diff --git a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
index 3f0cb9dc..af6fe1b7 100644
--- a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
+++ b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
@@ -166,7 +166,24 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     };
 
     event.addCommandKeyListener(text, host.onCommandKey.bind(host));
-    event.addListener(text, "input", useragent.isIE ? onPropertyChange : onTextInput);
+    event.addListener(text, "input", onTextInput);
+    
+    if (useragent.isOldIE) {
+        var keytable = { 13:1, 27:1 };
+        event.addListener(text, "keyup", function (e) {
+            if (inCompostion && (!text.value || keytable[e.keyCode]))
+                setTimeout(onCompositionEnd, 0);
+            if ((text.value.charCodeAt(0)|0) < 129) {
+                return;
+            }
+            inCompostion ? onCompositionUpdate() : onCompositionStart();
+        });
+        
+        event.addListener(text, "propertychange", function() {
+            if (text.value != PLACEHOLDER)
+                setTimeout(sendText, 0);
+        });
+    }
 
     event.addListener(text, "paste", function(e) {
         // Mark that the next input text comes from past.