diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 55c4f1ce8d..975ecf5ae5 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -4452,7 +4452,7 @@ Selector describes an element in the page. It can be used to obtain `ElementHand
 Selector has the following format: `engine=body [>> engine=body]*`. Here `engine` is one of the supported [selector engines](selectors.md) (e.g. `css` or `xpath`), and `body` is a selector body in the format of the particular engine. When multiple `engine=body` clauses are present (separated by `>>`), next one is queried relative to the previous one's result.
 
 For convenience, selectors in the wrong format are heuristically converted to the right format:
-- selector starting with `//` is assumed to be `xpath=selector`;
+- selector starting with `//` or `..` is assumed to be `xpath=selector`;
 - selector starting and ending with a quote (either `"` or `'`) is assumed to be `text=selector`;
 - otherwise selector is assumed to be `css=selector`.
 
@@ -4478,6 +4478,9 @@ const handle = await page.$('//html/body/div');
 // converted to 'text="foo"'
 const handle = await page.$('"foo"');
 
+// queries '../span' xpath selector starting with the result of 'div' css selector
+const handle = await page.$('div >> ../span');
+
 // queries 'span' css selector inside the div handle
 const handle = await divHandle.$('css=span');
 ```
diff --git a/docs/selectors.md b/docs/selectors.md
index d802311a8d..99da8b9930 100644
--- a/docs/selectors.md
+++ b/docs/selectors.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ document
 Selector engine name can be prefixed with `*` to capture element that matches the particular clause instead of the last one. For example, `css=article >> text=Hello` captures the element with the text `Hello`, and `*css=article >> text=Hello` (note the `*`) captures the `article` element that contains some element with the text `Hello`.
 
 For convenience, selectors in the wrong format are heuristically converted to the right format:
-- Selector starting with `//` is assumed to be `xpath=selector`. Example: `page.click('//html')` is converted to `page.click('xpath=//html')`.
+- Selector starting with `//` or `..` is assumed to be `xpath=selector`. Example: `page.click('//html')` is converted to `page.click('xpath=//html')`.
 - Selector starting and ending with a quote (either `"` or `'`) is assumed to be `text=selector`. Example: `page.click('"foo"')` is converted to `page.click('text="foo"')`.
 - Otherwise, selector is assumed to be `css=selector`. Example: `page.click('div')` is converted to `page.click('css=div')`.
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Note that `<open mode shadow root>` is not an html element, but rather a shadow
 
 XPath engine is equivalent to [`Document.evaluate`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/Document/evaluate). Example: `xpath=//html/body`.
 
-Malformed selector starting with `//` is assumed to be an xpath selector. For example, Playwright converts `page.$('//html/body')` to `page.$('xpath=//html/body')`.
+Malformed selector starting with `//` or `..` is assumed to be an xpath selector. For example, Playwright converts `page.$('//html/body')` to `page.$('xpath=//html/body')`.
 
 Note that `xpath` does not pierce shadow roots.
 
diff --git a/src/common/selectorParser.ts b/src/common/selectorParser.ts
index 89e0ad3f68..e227b6afca 100644
--- a/src/common/selectorParser.ts
+++ b/src/common/selectorParser.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ export function parseSelector(selector: string): ParsedSelector {
     } else if (part.length > 1 && part[0] === "'" && part[part.length - 1] === "'") {
       name = 'text';
       body = part;
-    } else if (/^\(*\/\//.test(part)) {
+    } else if (/^\(*\/\//.test(part) || part.startsWith('..')) {
       // If selector starts with '//' or '//' prefixed with multiple opening
       // parenthesis, consider xpath. @see https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/817
+      // If selector starts with '..', consider xpath as well.
       name = 'xpath';
       body = part;
     } else {
diff --git a/test/queryselector.jest.js b/test/queryselector.jest.js
index 3ba9a67e5a..e4b17f3744 100644
--- a/test/queryselector.jest.js
+++ b/test/queryselector.jest.js
@@ -263,6 +263,13 @@ describe('Page.$', function() {
     const element = await page.$('(//section)[1]');
     expect(element).toBeTruthy();
   });
+  it('should auto-detect xpath selector starting with ..', async({page, server}) => {
+    await page.setContent('<div><section>test</section><span></span></div>');
+    const span = await page.$('"test" >> ../span');
+    expect(await span.evaluate(e => e.nodeName)).toBe('SPAN');
+    const div = await page.$('"test" >> ..');
+    expect(await div.evaluate(e => e.nodeName)).toBe('DIV');
+  });
   it('should auto-detect text selector', async({page, server}) => {
     await page.setContent('<section>test</section>');
     const element = await page.$('"test"');