diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
index d995c593f..87de18146 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/page/partials/headScripts.ftl
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 <#-- Template for scripts that must be loaded in the head -->
 
-<!-- script for enabling new HTML5 semantic markup in IE browsers-->
-<script type="text/javascript" src="${urls.base}/js/html5.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="${urls.base}/js/jquery.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="${urls.base}/js/vitroUtils.js"></script>
 
+<#-- script for enabling new HTML5 semantic markup in IE browsers -->
+<!--[if lt IE 9]>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="${urls.base}/js/html5.js"></script>
+<![endif]-->
+
 ${headScripts.tags}
 
 <!--[if lt IE 7]>