diff --git a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
index 950026a8..88f2ca6d 100644
--- a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
+++ b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
@@ -88,16 +88,37 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
         }
     }
     if (useragent.isOldIE) {
-        event.addListener(text, "propertychange", function(e){
-            if (text.value != "" && text.value != PLACEHOLDER)
-                onInput(e);
-        });
+        var propchangeTimeout;
+        var propertyChangeCounter = 0;
+        var onPropertyChange = function(e){
+            if (propertyChangeCounter)
+                return;
+            var data = text.value;
+            if (inCompostion || !data || data == PLACEHOLDER)
+                return;
+            // can happen either after delete or during insert operation
+            if (e && data == PLACEHOLDER[0]) {
+                if (!propchangeTimeout) {
+                    propchangeTimeout = setTimeout(function() {
+                        onPropertyChange();
+                        propchangeTimeout = null;
+                    });
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+
+            sendText(data);
+            propertyChangeCounter++
+            resetValue();
+            propertyChangeCounter--
+        }
+        event.addListener(text, "propertychange", onPropertyChange);
 
         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) {
+            if ((text.value.charCodeAt(0)||0) < 129) {
                 return;
             }
             inCompostion ? onCompositionUpdate() : onCompositionStart();
@@ -147,12 +168,7 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
         }
     };
 
-    var onInput = function(e) {
-        if (inCompostion)
-            return;
-        var data = text.value;
-        resetValue();
-
+    var sendText = function(data) {
         if (pasted) {
             resetSelection();
             if (data)
@@ -165,16 +181,24 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
                 data = data.substr(2);
             else if (data[0] == PLACEHOLDER[0])
                 data = data.substr(1);
+            else if (data[data.length - 1] == PLACEHOLDER[0])
+                data = data.slice(0, -1);
+            // can happen if undo in textarea isn't stopped
+            if (data[data.length - 1] == PLACEHOLDER[0])
+                data = data.slice(0, -1);
             
-            if (data) {
-                // can happen if undo in textarea isn't stopped
-                if (data[data.length - 1] == PLACEHOLDER[0])
-                    data = data.slice(0, -1);
-                if (data)
-                    host.onTextInput(data);
-            }
+            if (data)
+                host.onTextInput(data);
         }
     };
+    var onInput = function(e) {
+        if (inCompostion)
+            return;
+        var data = text.value;
+        resetValue();
+
+        sendText(data);
+    };
 
     var onCompositionStart = function(e) {
         inCompostion = true;