diff --git a/src/typeahead/test/typeahead.spec.js b/src/typeahead/test/typeahead.spec.js
index e93d5e18b7..81a01ec3f7 100644
--- a/src/typeahead/test/typeahead.spec.js
+++ b/src/typeahead/test/typeahead.spec.js
@@ -363,6 +363,21 @@ describe('typeahead tests', function () {
 
       expect(inputEl.val()).toEqual('Alaska');
     });
+
+    it('issue 863 - it should work correctly with input type="email"', function () {
+
+      $scope.emails = ['foo@host.com', 'bar@host.com'];
+      var element = prepareInputEl("<div><input type='email' ng-model='email' typeahead='email for email in emails | filter:$viewValue'></div>");
+      var inputEl = findInput(element);
+
+      changeInputValueTo(element, 'bar');
+      expect(element).toBeOpenWithActive(1, 0);
+
+      triggerKeyDown(element, 13);
+
+      expect($scope.email).toEqual('bar@host.com');
+      expect(inputEl.val()).toEqual('bar@host.com');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('input formatting', function () {
diff --git a/src/typeahead/typeahead.js b/src/typeahead/typeahead.js
index df55c8b2d4..f230862f75 100644
--- a/src/typeahead/typeahead.js
+++ b/src/typeahead/typeahead.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ angular.module('ui.bootstrap.typeahead', ['ui.bootstrap.position'])
 
       //plug into $parsers pipeline to open a typeahead on view changes initiated from DOM
       //$parsers kick-in on all the changes coming from the view as well as manually triggered by $setViewValue
-      modelCtrl.$parsers.push(function (inputValue) {
+      modelCtrl.$parsers.unshift(function (inputValue) {
 
         resetMatches();
         if (inputValue && inputValue.length >= minSearch) {