diff --git a/src/Global.js b/src/Global.js
index 3877c440..d9d1e984 100644
--- a/src/Global.js
+++ b/src/Global.js
@@ -135,6 +135,22 @@ var Kinetic = {};
             }
         }
     };
+
+    // bind() shim for older browsers
+    if (!Function.prototype.bind) {
+      Function.prototype.bind = function (oThis) {
+        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;
+      };
+    }
 })();
 
 // Uses Node, AMD or browser globals to create a module.