diff --git a/src/ng/anchorScroll.js b/src/ng/anchorScroll.js
index 50512b173253..77e8ded5ce37 100644
--- a/src/ng/anchorScroll.js
+++ b/src/ng/anchorScroll.js
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ function $AnchorScrollProvider() {
     }
 
     function scroll(hash) {
+      //Allow hash to be a number
+      if (isNumber(hash)) hash = hash.toString();
+
       hash = isString(hash) ? hash : $location.hash();
       var elm;
 
diff --git a/test/ng/anchorScrollSpec.js b/test/ng/anchorScrollSpec.js
index 8f7e4a2c8829..22fb13608f11 100644
--- a/test/ng/anchorScrollSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/anchorScrollSpec.js
@@ -260,6 +260,18 @@ describe('$anchorScroll', function() {
         addElements('id=top'),
         callAnchorScroll('top'),
         expectScrollingTo('id=top')));
+
+
+      it('should scroll to element with id "7" if present, with a given hash of type number', inject(
+        addElements('id=7'),
+        callAnchorScroll(7),
+        expectScrollingTo('id=7')));
+
+
+      it('should scroll to element with id "7" if present, with a given hash of type string', inject(
+        addElements('id=7'),
+        callAnchorScroll('7'),
+        expectScrollingTo('id=7')));
     });
   });