diff --git a/packages/ui/domrange.js b/packages/ui/domrange.js
index fd89d59cfd..22be68fff9 100644
--- a/packages/ui/domrange.js
+++ b/packages/ui/domrange.js
@@ -201,6 +201,10 @@ _extend(DomRange.prototype, {
       var range = newMember.dom;
       range.owner = this.component;
       var nodes = range.getNodes();
+
+      if (tbodyFixNeeded(nodes, parentNode))
+        parentNode = moveWithOwnersIntoTbody(this);
+
       for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++)
         insertNode(nodes[i], parentNode, nextNode);
     } else {
@@ -210,6 +214,10 @@ _extend(DomRange.prototype, {
       var node = newMember;
       if (node.nodeType !== 3)
         node.$ui = this.component;
+
+      if (tbodyFixNeeded(node, parentNode))
+        parentNode = moveWithOwnersIntoTbody(this);
+
       insertNode(node, parentNode, nextNode);
     }
   },
@@ -580,8 +588,66 @@ DomRange.insert = function (component, parentNode, nextNode) {
   if (! range)
     throw new Error("Expected a component with a DomRange");
   var nodes = range.getNodes();
+  if (tbodyFixNeeded(nodes, parentNode))
+    parentNode = makeOrFindTbody(parentNode, nextNode);
   for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++)
     insertNode(nodes[i], parentNode, nextNode);
 };
 
-UI.DomRange = DomRange;
+///// TBODY FIX for compatibility with jQuery.
+//
+// Because people might use jQuery from UI hooks, and
+// jQuery is unable to do $(myTable).append(myTR) without
+// adding a TBODY (for historical reasons), we move any DomRange
+// that gains a TR, and its immediately enclosing DomRanges,
+// into a TBODY.
+//
+// See http://www.quora.com/David-Greenspan/Posts/The-Great-TBODY-Debacle
+var tbodyFixNeeded = function (childOrChildren, parent) {
+  if (parent.nodeName !== 'TABLE')
+    return false;
+
+  if (isArray(childOrChildren)) {
+    var foundTR = false;
+    for (var i = 0, N = childOrChildren.length; i < N; i++) {
+      var n = childOrChildren[i];
+      if (n.nodeType === 1 && n.nodeName === 'TR') {
+        foundTR = true;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (! foundTR)
+      return false;
+  } else {
+    var n = childOrChildren;
+    if (! (n.nodeType === 1 && n.nodeName === 'TR'))
+      return false;
+  }
+
+  return true;
+};
+
+var makeOrFindTbody = function (parent, next) {
+  // we have a TABLE > TR situation
+  var tbody = parent.getElementsByTagName('tbody')[0];
+  if (! tbody) {
+    tbody = parent.ownerDocument.createElement("tbody");
+    parent.insertBefore(tbody, next || null);
+  }
+  return tbody;
+};
+
+var moveWithOwnersIntoTbody = function (range) {
+  while (range.owner)
+    range = range.owner.dom;
+
+  var nodes = range.getNodes(); // causes refresh
+  var tbody = makeOrFindTbody(range.parentNode(),
+                              range.end.nextSibling);
+  for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++)
+    tbody.appendChild(nodes[i]);
+
+  return tbody;
+};
+
+UI.DomRange = DomRange;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/ui/domrange_tests.js b/packages/ui/domrange_tests.js
index 3cc7b35989..7342552478 100644
--- a/packages/ui/domrange_tests.js
+++ b/packages/ui/domrange_tests.js
@@ -468,6 +468,105 @@ Tinytest.add("ui - DomRange - external moves", function (test) {
              strip('-------------- (aXb ghiWjkl)'));
 });
 
+Tinytest.add("ui - DomRange - tables", function (test) {
+  var range = function (x) {
+    new DomRange(x);
+    if (x.el) {
+      x.dom.add(x.el);
+      if (x.content)
+        DomRange.insert(x.content, x.el);
+    }
+    return x;
+  };
+  var tr, td;
+  var table = range({
+    el: document.createElement('table'),
+    content: tr = range({
+      el: document.createElement('tr'),
+      content: td = range({
+        el: document.createElement('td')
+      })
+    })
+  });
+
+  // TBODY got inserted automatically.
+  // This tests DomRange.insert.
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 1);
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.nodeName, 'TBODY');
+  // TBODY contains [start, TR, end]
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.childNodes.length, 3);
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.childNodes[1], tr.el);
+  test.equal(tr.el.childNodes.length, 3);
+  test.equal(tr.el.childNodes[1], td.el);
+
+  // start over
+  $(table.el).empty();
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 0);
+
+  table.content = range({});
+  DomRange.insert(table.content, table.el);
+  // table has two children (start/end markers), no elements
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 2);
+  test.notEqual(table.el.firstChild.nodeType, 1);
+  test.notEqual(table.el.lastChild.nodeType, 1);
+
+  // shazam, adding a TR should move the whole range
+  // into a TBODY.  This tests range.add(node).
+  table.content.dom.add(document.createElement('tr'));
+
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 1);
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.nodeName, 'TBODY');
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.childNodes.length, 3);
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.childNodes[1].nodeName, 'TR');
+
+  // start over.
+  $(table.el).empty();
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 0);
+
+  table.content = range({});
+  DomRange.insert(table.content, table.el);
+  var a1 = range({});
+  var a2 = range({});
+  a1.dom.add(a2);
+  table.content.dom.add(a1);
+  // 6 marker nodes in table, no elements
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 6);
+  test.equal($(table.el).find("*").length, 0);
+  // shazam, adding a TR to the innermost range
+  // should move all the ranges into a TBODY.
+  a2.dom.add(document.createElement('tr'));
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 1);
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.nodeName, 'TBODY');
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.childNodes.length, 7);
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.childNodes[3].nodeName, 'TR');
+
+  // start over.  this time test adding a range containing
+  // a TR.
+  $(table.el).empty();
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 0);
+
+  table.content = range({});
+  DomRange.insert(table.content, table.el);
+  var a1 = range({});
+  var a2 = range({});
+  table.content.dom.add(a1);
+  a2.dom.add(document.createElement('tr'));
+  // 4 marker nodes in table, no elements
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 4);
+  test.equal($(table.el).find("*").length, 0);
+  // shazam, adding a2, which contains a TR,
+  // should move all the ranges into a TBODY.
+  a1.dom.add(a2);
+  test.equal(table.el.childNodes.length, 1);
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.nodeName, 'TBODY');
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.childNodes.length, 7);
+  test.equal(table.el.firstChild.childNodes[3].nodeName, 'TR');
+
+  test.equal(a2.dom.parentNode().nodeName, 'TBODY');
+  test.equal(a1.dom.parentNode().nodeName, 'TBODY');
+  test.equal(table.content.dom.parentNode().nodeName, 'TBODY');
+});
+
 
 // TO TEST STILL:
 // - external remove element