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HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>
  <div>
    <h1>the div doesnt go around this element</h1>
  </div>

CSS

div {
  border: 2px solid;
}

h1 {
  position: absolute;
}

JavaScript

var height = 0;
$("div h1").each(function() {
	height = height + $(this).outerHeight(true);
});

$("div").height(height);