diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index e02b3049..a2bc57d9 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 					//fix offset of next element if item was a trusted string w/ more than one html element
 					//the first clause in the regexp matches elements
 					//the second clause (after the pipe) matches text nodes
-					subArrayCount += (item.match(/<[^\/]|\>\s*[^<]/g) || []).length
+					subArrayCount += (item.match(/<[^\/]|\>\s*[^<]|&/g) || []).length
 				}
 				else subArrayCount += type.call(item) === ARRAY ? item.length : 1;
 				cached[cacheCount++] = item
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests.js b/tests/e2e/tests.js
index ae1dff2a..7fb5183d 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests.js
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ test('Mithril accessible as window.m', function() {
 	ok(window.m)
 })
 
+test('m.trust w/ html entities', function() {
+	expect(1)
+	var view1 = m('div', "a", m.trust("&amp;"), "b")
+
+	m.render(dummyEl, view1)
+	equal(dummyEl.innerHTML, '<div>a&amp;b</div>', 'view1 rendered correctly')
+})
+
 test('array item removal', function() {
 	expect(2)
 	var view1 = m('div', {}, [