diff --git a/plugins/copyright/copyright.iml b/plugins/copyright/copyright.iml
index 6f44fbc0fbdd..c9de25db777d 100644
--- a/plugins/copyright/copyright.iml
+++ b/plugins/copyright/copyright.iml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="openapi" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="Velocity" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="commons-collections" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="xml" />
   </component>
 </module>
 
diff --git a/plugins/copyright/src/com/maddyhome/idea/copyright/psi/UpdateXmlCopyrightsProvider.java b/plugins/copyright/src/com/maddyhome/idea/copyright/psi/UpdateXmlCopyrightsProvider.java
index cf55cda0a117..19760dacd874 100644
--- a/plugins/copyright/src/com/maddyhome/idea/copyright/psi/UpdateXmlCopyrightsProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/copyright/src/com/maddyhome/idea/copyright/psi/UpdateXmlCopyrightsProvider.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.*;
+import com.intellij.xml.util.HtmlUtil;
 import com.maddyhome.idea.copyright.CopyrightProfile;
 import com.maddyhome.idea.copyright.options.LanguageOptions;
 import com.maddyhome.idea.copyright.options.XmlOptions;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public class UpdateXmlCopyrightsProvider extends UpdateCopyrightsProvider {
           }
 
           int location = getLanguageOptions().getFileLocation();
-          if (doctype != null)
+          if (doctype != null && !isHtml5DoctypeIEFix(doc))
           {
               checkComments(first, doctype, location == XmlOptions.LOCATION_BEFORE_DOCTYPE);
               first = doctype;
@@ -115,6 +116,13 @@ public class UpdateXmlCopyrightsProvider extends UpdateCopyrightsProvider {
           }
       }
 
+      private boolean isHtml5DoctypeIEFix(XmlDocument doc) {
+          if (HtmlUtil.isHtml5Document(doc)) {
+              return true; // IE goes quirks mode if comment before doc type so pardon the setting we will not handle you then
+          }
+          return false;
+      }
+  
       protected PsiElement getPreviousSibling(PsiElement element)
       {
           if (element == null) return null;