diff --git a/src/document-ready.js b/src/document-ready.js
index d224058ae459..3e2f0da04967 100644
--- a/src/document-ready.js
+++ b/src/document-ready.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * @return {boolean}
  */
 export function isDocumentReady(doc) {
-  return doc.readyState != 'loading';
+  return doc.readyState != 'loading' && doc.readyState != 'uninitialized';
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/friendly-iframe-embed.js b/src/friendly-iframe-embed.js
index acf713f928de..44c0f5134e57 100644
--- a/src/friendly-iframe-embed.js
+++ b/src/friendly-iframe-embed.js
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 import {escapeHtml} from './dom';
 import {extensionsFor} from './extensions';
 import {getTopWindow} from './service';
+import {isDocumentReady} from './document-ready';
 import {loadPromise} from './event-helper';
 import {resourcesForDoc} from './resources';
+import {rethrowAsync} from './log';
 
 
 /**
@@ -96,13 +98,10 @@ export function installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, container, spec) {
     // Chrome does not reflect the iframe readystate.
     iframe.readyState = 'complete';
   };
-  let readyPromise;
+  let loadedPromise;
   if (isSrcdocSupported()) {
     iframe.srcdoc = html;
-    // TODO(dvoytenko): Look for a way to get a faster call from here.
-    // Experiments show that the iframe's "load" event is consistently 50-100ms
-    // later than the contentWindow actually available.
-    readyPromise = loadPromise(iframe);
+    loadedPromise = loadPromise(iframe);
     container.appendChild(iframe);
   } else {
     iframe.src = 'about:blank';
@@ -110,21 +109,71 @@ export function installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, container, spec) {
     const childDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document;
     childDoc.open();
     childDoc.write(html);
+    // With document.write, `iframe.onload` arrives almost immediately, thus
+    // we need to wait for child's `window.onload`.
+    loadedPromise = loadPromise(iframe.contentWindow);
     childDoc.close();
-    // Window is created synchornously in this case.
+  }
+
+  // Wait for document ready signal.
+  // This is complicated due to crbug.com/649201 on Chrome and a similar issue
+  // on Safari where newly created document's `readyState` immediately equals
+  // `complete`, even though the document itself is not yet available. There's
+  // no other reliable signal for `readyState` in a child window and thus
+  // we have to fallback to polling.
+  let readyPromise;
+  if (isIframeReady(iframe)) {
     readyPromise = Promise.resolve();
+  } else {
+    readyPromise = new Promise(resolve => {
+      const interval = win.setInterval(() => {
+        if (isIframeReady(iframe)) {
+          resolve();
+          win.clearInterval(interval);
+        }
+      }, /* milliseconds */ 5);
+
+      // For safety, make sure we definitely stop polling when child doc is
+      // loaded.
+      loadedPromise.catch(error => {
+        rethrowAsync(error);
+      }).then(() => {
+        resolve();
+        win.clearInterval(interval);
+      });
+    });
   }
+
   return readyPromise.then(() => {
     // Add extensions.
     extensions.installExtensionsInChildWindow(
         iframe.contentWindow, spec.extensionIds || []);
     // Ready to be shown.
     iframe.style.visibility = '';
-    return new FriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, spec);
+    return new FriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, spec, loadedPromise);
   });
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * Returns `true` when iframe is ready.
+ * @param {!HTMLIFrameElement} iframe
+ * @return {boolean}
+ */
+function isIframeReady(iframe) {
+  // This is complicated due to crbug.com/649201 on Chrome and a similar issue
+  // on Safari where newly created document's `readyState` immediately equals
+  // `complete`, even though the document itself is not yet available. There's
+  // no other reliable signal for `readyState` in a child window and thus
+  // the best way to check is to see the contents of the body.
+  const childDoc = iframe.contentWindow && iframe.contentWindow.document;
+  return (childDoc &&
+      isDocumentReady(childDoc) &&
+      childDoc.body &&
+      childDoc.body.firstChild);
+}
+
+
 /**
  * Merges base and fonts into html document.
  * @param {!FriendlyIframeSpec} spec
@@ -202,8 +251,9 @@ export class FriendlyIframeEmbed {
   /**
    * @param {!HTMLIFrameElement} iframe
    * @param {!FriendlyIframeSpec} spec
+   * @param {!Promise} loadedPromise
    */
-  constructor(iframe, spec) {
+  constructor(iframe, spec, loadedPromise) {
     /** @const {!HTMLIFrameElement} */
     this.iframe = iframe;
 
@@ -212,6 +262,18 @@ export class FriendlyIframeEmbed {
 
     /** @const {!FriendlyIframeSpec} */
     this.spec = spec;
+
+    /** @private @const {!Promise} */
+    this.loadedPromise_ = loadedPromise;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns promise that will resolve when the child window has fully been
+   * loaded.
+   * @return {!Promise}
+   */
+  whenLoaded() {
+    return this.loadedPromise_;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/functional/test-document-ready.js b/test/functional/test-document-ready.js
index dfaa882ab57d..41529d1f74b7 100644
--- a/test/functional/test-document-ready.js
+++ b/test/functional/test-document-ready.js
@@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ describe('documentReady', () => {
 
   afterEach(() => {
     sandbox.restore();
-
   });
 
   it('should interpret readyState correctly', () => {
     expect(isDocumentReady(testDoc)).to.equal(false);
 
+    testDoc.readyState = 'uninitialized';
+    expect(isDocumentReady(testDoc)).to.equal(false);
+
     testDoc.readyState = 'interactive';
     expect(isDocumentReady(testDoc)).to.equal(true);
 
diff --git a/test/functional/test-friendly-iframe-embed.js b/test/functional/test-friendly-iframe-embed.js
index 8bf77dc6238e..a298d38ab6f7 100644
--- a/test/functional/test-friendly-iframe-embed.js
+++ b/test/functional/test-friendly-iframe-embed.js
@@ -241,4 +241,205 @@ describe('friendly-iframe-embed', () => {
           + 'content');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('child document ready and loaded states', () => {
+
+    it('should wait until ready', () => {
+      const embedPromise = installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, document.body, {
+        url: 'https://acme.org/url1',
+        html: '<a id="a1"></a>',
+      });
+      return embedPromise.then(() => {
+        expect(iframe.contentDocument.getElementById('a1')).to.be.ok;
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should wait until ready for doc.write case', () => {
+      setSrcdocSupportedForTesting(false);
+      const embedPromise = installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, document.body, {
+        url: 'https://acme.org/url1',
+        html: '<a id="a1"></a>',
+      });
+      return embedPromise.then(() => {
+        expect(iframe.contentDocument.getElementById('a1')).to.be.ok;
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should wait for loaded state', () => {
+      const embedPromise = installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, document.body, {
+        url: 'https://acme.org/url1',
+        html: '<a id="a1"></a>',
+      });
+      return embedPromise.then(embed => {
+        return embed.whenLoaded();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should wait for loaded state for doc.write case', () => {
+      setSrcdocSupportedForTesting(false);
+      const embedPromise = installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, document.body, {
+        url: 'https://acme.org/url1',
+        html: '<a id="a1"></a>',
+      });
+      return embedPromise.then(embed => {
+        return embed.whenLoaded();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('child document ready polling', () => {
+    let clock;
+    let win;
+    let iframe;
+    let contentWindow;
+    let contentDocument;
+    let contentBody;
+    let container;
+    let loadListener, errorListener;
+    let polls;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      setSrcdocSupportedForTesting(true);
+
+      clock = sandbox.useFakeTimers();
+
+      polls = [];
+      win = {
+        services: {
+          'extensions': {obj: {
+            installExtensionsInChildWindow: () => {},
+            loadExtension: () => {},
+          }},
+        },
+        setInterval: function() {
+          const interval = window.setInterval.apply(window, arguments);
+          polls.push(interval);
+          return interval;
+        },
+        clearInterval: function(interval) {
+          window.clearInterval.apply(window, arguments);
+          const index = polls.indexOf(interval);
+          if (index != -1) {
+            polls.splice(index, 1);
+          }
+        },
+      };
+
+      loadListener = undefined;
+      iframe = {
+        ownerDocument: {defaultView: win},
+        style: {},
+        setAttribute: () => {},
+        addEventListener: (eventType, listener) => {
+          if (eventType == 'load') {
+            loadListener = listener;
+          } else if (eventType == 'error') {
+            errorListener = listener;
+          }
+        },
+        removeEventListener: () => {},
+      };
+      contentWindow = {};
+      contentDocument = {};
+      contentBody = {};
+      container = {
+        appendChild: () => {},
+      };
+    });
+
+    afterEach(() => {
+      expect(polls).to.have.length(0);
+    });
+
+    it('should not poll if body is already ready', () => {
+      contentBody.firstChild = {};
+      contentDocument.body = contentBody;
+      contentWindow.document = contentDocument;
+      iframe.contentWindow = contentWindow;
+      const embedPromise = installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, container, {
+        url: 'https://acme.org/url1',
+        html: '<body></body>',
+      });
+      expect(polls).to.have.length(0);
+      let ready = false;
+      embedPromise.then(() => {
+        ready = true;
+      });
+      return Promise.race([Promise.resolve(), embedPromise]).then(() => {
+        expect(ready).to.be.true;
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should poll until ready', () => {
+      const embedPromise = installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, container, {
+        url: 'https://acme.org/url1',
+        html: '<body></body>',
+      });
+      let ready = false;
+      embedPromise.then(() => {
+        ready = true;
+      });
+      expect(polls).to.have.length(1);
+      return Promise.race([Promise.resolve(), embedPromise]).then(() => {
+        expect(ready).to.be.false;
+        expect(polls).to.have.length(1);
+
+        // Window is now available.
+        iframe.contentWindow = contentWindow;
+        clock.tick(5);
+        return Promise.race([Promise.resolve(), embedPromise]);
+      }).then(() => {
+        expect(ready).to.be.false;
+        expect(polls).to.have.length(1);
+
+        // Document is now available.
+        contentWindow.document = contentDocument;
+        clock.tick(5);
+        return Promise.race([Promise.resolve(), embedPromise]);
+      }).then(() => {
+        expect(ready).to.be.false;
+        expect(polls).to.have.length(1);
+
+        // Body is now available.
+        contentDocument.body = contentBody;
+        clock.tick(5);
+        return Promise.race([Promise.resolve(), embedPromise]);
+      }).then(() => {
+        expect(ready).to.be.false;
+        expect(polls).to.have.length(1);
+
+        // Body is now not empty.
+        contentBody.firstChild = {};
+        clock.tick(5);
+        return Promise.race([Promise.resolve(), embedPromise]);
+      }).then(() => {
+        expect(ready).to.equal(true, 'Finally ready');
+        expect(polls).to.have.length(0);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should stop polling when loaded', () => {
+      const embedPromise = installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, container, {
+        url: 'https://acme.org/url1',
+        html: '<body></body>',
+      });
+      expect(polls).to.have.length(1);
+      loadListener();
+      return embedPromise.then(() => {
+        expect(polls).to.have.length(0);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should stop polling when loading failed', () => {
+      const embedPromise = installFriendlyIframeEmbed(iframe, container, {
+        url: 'https://acme.org/url1',
+        html: '<body></body>',
+      });
+      expect(polls).to.have.length(1);
+      errorListener();
+      return embedPromise.then(() => {
+        expect(polls).to.have.length(0);
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });