diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index 5311a10e..e0281a9e 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window) {
 		}
 		return cell
 	}
+	var configs = []
 	function build(parentElement, parentTag, parentCache, parentIndex, data, cached, shouldReattach, index, editable, namespace) {
 		if (data === null || data === undefined) data = ""
 		if (data.subtree === "retain") return
@@ -96,7 +97,9 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window) {
 				cached.nodes.intact = true
 				if (shouldReattach === true) parentElement.insertBefore(node, parentElement.childNodes[index] || null)
 			}
-			if (type.call(data.attrs["config"]) == "[object Function]") data.attrs["config"](node, !isNew, cached.configContext = cached.configContext || {})
+			if (type.call(data.attrs["config"]) == "[object Function]") {
+				configs.push(data.attrs["config"].bind(window, node, !isNew, cached.configContext = cached.configContext || {}))
+			}
 		}
 		else {
 			var node
@@ -224,6 +227,8 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window) {
 		var id = index < 0 ? nodeCache.push(root) - 1 : index
 		var node = root == window.document || root == window.document.documentElement ? documentNode : root
 		cellCache[id] = build(node, null, undefined, undefined, cell, cellCache[id], false, 0, null, undefined)
+		for (var i = 0; i < configs.length; i++) configs[i]()
+		configs.length = 0
 	}
 
 	m.trust = function(value) {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests.js b/tests/e2e/tests.js
index 0d60cf7f..0b4cf22c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests.js
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
+//qunit doesn't support Function.prototype.bind...
+if (!Function.prototype.bind) {
+	Function.prototype.bind = function (oThis) {
+		if (typeof this !== "function") {
+			// closest thing possible to the ECMAScript 5
+			// internal IsCallable function
+			throw new TypeError("Function.prototype.bind - what is trying to be bound is not callable");
+		}
+
+		var aArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1), 
+				fToBind = this, 
+				fNOP = function () {},
+				fBound = function () {
+					return fToBind.apply(this instanceof fNOP && oThis
+						? this
+						: oThis,
+						aArgs.concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments)));
+				};
+
+		fNOP.prototype = this.prototype;
+		fBound.prototype = new fNOP();
+
+		return fBound;
+	};
+}
+
+
+
+//tests
 var dummyEl = document.getElementById('dummy')
 
 test('Mithril accessible as window.m', function() {
diff --git a/tests/mithril-tests.js b/tests/mithril-tests.js
index b369d34e..3ce7a667 100644
--- a/tests/mithril-tests.js
+++ b/tests/mithril-tests.js
@@ -479,6 +479,14 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		m.render(root, [node, node]);
 		return success;
 	})
+	test(function() {
+		var root = mock.document.createElement("div")
+		var parent
+		m.render(root, m("div", m("a", {
+			config: function(el) {parent = el.parentNode.parentNode}
+		})));
+		return parent === root
+	})
 	//end m.render
 
 	//m.redraw