diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 4d221160d..73048c3ff 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 Release 1.0 (in development)
 ============================
 
+* #129: Wrap toctrees in a div tag with class ``toctree-wrapper``
+  in HTML output.
+
 * #280: Autodoc can now document instance attributes assigned in
   ``__init__`` methods.
 
diff --git a/sphinx/directives/other.py b/sphinx/directives/other.py
index 1c8311587..d746ea625 100644
--- a/sphinx/directives/other.py
+++ b/sphinx/directives/other.py
@@ -100,7 +100,9 @@ class TocTree(Directive):
         subnode['hidden'] = 'hidden' in self.options
         subnode['numbered'] = 'numbered' in self.options
         subnode['titlesonly'] = 'titlesonly' in self.options
-        ret.append(subnode)
+        wrappernode = nodes.compound(classes=['toctree-wrapper'])
+        wrappernode.append(subnode)
+        ret.append(wrappernode)
         return ret