diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/IE/InternetExplorerDriverService.cs b/dotnet/src/webdriver/IE/InternetExplorerDriverService.cs
index 8dc9360d2d879..8c87f05f84a7c 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/IE/InternetExplorerDriverService.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/IE/InternetExplorerDriverService.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public sealed class InternetExplorerDriverService : DriverService
         private const string InternetExplorerDriverServiceFileName = "IEDriverServer.exe";
         private static readonly Uri InternetExplorerDriverDownloadUrl = new Uri("http://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/index.html");
 
-        private InternetExplorerDriverLogLevel loggingLevel = InternetExplorerDriverLogLevel.Fatal;
+        private InternetExplorerDriverLogLevel loggingLevel = InternetExplorerDriverLogLevel.Debug;
         private InternetExplorerDriverEngine engineImplementation = InternetExplorerDriverEngine.Legacy;
         private string host = string.Empty;
         private string logFile = string.Empty;
diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/IE/InternetExplorerOptions.cs b/dotnet/src/webdriver/IE/InternetExplorerOptions.cs
index eff5552ddbc70..18dd3e15da15b 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/IE/InternetExplorerOptions.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/IE/InternetExplorerOptions.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,29 @@ public enum InternetExplorerUnexpectedAlertBehavior
         Dismiss
     }
 
+    public enum InternetExplorerPageLoadStrategy
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Indicates the behavior is not set.
+        /// </summary>
+        Default,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Waits for pages to load and ready state to be 'complete'.
+        /// </summary>
+        Normal,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Waits for pages to load and for ready state to be 'interactive' or 'complete'.
+        /// </summary>
+        Eager,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Does not wait for pages to load, returning immediately.
+        /// </summary>
+        None
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Class to manage options specific to <see cref="InternetExplorerDriver"/>
     /// </summary>
@@ -109,7 +132,7 @@ public class InternetExplorerOptions
         private bool requireWindowFocus;
         private bool enablePersistentHover = true;
         private bool forceCreateProcessApi;
-        private bool forceShellWindowsApi;
+        private bool forceShellWindowsApi = true;
         private bool usePerProcessProxy;
         private bool ensureCleanSession;
         private bool validateCookieDocumentType = true;
@@ -118,6 +141,7 @@ public class InternetExplorerOptions
         private string browserCommandLineArguments = string.Empty;
         private InternetExplorerElementScrollBehavior elementScrollBehavior = InternetExplorerElementScrollBehavior.Top;
         private InternetExplorerUnexpectedAlertBehavior unexpectedAlertBehavior = InternetExplorerUnexpectedAlertBehavior.Default;
+        private InternetExplorerPageLoadStrategy pageLoadStrategy = InternetExplorerPageLoadStrategy.Default;
         private Proxy proxy;
         private Dictionary<string, object> additionalCapabilities = new Dictionary<string, object>();
 
@@ -193,6 +217,16 @@ public InternetExplorerUnexpectedAlertBehavior UnexpectedAlertBehavior
             set { this.unexpectedAlertBehavior = value; }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the value for describing how the browser is to wait for pages to load in the IE driver.
+        /// Defaults to <see cref="InternetExplorerPageLoadStrategy.Default"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public InternetExplorerPageLoadStrategy PageLoadStrategy
+        {
+            get { return this.pageLoadStrategy; }
+            set { this.pageLoadStrategy = value; }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether to enable persistently sending WM_MOUSEMOVE messages
         /// to the IE window during a mouse hover.
@@ -321,7 +355,8 @@ public void AddAdditionalCapability(string capabilityName, object capabilityValu
                 capabilityName == CapabilityType.Proxy ||
                 capabilityName == UsePerProcessProxyCapability ||
                 capabilityName == EnsureCleanSessionCapability ||
-                capabilityName == ValidateCookieDocumentTypeCapability)
+                capabilityName == ValidateCookieDocumentTypeCapability ||
+                capabilityName == CapabilityType.PageLoadStrategy)
             {
                 string message = string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "There is already an option for the {0} capability. Please use that instead.", capabilityName);
                 throw new ArgumentException(message, "capabilityName");
@@ -389,6 +424,23 @@ public ICapabilities ToCapabilities()
                 capabilities.SetCapability(CapabilityType.UnexpectedAlertBehavior, unexpectedAlertBehaviorSetting);
             }
 
+            if (this.pageLoadStrategy != InternetExplorerPageLoadStrategy.Default)
+            {
+                string pageLoadStrategySetting = "normal";
+                switch (this.pageLoadStrategy)
+                {
+                    case InternetExplorerPageLoadStrategy.Eager:
+                        pageLoadStrategySetting = "eager";
+                        break;
+
+                    case InternetExplorerPageLoadStrategy.None:
+                        pageLoadStrategySetting = "none";
+                        break;
+                }
+
+                capabilities.SetCapability(CapabilityType.PageLoadStrategy, pageLoadStrategySetting);
+            }
+
             if (this.browserAttachTimeout != TimeSpan.MinValue)
             {
                 capabilities.SetCapability(BrowserAttachTimeoutCapability, Convert.ToInt32(this.browserAttachTimeout.TotalMilliseconds));
diff --git a/dotnet/src/webdriver/Remote/CapabilityType.cs b/dotnet/src/webdriver/Remote/CapabilityType.cs
index abbee38e8dbd7..2fb090fd589f9 100644
--- a/dotnet/src/webdriver/Remote/CapabilityType.cs
+++ b/dotnet/src/webdriver/Remote/CapabilityType.cs
@@ -86,5 +86,10 @@ public static class CapabilityType
         /// Capability name used to indicate how the browser handles unexpected alerts.
         /// </summary>
         public static readonly string UnexpectedAlertBehavior = "unexpectedAlertBehaviour";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Capability name used to indicate the page load strategy for the browser.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly string PageLoadStrategy = "pageLoadStrategy";
     }
 }