diff --git a/tests/visual/button/button_ticket_5261.html b/tests/visual/button/button_ticket_5261.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f5bd19e6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/visual/button/button_ticket_5261.html
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+	<title>Button Visual Test : Button ticket #5261</title>
+	<link rel="stylesheet" href="../visual.css" type="text/css" />
+	<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css" type="text/css">
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../ui/jquery.ui.core.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../ui/jquery.ui.widget.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../ui/jquery.ui.button.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript">
+	$(function() {
+
+	$('#id1').button().change(function(e) {
+		console.log('change', e);
+	});
+	$('#id1').bind('change', function(e) {
+		console.log('bound change', e);
+	});
+	$("body").live('change', function(e) {
+		console.log('live change on body', e);
+	});
+	$(document).delegate('input', 'change', function(e) {
+		console.log('delegated input change', e);
+	});
+	$(document).change(function(e) {
+		console.log('delegated change on document', e);
+	});
+
+	});
+	</script>
+</head>
+<body>
+	
+<h1 class="ui-widget-header"><a href="http://dev.jqueryui.com/ticket/5261">#5261 - button change events don't fire in IE 7/8</a></h1>
+	
+<input name="1" id="id1" type="checkbox"/>
+<label for="id1">Checkbox</label>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.button.js b/ui/jquery.ui.button.js
index fd01cf7505..9c26ba5292 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.button.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.button.js
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ $.widget( "ui.button", {
 
 		if ( this.type === "checkbox" || this.type === "radio" ) {
 			this.buttonElement = $( "[for=" + this.element.attr("id") + "]" );
-			this.element.hide();
+			this.element.addClass('ui-helper-hidden-accessible');
 
 			var checked = this.element.is( ":checked" );
 			if ( checked ) {
