diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 56b03cc..56700ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Add document.loaded, a boolean that is set to true once dom:loaded is fired. Setting document.loaded to true before the document is loaded prevents dom:loaded from being fired. [Tobie Langel]
+
 * Make Element#insert standard-compliant. Fixes an issue in FF3b2 when inserting HTML or text inside DOM nodes which aren't (yet) appended to the document. [Tobie Langel]
 
 * Add some missing semicolons to the source tree.  Closes #10659.  [Richard Quadling]
diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index 5fa7c18..46688da 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -276,20 +276,21 @@ Element.addMethods({
 Object.extend(document, {
   fire:          Element.Methods.fire.methodize(),
   observe:       Element.Methods.observe.methodize(),
-  stopObserving: Element.Methods.stopObserving.methodize()
+  stopObserving: Element.Methods.stopObserving.methodize(),
+  loaded:        false
 });
 
 (function() {
   /* Support for the DOMContentLoaded event is based on work by Dan Webb, 
      Matthias Miller, Dean Edwards and John Resig. */
 
-  var timer, fired = false;
+  var timer;
   
   function fireContentLoadedEvent() {
-    if (fired) return;
+    if (document.loaded) return;
     if (timer) window.clearInterval(timer);
     document.fire("dom:loaded");
-    fired = true;
+    document.loaded = true;
   }
   
   if (document.addEventListener) {
diff --git a/test/unit/event.html b/test/unit/event.html
index 8cf4074..f644f2e 100644
--- a/test/unit/event.html
+++ b/test/unit/event.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" charset="utf-8">
 // <![CDATA[
 
-  var eventResults = { };
+  var eventResults = { }, documentLoaded = document.loaded;
 
   new Test.Unit.Runner({
     
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@
       assertEqual(span, span.observe("test:somethingHappened", observer)); // try to reuse the same observer
       span.stopObserving();
     }},
+
+    testDocumentLoaded: function() { with(this) {
+      assert(!documentLoaded);
+      assert(document.loaded);
+    }},
     
     testDocumentContentLoadedEventFiresBeforeWindowLoad: function() { with(this) {
       assert(eventResults.contentLoaded, "contentLoaded");