diff --git a/test/selectors-css.spec.ts b/test/selectors-css.spec.ts
index c1198f64b9..a92b02450b 100644
--- a/test/selectors-css.spec.ts
+++ b/test/selectors-css.spec.ts
@@ -119,3 +119,9 @@ it('should work with attribute selectors', async ({page}) => {
   expect(await page.$eval(`[attr*=hello] >> span`, e => e.parentNode === window['div'])).toBe(true);
   expect(await page.$eval(`[attr3="] span"] >> span`, e => e.parentNode === window['div'])).toBe(true);
 });
+
+it('should not match root after >>', async ({page, server}) => {
+  await page.setContent('<section><div>test</div></section>');
+  const element = await page.$('css=section >> css=section');
+  expect(element).toBe(null);
+});
diff --git a/test/selectors-text.spec.ts b/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
index d379c536d0..34d079608f 100644
--- a/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
+++ b/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
@@ -204,3 +204,11 @@ it('should waitForSelector with distributed elements', async ({page, server}) =>
   const handle = await promise;
   expect(await handle.textContent()).toBe('Hello from light');
 });
+
+it('should match root after >>', async ({page, server}) => {
+  await page.setContent('<section>test</section>');
+  const element = await page.$('css=section >> text=test');
+  expect(element).toBeTruthy();
+  const element2 = await page.$('text=test >> text=test');
+  expect(element2).toBeTruthy();
+});