diff --git a/src/ng/directive/input.js b/src/ng/directive/input.js
index af028fd52923..f5d30a3e6c36 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/input.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/input.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var URL_REGEXP = /^(ftp|http|https):\/\/(\w+:{0,1}\w*@)?(\S+)(:[0-9]+)?(\/|\/([\w#!:.?+=&%@!\-\/]))?$/;
-var EMAIL_REGEXP = /^[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/;
+var EMAIL_REGEXP = /^[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}$/;
 var NUMBER_REGEXP = /^\s*(\-|\+)?(\d+|(\d*(\.\d*)))\s*$/;
 
 var inputType = {
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
index 36fb754d580c..8f18964e0641 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ describe('input', function() {
 
       it('should validate email', function() {
         expect(EMAIL_REGEXP.test('a@b.com')).toBe(true);
+        expect(EMAIL_REGEXP.test('a@b.museum')).toBe(true);
         expect(EMAIL_REGEXP.test('a@B.c')).toBe(false);
       });
     });