact.js
index 0abd679..3d6696c 100644
--- a/ngReact.js
+++ b/ngReact.js
@@ -116,9 +116,14 @@
   }
 
   // render React component, with scope[attrs.props] being passed in as the component props
-  function renderComponent(component, props, $timeout, elem) {
+  function renderComponent(component, props, $timeout, elem, scope, $compile, compile) {
     $timeout(function() {
-      React.render(React.createElement(component, props), elem[0]);
+      var rendered = React.render(React.createElement(component, props), elem[0]);
+
+      if (compile) {
+        $compile(rendered.getDOMNode())(scope);
+      }
+      
     });
   }
 
@@ -141,18 +146,23 @@
   //         }
   //     }));
   //
-  var reactComponent = function($timeout, $injector) {
+  var reactComponent = function($timeout, $injector, $compile) {
     return {
       restrict: 'E',
       replace: true,
       link: function(scope, elem, attrs) {
+        var prevScope;
         var reactComponent = getReactComponent(attrs.name, $injector);
 
         var renderMyComponent = function() {
+          var compile = true;
+            if (prevScope) {
+              compile = false;
+            }
           var scopeProps = scope.$eval(attrs.props);
           var props = applyFunctions(scopeProps, scope);
-
-          renderComponent(reactComponent, props, $timeout, elem);
+          prevScope = scope;
+          renderComponent(reactComponent, props, $timeout, elem, prevScope, $compile, compile);
         };
 
         // If there are props, re-render when they change
@@ -195,12 +205,14 @@
   //
   //     <hello name="name"/>
   //
-  var reactDirective = function($timeout, $injector) {
+  var reactDirective = function($timeout, $injector, $compile) {
     return function(reactComponentName, propNames, conf) {
       var directive = {
         restrict: 'E',
         replace: true,
+        terminal: true,
         link: function(scope, elem, attrs) {
+          var prevScope;
           var reactComponent = getReactComponent(reactComponentName, $injector);
 
           // if propNames is not defined, fall back to use the React component's propTypes if present
@@ -208,11 +220,17 @@
 
           // for each of the properties, get their scope value and set it to scope.props
           var renderMyComponent = function() {
+            var compile = true;
+            if (prevScope) {
+              compile = false;
+            }
             var props = {};
             propNames.forEach(function(propName) {
               props[propName] = scope.$eval(attrs[propName]);
             });
-            renderComponent(reactComponent, applyFunctions(props, scope), $timeout, elem);
+
+            prevScope = scope;
+            renderComponent(reactComponent, applyFunctions(props, prevScope), $timeout, elem, prevScope, $compile, compile);
           };
 
           // watch each property name and trigger an update whenever something changes,
@@ -237,6 +255,6 @@
 
   // create the end module without any dependencies, including reactComponent and reactDirective
   return angular.module('react', [])
-    .directive('reactComponent', ['$timeout', '$injector', reactComponent])
-    .factory('reactDirective', ['$timeout','$injector', reactDirective]);
+    .directive('reactComponent', ['$timeout', '$injector', '$compile', reactComponent])
+    .factory('reactDirective', ['$timeout','$injector', '$compile', reactDirective]);
 }));
diff --git a/ngReact.min.js b/ngReact.min.js
index 0f57e87..96eb4a6 100644
--- a/ngReact.min.js
+++ b/ngReact.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-(function(n,t){"undefined"!=typeof module&&module.exports?module.exports=t(require("react"),require("angular")):"function"==typeof define&&define.amd?define(["react","angular"],function(e,angular){return n.ngReact=t(e,angular)}):n.ngReact=t(n.React,n.angular)})(this,function(React,angular){"use strict";function n(n,t){if(angular.isFunction(n))return n;if(!n)throw Error("ReactComponent name attribute must be specified");var e;try{e=t.get(n)}catch(r){}if(!e)try{e=n.split(".").reduce(function(n,t){return n[t]},window)}catch(r){}if(!e)throw Error("Cannot find react component "+n);return e}function t(n,t){if(n.wrappedInApply)return n;var e=function(){var e=arguments;return t.$apply(function(){return n.apply(null,e)})};return e.wrappedInApply=!0,e}function e(n,e){return Object.keys(n||{}).reduce(function(r,o){var c=n[o];return r[o]=angular.isFunction(c)?t(c,e):c,r},{})}function r(n,t,e,r){"collection"===n&&angular.isFunction(t.$watchCollection)?e.forEach(function(n){t.$watchCollection(n,r)}):"reference"===n?angular.isFunction(t.$watchGroup)?t.$watchGroup(e,r):e.forEach(function(n){t.$watch(n,r)}):e.forEach(function(n){t.$watch(n,r,!0)})}function o(n,t,e,r){e(function(){React.render(React.createElement(n,t),r[0])})}var c=function(t,c){return{restrict:"E",replace:!0,link:function(u,i,a){var f=n(a.name,c),p=function(){var n=u.$eval(a.props),r=e(n,u);o(f,r,t,i)};a.props?r(a.watchDepth,u,[a.props],p):p(),u.$on("$destroy",function(){React.unmountComponentAtNode(i[0])})}}},u=function(t,c){return function(u,i,a){var f={restrict:"E",replace:!0,link:function(a,f,p){var l=n(u,c);i=i||Object.keys(l.propTypes||{});var d=function(){var n={};i.forEach(function(t){n[t]=a.$eval(p[t])}),o(l,e(n,a),t,f)},s=i.map(function(n){return p[n]});r(p.watchDepth,a,s,d),d(),a.$on("$destroy",function(){React.unmountComponentAtNode(f[0])})}};return angular.extend(f,a)}};return angular.module("react",[]).directive("reactComponent",["$timeout","$injector",c]).factory("reactDirective",["$timeout","$injector",u])});
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+(function(n,t){"undefined"!=typeof module&&module.exports?module.exports=t(require("react"),require("angular")):"function"==typeof define&&define.amd?define(["react","angular"],function(e,angular){return n.ngReact=t(e,angular)}):n.ngReact=t(n.React,n.angular)})(this,function(React,angular){"use strict";function n(n,t){if(angular.isFunction(n))return n;if(!n)throw Error("ReactComponent name attribute must be specified");var e;try{e=t.get(n)}catch(r){}if(!e)try{e=n.split(".").reduce(function(n,t){return n[t]},window)}catch(r){}if(!e)throw Error("Cannot find react component "+n);return e}function t(n,t){if(n.wrappedInApply)return n;var e=function(){var e=arguments;return t.$apply(function(){return n.apply(null,e)})};return e.wrappedInApply=!0,e}function e(n,e){return Object.keys(n||{}).reduce(function(r,o){var c=n[o];return r[o]=angular.isFunction(c)?t(c,e):c,r},{})}function r(n,t,e,r){"collection"===n&&angular.isFunction(t.$watchCollection)?e.forEach(function(n){t.$watchCollection(n,r)}):"reference"===n?angular.isFunction(t.$watchGroup)?t.$watchGroup(e,r):e.forEach(function(n){t.$watch(n,r)}):e.forEach(function(n){t.$watch(n,r,!0)})}function o(n,t,e,r,o,c,i){e(function(){var e=React.render(React.createElement(n,t),r[0]);i&&c(e.getDOMNode())(o)})}var c=function(t,c,i){return{restrict:"E",replace:!0,link:function(u,a,f){var p,l=n(f.name,c),d=function(){var n=!0;p&&(n=!1);var r=u.$eval(f.props),c=e(r,u);p=u,o(l,c,t,a,p,i,n)};f.props?r(f.watchDepth,u,[f.props],d):d(),u.$on("$destroy",function(){React.unmountComponentAtNode(a[0])})}}},i=function(t,c,i){return function(u,a,f){var p={restrict:"E",replace:!0,terminal:!0,link:function(f,p,l){var d,m=n(u,c);a=a||Object.keys(m.propTypes||{});var s=function(){var n=!0;d&&(n=!1);var r={};a.forEach(function(n){r[n]=f.$eval(l[n])}),d=f,o(m,e(r,d),t,p,d,i,n)},h=a.map(function(n){return l[n]});r(l.watchDepth,f,h,s),s(),f.$on("$destroy",function(){React.unmountComponentAtNode(p[0])})}};return angular.extend(p,f)}};return angular.module("react",[]).directive("reactComponent",["$timeout","$injector","$compile",c]).factory("reactDirective",["$timeout","$injector","$compile",i])});
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