diff --git a/STARTERKIT/sass/_normalize.scss b/STARTERKIT/sass/_normalize.scss
index d3f8169224f10ea530c26ae6dca3639ac5dbcec2..5f9db2516adfca53ac25e46cc60e70df3f8b6f69 100644
--- a/STARTERKIT/sass/_normalize.scss
+++ b/STARTERKIT/sass/_normalize.scss
@@ -353,8 +353,10 @@ img {
   max-width: 100%;
   height: auto;
   @if $legacy-support-for-ie8 {
-    /* Correct IE 8 not scaling image height when resized. */
-    width: auto;
+    .lt-ie9 & {
+      /* Correct IE 8 not scaling image height when resized. */
+      width: auto;
+    }
   }
 }