diff --git a/javascript/jsapi/binding.h b/javascript/jsapi/binding.h
index d58dfe0c9..c6a460ccc 100644
--- a/javascript/jsapi/binding.h
+++ b/javascript/jsapi/binding.h
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ JSObject *jsapi_InitClass_Navigator(JSContext *cx, JSObject *parent);
  */
 JSObject *jsapi_new_Navigator(JSContext *cx, JSObject *proto, JSObject *parent);
 
+extern JSClass JSClass_HTMLElement;
+
 JSObject *jsapi_InitClass_HTMLElement(JSContext *cx, JSObject *parent);
 /** Create a new javascript element object
  *
diff --git a/javascript/jsapi/dom.bnd b/javascript/jsapi/dom.bnd
index 5611e8fa7..3a355256f 100644
--- a/javascript/jsapi/dom.bnd
+++ b/javascript/jsapi/dom.bnd
@@ -6,25 +6,25 @@ webidlfile "dom.idl";
 
 
 getter textContent %{
-        dom_exception exc;
-        dom_string *content;
+	dom_exception exc;
+	dom_string *content;
 
-        exc = dom_node_get_text_content(private->node, &content);
-        if (exc != DOM_NO_ERR) {
+	exc = dom_node_get_text_content(private->node, &content);
+	if (exc != DOM_NO_ERR) {
 		return JS_FALSE;
 	}
 
 	if (content != NULL) {
-                jsret = JS_NewStringCopyN(cx, dom_string_data(content), dom_string_length(content));
+		jsret = JS_NewStringCopyN(cx, dom_string_data(content), dom_string_length(content));
 		dom_string_unref(content);
 
-        }
+	}
 %}
 
 
 operation appendChild %{
 	struct dom_node *result = NULL;
-        dom_exception exc;
+	dom_exception exc;
 
 	struct jsclass_private *node_private;
 	dom_node_type node_type;
@@ -34,12 +34,22 @@ operation appendChild %{
 	/* CAUTION this expects all Node objects private pointers to
 	 * have private->node in the same place
 	 */
+	/* text */
 	node_private = JS_GetInstancePrivate(cx, node, &JSClass_Text, NULL);
-	if (node_private != NULL) {
-		exc = dom_node_append_child(private->node, node_private->node, &result);
-		if (exc != DOM_NO_ERR) {
-			return JS_FALSE;
-		}
+	if (node_private == NULL) {
+		/* element */
+		node_private = JS_GetInstancePrivate(cx, node, &JSClass_HTMLElement, NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (node_private == NULL) {
+		/* type error? */
+		return JS_FALSE;
+	}
+
+	/* append the found element */
+	exc = dom_node_append_child(private->node, node_private->node, &result);
+	if (exc != DOM_NO_ERR) {
+		return JS_FALSE;
 	}
 
 	if (result != NULL) {
diff --git a/javascript/jsapi/htmldocument.bnd b/javascript/jsapi/htmldocument.bnd
index 6205ce01d..cde218450 100644
--- a/javascript/jsapi/htmldocument.bnd
+++ b/javascript/jsapi/htmldocument.bnd
@@ -198,3 +198,27 @@ operation createTextNode %{
 	JSLOG("returning jsobject %p",jsret);
 
 %}
+
+/* in dom Document */
+operation createElement %{
+	dom_string *localName_dom;
+        dom_exception exc;
+	dom_element *element;
+
+	JSLOG("Creating text node for string \"%s\"", localName);
+	exc = dom_string_create((unsigned char*)localName, localName_len, &localName_dom);
+        if (exc != DOM_NO_ERR) {
+                return JS_FALSE;
+        }
+
+	exc = dom_document_create_element(private->node, localName_dom, &element);
+	dom_string_unref(localName_dom);
+        if (exc != DOM_NO_ERR) {
+                return JS_FALSE;
+        }
+
+	jsret = jsapi_new_HTMLElement(cx, NULL, NULL, element, private->htmlc);
+
+	JSLOG("returning jsobject %p",jsret);
+
+%}