diff --git a/Source/Element/Element.js b/Source/Element/Element.js
index 16b7bb374..f50b3e04e 100644
--- a/Source/Element/Element.js
+++ b/Source/Element/Element.js
@@ -818,7 +818,26 @@ Element.implement({
 
 	clone: function(contents, keepid){
 		contents = contents !== false;
-		var clone = this.cloneNode(contents), ce = [clone], te = [this], i;
+		var cloneNode = function(){return false};
+		/*<ltIE8>*/
+		if (Browser.ie6 || Browser.ie7){
+			var self = this;
+			cloneNode = function(contents){
+				var oldID = '' + self.id;
+				self.removeAttribute('id');
+				var clonedHTML = self.outerHTML;
+				var cloned = document.createElement('div');
+				if(!keepid) clonedHTML = clonedHTML.replace(/id=[^\ \>]/gim,'');
+				cloned.innerHTML = clonedHTML;
+				self.id = oldID;
+				var clone = cloned.firstChild;
+				if (keepid) clone.id = oldID;
+				if (!contents & clone.tagName !== 'INPUT' ) clone.innerHTML = '';
+				return clone;
+			}
+		}
+		/*</ltIE8>*/
+		var clone = cloneNode(contents) || this.cloneNode(contents), ce = [clone], te = [this], i;
 
 		if (contents){
 			ce.append(Array.from(clone.getElementsByTagName('*')));
@@ -849,6 +868,8 @@ Element.implement({
 			for (i = co.length; i--;) co[i].outerHTML = to[i].outerHTML;
 		}
 		/*</ltIE9>*/
+
+
 		return document.id(clone);
 	}
 
diff --git a/Specs/1.4client/Element/Element.js b/Specs/1.4client/Element/Element.js
index e89ea38df..c51a84c43 100644
--- a/Specs/1.4client/Element/Element.js
+++ b/Specs/1.4client/Element/Element.js
@@ -10,6 +10,34 @@ describe('Element', function(){
 
 	describe('Element.getProperty', function(){
 
+		it('should cloneNode properly on IE6/7', function(){
+
+			var div = new Element('div');
+			div.inject(document.documentElement);
+			div.innerHTML = "<input id='Q1' class='foo' rel='hai' />";
+
+			var q1 = document.id('Q1');
+			var clone = q1.clone();
+			clone.replaces(q1);
+
+			expect($$('input[id=Q1]').length).toEqual(0);
+			expect($$('input#Q1').length).toEqual(0);
+			expect($$('input[id=Q1]').length).toEqual(0); //<- element.erase will fail on this :(
+			clone.dispose();
+
+			var ul = new Element('ul',{id:'test'});
+			ul.set('html', '<li id="li1"></li><li id="li2"></li>');
+			ul.inject(document.documentElement);
+
+			var ulc = ul.clone();
+			ulc.replaces(ul);
+
+			expect($$('li#li1').length).toEqual(0);
+
+			ulc.destroy();
+
+		});
+
 		it('should get the attrubte of a form when the form has an input with as ID the attribute name', function(){
 			var div = new Element('div');
 			div.innerHTML = '<form action="s"><input id="action"></form>';