diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 927beda4e..d0cacf6b5 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ jQuery.event = {
 			if ( jQuery.isFunction( jQuery.data(elem, "handle") ) )
 				val = jQuery.data(elem, "handle").apply( elem, data );
 
-			// Handle triggering native .onfoo handlers
-			if ( !fn && elem["on"+type] && elem["on"+type].apply( elem, data ) === false )
+			// Handle triggering native .onfoo handlers (and on links since we don't call .click() for links)
+			if ( (!fn || (jQuery.nodeName(elem, 'a') && type == "click")) && elem["on"+type] && elem["on"+type].apply( elem, data ) === false )
 				val = false;
 
 			// Extra functions don't get the custom event object
diff --git a/test/unit/event.js b/test/unit/event.js
index ba29ab7ec..0ec0f5966 100644
--- a/test/unit/event.js
+++ b/test/unit/event.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ test("bind(), namespaced events, cloned events", function() {
 });
 
 test("click()", function() {
-	expect(4);
+	expect(5);
 	$('<li><a href="#">Change location</a></li>').prependTo('#firstUL').find('a').bind('click', function() {
 		var close = $('spanx', this); // same with $(this).find('span');
 		ok( close.length == 0, "Context element does not exist, length must be zero" );
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ test("click()", function() {
 	};
 	$('#firstp').click();
 	ok( counter == 1, "Check that click, triggers onclick event handler also" );
+	
+	var clickCounter = 0;
+	$('#simon1')[0].onclick = function(event) {
+		clickCounter++;
+	};
+	$('#simon1').click();
+	ok( clickCounter == 1, "Check that click, triggers onclick event handler on an a tag also" );
 });
 
 test("unbind(event)", function() {