diff --git a/src/widgets.js b/src/widgets.js
index ea76cfc2..6482f455 100644
--- a/src/widgets.js
+++ b/src/widgets.js
@@ -1074,7 +1074,8 @@ angularWidget('ng:view', function(element) {
         } else {
           element.html('');
         }
-      });
+      })(); //initialize the state forcefully, it's possible that we missed the initial
+            //$route#onChange already
 
       // note that this propagates eval to the current childScope, where childScope is dynamically
       // bound (via $route.onChange callback) to the current scope created by $route
diff --git a/test/widgetsSpec.js b/test/widgetsSpec.js
index 6bff5a36..12fe7b64 100644
--- a/test/widgetsSpec.js
+++ b/test/widgetsSpec.js
@@ -880,6 +880,25 @@ describe("widget", function(){
       rootScope.$eval();
       expect(rootScope.$element.text()).toEqual('new parent');
     });
+
+    it('should be possible to nest ng:view in ng:include', function() {
+      dealoc(rootScope);
+      rootScope = angular.compile('<div>include: <ng:include src="\'includePartial.html\'"></ng:include></div>');
+      $browser = rootScope.$service('$browser');
+      $browser.xhr.expectGET('includePartial.html').respond('view: <ng:view></ng:view>');
+      $browser.setUrl('http://server/#/foo');
+
+      $route = rootScope.$service('$route');
+      $route.when('/foo', {controller: angular.noop, template: 'viewPartial.html'});
+      rootScope.$init();
+
+      $browser.xhr.expectGET('viewPartial.html').respond('content');
+      $browser.xhr.flush();
+
+      expect(rootScope.$element.text()).toEqual('include: view: content');
+      expect($route.current.template).toEqual('viewPartial.html');
+      dealoc($route.current.scope);
+    });
   });
 });