diff --git a/src/ng/compile.js b/src/ng/compile.js
index 9123d8f7815c..a844f23e10bc 100644
--- a/src/ng/compile.js
+++ b/src/ng/compile.js
@@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@ function $CompileProvider($provide, $$sanitizeUriProvider) {
 
       $compileNode.empty();
 
-      $templateRequest($sce.getTrustedResourceUrl(templateUrl))
+      $templateRequest(templateUrl)
         .then(function(content) {
           var compileNode, tempTemplateAttrs, $template, childBoundTranscludeFn;
 
diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngInclude.js b/src/ng/directive/ngInclude.js
index c4540c7c1074..528958a943e2 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngInclude.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngInclude.js
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@
  * @param {Object} angularEvent Synthetic event object.
  * @param {String} src URL of content to load.
  */
-var ngIncludeDirective = ['$templateRequest', '$anchorScroll', '$animate', '$sce',
-                  function($templateRequest,   $anchorScroll,   $animate,   $sce) {
+var ngIncludeDirective = ['$templateRequest', '$anchorScroll', '$animate',
+                  function($templateRequest,   $anchorScroll,   $animate) {
   return {
     restrict: 'ECA',
     priority: 400,
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ var ngIncludeDirective = ['$templateRequest', '$anchorScroll', '$animate', '$sce
           }
         };
 
-        scope.$watch($sce.parseAsResourceUrl(srcExp), function ngIncludeWatchAction(src) {
+        scope.$watch(srcExp, function ngIncludeWatchAction(src) {
           var afterAnimation = function() {
             if (isDefined(autoScrollExp) && (!autoScrollExp || scope.$eval(autoScrollExp))) {
               $anchorScroll();
diff --git a/src/ng/templateRequest.js b/src/ng/templateRequest.js
index 5760dde0b973..6219308ed671 100644
--- a/src/ng/templateRequest.js
+++ b/src/ng/templateRequest.js
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ var $compileMinErr = minErr('$compile');
  * @name $templateRequest
  *
  * @description
- * The `$templateRequest` service downloads the provided template using `$http` and, upon success,
- * stores the contents inside of `$templateCache`. If the HTTP request fails or the response data
- * of the HTTP request is empty, a `$compile` error will be thrown (the exception can be thwarted
- * by setting the 2nd parameter of the function to true).
+ * The `$templateRequest` service runs security checks then downloads the provided template using
+ * `$http` and, upon success, stores the contents inside of `$templateCache`. If the HTTP request
+ * fails or the response data of the HTTP request is empty, a `$compile` error will be thrown (the
+ * exception can be thwarted by setting the 2nd parameter of the function to true). Note that the
+ * contents of `$templateCache` are trusted, so the call to `$sce.getTrustedUrl(tpl)` is omitted
+ * when `tpl` is of type string and `$templateCache` has the matching entry.
  *
- * @param {string} tpl The HTTP request template URL
+ * @param {string|TrustedResourceUrl} tpl The HTTP request template URL
  * @param {boolean=} ignoreRequestError Whether or not to ignore the exception when the request fails or the template is empty
  *
  * @return {Promise} a promise for the HTTP response data of the given URL.
@@ -20,10 +22,19 @@ var $compileMinErr = minErr('$compile');
  * @property {number} totalPendingRequests total amount of pending template requests being downloaded.
  */
 function $TemplateRequestProvider() {
-  this.$get = ['$templateCache', '$http', '$q', function($templateCache, $http, $q) {
+  this.$get = ['$templateCache', '$http', '$q', '$sce', function($templateCache, $http, $q, $sce) {
     function handleRequestFn(tpl, ignoreRequestError) {
       handleRequestFn.totalPendingRequests++;
 
+      // We consider the template cache holds only trusted templates, so
+      // there's no need to go through whitelisting again for keys that already
+      // are included in there. This also makes Angular accept any script
+      // directive, no matter its name. However, we still need to unwrap trusted
+      // types.
+      if (!isString(tpl) || !$templateCache.get(tpl)) {
+        tpl = $sce.getTrustedResourceUrl(tpl);
+      }
+
       var transformResponse = $http.defaults && $http.defaults.transformResponse;
 
       if (isArray(transformResponse)) {
diff --git a/src/ngRoute/route.js b/src/ngRoute/route.js
index 1e46fbb33713..28886ff9b8c0 100644
--- a/src/ngRoute/route.js
+++ b/src/ngRoute/route.js
@@ -591,9 +591,8 @@ function $RouteProvider() {
                 if (angular.isFunction(templateUrl)) {
                   templateUrl = templateUrl(nextRoute.params);
                 }
-                templateUrl = $sce.getTrustedResourceUrl(templateUrl);
                 if (angular.isDefined(templateUrl)) {
-                  nextRoute.loadedTemplateUrl = templateUrl;
+                  nextRoute.loadedTemplateUrl = $sce.valueOf(templateUrl);
                   template = $templateRequest(templateUrl);
                 }
               }
diff --git a/test/ng/compileSpec.js b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
index f8e42da02110..c6e49603b4f4 100755
--- a/test/ng/compileSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/compileSpec.js
@@ -1296,14 +1296,24 @@ describe('$compile', function() {
         ));
 
         it('should not load cross domain templates by default', inject(
-          function($compile, $rootScope, $templateCache, $sce) {
+          function($compile, $rootScope) {
             expect(function() {
-              $templateCache.put('http://example.com/should-not-load.html', 'Should not load even if in cache.');
               $compile('<div class="crossDomainTemplate"></div>')($rootScope);
             }).toThrowMinErr('$sce', 'insecurl', 'Blocked loading resource from url not allowed by $sceDelegate policy.  URL: http://example.com/should-not-load.html');
           }
         ));
 
+        it('should trust what is already in the template cache', inject(
+          function($compile, $httpBackend, $rootScope, $templateCache) {
+            $httpBackend.expect('GET', 'http://example.com/should-not-load.html').respond('<span>example.com/remote-version</span>');
+            $templateCache.put('http://example.com/should-not-load.html', '<span>example.com/cached-version</span>');
+            element = $compile('<div class="crossDomainTemplate"></div>')($rootScope);
+            expect(sortedHtml(element)).toEqual('<div class="crossDomainTemplate"></div>');
+            $rootScope.$digest();
+            expect(sortedHtml(element)).toEqual('<div class="crossDomainTemplate"><span>example.com/cached-version</span></div>');
+          }
+        ));
+
         it('should load cross domain templates when trusted', inject(
           function($compile, $httpBackend, $rootScope, $sce) {
             $httpBackend.expect('GET', 'http://example.com/trusted-template.html').respond('<span>example.com/trusted_template_contents</span>');