diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index fd34a6a14..c67719b4f 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # 2.0 Series
+## 2.0.0 beta 14
+* Fix a test for IE and add svg subpath matcher, for #894
+
 ## 2.0.0 beta 13
 * Pie chart radius padding, by Matt Traynham ([#894](https://github.com/dc-js/dc.js/pull/894))
 * Example of a table showing group-aggregated data, by Ion Alberdi ([#929](https://github.com/dc-js/dc.js/pull/929))
diff --git a/spec/helpers/custom_matchers.js b/spec/helpers/custom_matchers.js
index 3adf6f11f..91d5e7d72 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/custom_matchers.js
+++ b/spec/helpers/custom_matchers.js
@@ -59,42 +59,61 @@ function compareWithinDelta(actual, expected, delta){
     return result;
 }
 
-// note: to make this reusable as a boolean predicate, it only returns the first
+// note: to make these reusable as boolean predicates, they only returns the first
 // failure instead of using expect
-function comparePaths(actual, expected, delta) {
-    delta = delta || 1; // default delta of 1px
-    var got = parsePath(actual),
-        wanted = parsePath(expected);
-    if(got.length != wanted.length)
-        return {
-            pass: false,
-            message: "actual number of path cmds " + actual.length +
-                " did not match expected number " + expected.length
-        };
-    for(var i = 0; i!=got.length; ++i) {
-        var command_num = "path command #" + i;
-        if(got[i].op.toUpperCase() != wanted[i].op.toUpperCase())
+
+function compareSubPath(got, wanted, i, j, delta) {
+    for(var k = 0; k!=wanted.length; ++k) {
+        var command_num = "path command #" + i+k;
+        if(got[i+k].op.toUpperCase() != wanted[j+k].op.toUpperCase())
             return {
                 pass: false,
-                message: command_num + " actual '" + got[i].op.toUpperCase() +
-                    "' != expected '" + wanted[i].op.toUpperCase() + "'"
+                message: command_num + " actual '" + got[i+k].op.toUpperCase() +
+                    "' != expected '" + wanted[j+k].op.toUpperCase() + "'"
             };
-        if(got[i].args.length != wanted[i].args.length)
+        if(got[i+k].args.length != wanted[j+k].args.length)
             return {
                 pass: false,
                 message: command_num + " number of arguments " +
-                    got[i].args.length + " != expected " + wanted[i].args.length
+                    got[i+k].args.length + " != expected " + wanted[j+k].args.length
             };
-        for(var j = 0; j<got[i].args.length; ++j) {
-            var result = compareWithinDelta(got[i].args[j], wanted[i].args[j], delta);
+        for(var h = 0; h<got[i+k].args.length; ++h) {
+            var result = compareWithinDelta(got[i+k].args[h], wanted[j+k].args[h], delta);
             if(!result.pass) {
-                result.message = command_num + ": " + result.message;
+                result.message = command_num + ", element " + h + ": " + result.message;
                 return result;
             }
         }
     }
     return {pass: true};
 }
+function comparePaths(actual, expected, delta) {
+    delta = delta || 1; // default delta of 1px
+    var got = parsePath(actual),
+        wanted = parsePath(expected);
+    if(got.length != wanted.length)
+        return {
+            pass: false,
+            message: "actual number of path cmds " + actual.length +
+                " did not match expected number " + expected.length
+        };
+    return compareSubPath(got, wanted, 0, 0, delta);
+}
+function findSubPath(actual, expected, delta) {
+    delta = delta || 1; // default delta of 1px
+    var got = parsePath(actual),
+        wanted = parsePath(expected),
+        end = got.length - wanted.length;
+    for(var i = 0; i<end; ++i) {
+        var result = compareSubPath(got, wanted, i, 0, delta);
+        if(result.pass)
+            return result;
+    }
+    return {
+        pass: false,
+        message: "did not find expected subpath '" + expected + "' in actual path '" + actual + "'"
+    };
+}
 
 beforeEach(function(){
     jasmine.addMatchers({
@@ -143,6 +162,11 @@ beforeEach(function(){
             return {
                 compare: comparePaths
             };
+        },
+        toContainPath: function() {
+            return {
+                compare: findSubPath
+            };
         }
     });
 });
diff --git a/spec/pie-chart-spec.js b/spec/pie-chart-spec.js
index 9ad3ecf48..01d24bb70 100644
--- a/spec/pie-chart-spec.js
+++ b/spec/pie-chart-spec.js
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ describe('dc.pieChart', function() {
                 expect(chart.select("svg g").attr("transform")).toMatchTranslate(defaultCenter.x, defaultCenter.y);
             });
             it('should decrease outer radius', function() {
-                expect(chart.select("svg g.pie-slice path").attr('d')).toMatch(/A83,83/);
+                expect(chart.select("svg g.pie-slice path").attr('d')).toContainPath("A83,83 0 0,1 78,-25");
             });
         });