diff --git a/build/test/index.html b/build/test/index.html
index 8fead08ef..85a7fa4ed 100644
--- a/build/test/index.html
+++ b/build/test/index.html
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 			<span id="utf8class2" class="台北"></span>
 		</form>
 		<b id="floatTest">Float test.</b>
-		<iframe id="iframe"></iframe>
+		<iframe id="iframe" name="iframe"></iframe>
 	</div>
 	</dl>
 	
diff --git a/src/jquery/coreTest.js b/src/jquery/coreTest.js
index 98a1ba815..77fd17e52 100644
--- a/src/jquery/coreTest.js
+++ b/src/jquery/coreTest.js
@@ -826,3 +826,12 @@ test("$().html().evalScripts() Eval's Scripts Twice in Firefox, see #975", funct
 	expect(1);
 	$("#main").html('<script type="text/javascript">ok( true, "execute script" );</script>').evalScripts();
 });
+
+test("$('<tag>') needs optional document parameter to ease cross-frame DOM wrangling, see #968", function() {
+	var f = frames["iframe"].document;
+    f.open();
+    f.write("<html><body></body></html>");
+    f.close();
+    $("<div>Testing</div>").appendTo(f.body);
+    ok( true, "passed" );
+});
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