diff --git a/lodash.js b/lodash.js
index f179b6690..228270705 100644
--- a/lodash.js
+++ b/lodash.js
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
   /**
-   * Escapes a string for insertion into HTML, replacing `&`, `<`, `>`, `"`, `'`,
+   * Escapes a string for insertion into HTML, replacing `&`, `<`, `"`, `'`,
    * and `/` characters.
    *
    * @static
@@ -2369,7 +2369,6 @@
     return (string + '')
       .replace(/&/g, '&amp;')
       .replace(/</g, '&lt;')
-      .replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
       .replace(/"/g, '&quot;')
       .replace(/'/g, '&#x27;')
       .replace(/\//g,'&#x2F;');
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 07988749b..b9b808685 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@
 
   /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+  QUnit.module('lodash.escape');
+
+  (function() {
+    test('should not escape the ">" character', function() {
+      equal(_.escape('>'), '>');
+    });
+  }());
+
+  /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
   QUnit.module('lodash.forEach');
 
   (function() {