diff --git a/js/angular/directive/content.js b/js/angular/directive/content.js
index a4bd392183..ecb68f79f5 100644
--- a/js/angular/directive/content.js
+++ b/js/angular/directive/content.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ function($timeout, $controller, $ionicBind) {
     restrict: 'E',
     require: '^?ionNavView',
     scope: true,
+    priority: 800,
     compile: function(element, attr) {
       var innerElement;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/angular/directive/content.unit.js b/test/unit/angular/directive/content.unit.js
index 0d7b4bd202..5cb7bfd291 100644
--- a/test/unit/angular/directive/content.unit.js
+++ b/test/unit/angular/directive/content.unit.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ describe('Ionic Content directive', function() {
   });
 
 });
-/* Tests #555 */
+/* Tests #555, #1155 */
 describe('Ionic Content Directive scoping', function() {
   beforeEach(module('ionic', function($controllerProvider) {
     $controllerProvider.register('ContentTestCtrl', function($scope){
@@ -125,10 +125,16 @@ describe('Ionic Content Directive scoping', function() {
   it('should have same scope as content', inject(function($compile, $rootScope) {
     var element = $compile('<ion-content ng-controller="ContentTestCtrl">' +
                            '<form name="myForm"></form>' +
+                           '<input ng-model="foo">' +
                            '</ion-content>')($rootScope.$new());
     var contentScope = element.scope();
     var ctrl = element.data('$ngControllerController');
     expect(contentScope.myForm).toBeTruthy();
     expect(ctrl.$scope.myForm).toBeTruthy();
+    var input = angular.element(element[0].querySelector('input'));
+    input.val('bar');
+    input.triggerHandler('input');
+    expect(input.scope().foo).toBe('bar');
+    expect(ctrl.$scope.foo).toBe('bar');
   }));
 });