diff --git a/docs/src/api/params.md b/docs/src/api/params.md
index 8468447d5d..41fad4a2e7 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/params.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/params.md
@@ -511,6 +511,13 @@ contexts override the proxy, global proxy will be never used and can be any stri
 `launch({ proxy: { server: 'http://per-context' } })`.
 :::
 
+## context-option-strict
+- `strictSelectors` <[boolean]>
+
+It specified, enables strict selectors mode for this context. In the strict selectors mode all operations
+on selectors that imply single target DOM element will throw when more than one element matches the selector.
+See [Locator] to learn more about the strict mode.
+
 ## select-options-values
 * langs: java, js, csharp
 - `values` <[null]|[string]|[ElementHandle]|[Array]<[string]>|[Object]|[Array]<[ElementHandle]>|[Array]<[Object]>>
@@ -637,6 +644,7 @@ using the [`method: AndroidDevice.setDefaultTimeout`] method.
 - %%-context-option-recordvideo-%%
 - %%-context-option-recordvideo-dir-%%
 - %%-context-option-recordvideo-size-%%
+- %%-context-option-strict-%%
 
 ## browser-option-args
 - `args` <[Array]<[string]>>
diff --git a/src/protocol/channels.ts b/src/protocol/channels.ts
index 1d2d2b5a50..de06908f9b 100644
--- a/src/protocol/channels.ts
+++ b/src/protocol/channels.ts
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextParams = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   userDataDir: string,
   slowMo?: number,
 };
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextOptions = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   slowMo?: number,
 };
 export type BrowserTypeLaunchPersistentContextResult = {
@@ -504,6 +506,7 @@ export type BrowserNewContextParams = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   proxy?: {
     server: string,
     bypass?: string,
@@ -562,6 +565,7 @@ export type BrowserNewContextOptions = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   proxy?: {
     server: string,
     bypass?: string,
@@ -2768,6 +2772,7 @@ export type ElectronLaunchParams = {
       height: number,
     },
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   timezoneId?: string,
 };
 export type ElectronLaunchOptions = {
@@ -2803,6 +2808,7 @@ export type ElectronLaunchOptions = {
       height: number,
     },
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   timezoneId?: string,
 };
 export type ElectronLaunchResult = {
@@ -3134,6 +3140,7 @@ export type AndroidDeviceLaunchBrowserParams = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   proxy?: {
     server: string,
     bypass?: string,
@@ -3179,6 +3186,7 @@ export type AndroidDeviceLaunchBrowserOptions = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string,
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   proxy?: {
     server: string,
     bypass?: string,
diff --git a/src/protocol/protocol.yml b/src/protocol/protocol.yml
index 063000673f..b1926e77f2 100644
--- a/src/protocol/protocol.yml
+++ b/src/protocol/protocol.yml
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ ContextOptions:
       properties:
         omitContent: boolean?
         path: string
+    strictSelectors: boolean?
 
 
 Playwright:
@@ -2393,6 +2394,7 @@ Electron:
               properties:
                 width: number
                 height: number
+        strictSelectors: boolean?
         timezoneId: string?
 
       returns:
@@ -2659,6 +2661,7 @@ AndroidDevice:
           properties:
             omitContent: boolean?
             path: string
+        strictSelectors: boolean?
         proxy:
           type: object?
           properties:
diff --git a/src/protocol/validator.ts b/src/protocol/validator.ts
index ed92a9d3c2..a42463e709 100644
--- a/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
       omitContent: tOptional(tBoolean),
       path: tString,
     })),
+    strictSelectors: tOptional(tBoolean),
     userDataDir: tString,
     slowMo: tOptional(tNumber),
   });
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
       omitContent: tOptional(tBoolean),
       path: tString,
     })),
+    strictSelectors: tOptional(tBoolean),
     proxy: tOptional(tObject({
       server: tString,
       bypass: tOptional(tString),
@@ -1090,6 +1092,7 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
         height: tNumber,
       })),
     })),
+    strictSelectors: tOptional(tBoolean),
     timezoneId: tOptional(tString),
   });
   scheme.ElectronApplicationBrowserWindowParams = tObject({
@@ -1232,6 +1235,7 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
       omitContent: tOptional(tBoolean),
       path: tString,
     })),
+    strictSelectors: tOptional(tBoolean),
     proxy: tOptional(tObject({
       server: tString,
       bypass: tOptional(tString),
diff --git a/src/server/dom.ts b/src/server/dom.ts
index e3fc075b75..e6992b63a5 100644
--- a/src/server/dom.ts
+++ b/src/server/dom.ts
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
   }
 
   async querySelector(selector: string, options: types.StrictOptions): Promise<ElementHandle | null> {
-    return this._page.selectors._query(this._context.frame, selector, !!options.strict, this);
+    return this._page.selectors.query(this._context.frame, selector, options, this);
   }
 
   async querySelectorAll(selector: string): Promise<ElementHandle<Element>[]> {
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
   }
 
   async evalOnSelectorAndWaitForSignals(selector: string, strict: boolean, expression: string, isFunction: boolean | undefined, arg: any): Promise<any> {
-    const handle = await this._page.selectors._query(this._context.frame, selector, strict, this);
+    const handle = await this._page.selectors.query(this._context.frame, selector, { strict }, this);
     if (!handle)
       throw new Error(`Error: failed to find element matching selector "${selector}"`);
     const result = await handle.evaluateExpressionAndWaitForSignals(expression, isFunction, true, arg);
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<T extends Node = Node> extends js.JSHandle<T> {
     const { state = 'visible' } = options;
     if (!['attached', 'detached', 'visible', 'hidden'].includes(state))
       throw new Error(`state: expected one of (attached|detached|visible|hidden)`);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = waitForSelectorTask(info, state, this);
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
     return controller.run(async progress => {
diff --git a/src/server/frames.ts b/src/server/frames.ts
index 07c09effcd..09cccf4f67 100644
--- a/src/server/frames.ts
+++ b/src/server/frames.ts
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   async querySelector(selector: string, options: types.StrictOptions): Promise<dom.ElementHandle<Element> | null> {
     debugLogger.log('api', `    finding element using the selector "${selector}"`);
-    return this._page.selectors._query(this, selector, !!options.strict);
+    return this._page.selectors.query(this, selector, options);
   }
 
   async waitForSelector(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, options: types.WaitForElementOptions = {}): Promise<dom.ElementHandle<Element> | null> {
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
     const { state = 'visible' } = options;
     if (!['attached', 'detached', 'visible', 'hidden'].includes(state))
       throw new Error(`state: expected one of (attached|detached|visible|hidden)`);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = dom.waitForSelectorTask(info, state);
     return controller.run(async progress => {
       progress.log(`waiting for selector "${selector}"${state === 'attached' ? '' : ' to be ' + state}`);
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   async dispatchEvent(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, type: string, eventInit?: Object, options: types.QueryOnSelectorOptions = {}): Promise<void> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = dom.dispatchEventTask(info, type, eventInit || {});
     await controller.run(async progress => {
       progress.log(`Dispatching "${type}" event on selector "${selector}"...`);
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
     selector: string,
     strict: boolean,
     action: (handle: dom.ElementHandle<Element>) => Promise<R | 'error:notconnected'>): Promise<R> {
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, { strict });
     while (progress.isRunning()) {
       progress.log(`waiting for selector "${selector}"`);
       const task = dom.waitForSelectorTask(info, 'attached');
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   async textContent(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, options: types.QueryOnSelectorOptions = {}): Promise<string | null> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = dom.textContentTask(info);
     return controller.run(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving textContent from "${selector}"`);
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   async innerText(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, options: types.QueryOnSelectorOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = dom.innerTextTask(info);
     return controller.run(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving innerText from "${selector}"`);
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   async innerHTML(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, options: types.QueryOnSelectorOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = dom.innerHTMLTask(info);
     return controller.run(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving innerHTML from "${selector}"`);
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   async getAttribute(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, name: string, options: types.QueryOnSelectorOptions = {}): Promise<string | null> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = dom.getAttributeTask(info, name);
     return controller.run(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving attribute "${name}" from "${selector}"`);
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   async inputValue(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, options: types.TimeoutOptions & types.StrictOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = dom.inputValueTask(info);
     return controller.run(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  retrieving value from "${selector}"`);
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ export class Frame extends SdkObject {
 
   private async _checkElementState(metadata: CallMetadata, selector: string, state: ElementStateWithoutStable, options: types.QueryOnSelectorOptions = {}): Promise<boolean> {
     const controller = new ProgressController(metadata, this);
-    const info = this._page.selectors._parseSelector(selector, !!options.strict);
+    const info = this._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const task = dom.elementStateTask(info, state);
     const result = await controller.run(async progress => {
       progress.log(`  checking "${state}" state of "${selector}"`);
diff --git a/src/server/page.ts b/src/server/page.ts
index 35940bb794..b49e4a8e7e 100644
--- a/src/server/page.ts
+++ b/src/server/page.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { FileChooser } from './fileChooser';
 import { Progress, ProgressController } from './progress';
 import { assert, isError } from '../utils/utils';
 import { debugLogger } from '../utils/debugLogger';
-import { Selectors } from './selectors';
+import { SelectorInfo, Selectors } from './selectors';
 import { CallMetadata, SdkObject } from './instrumentation';
 import { Artifact } from './artifact';
 
@@ -506,6 +506,11 @@ export class Page extends SdkObject {
   firePageError(error: Error) {
     this.emit(Page.Events.PageError, error);
   }
+
+  parseSelector(selector: string, options?: types.StrictOptions): SelectorInfo {
+    const strict = typeof options?.strict === 'boolean' ? options.strict : !!this.context()._options.strictSelectors;
+    return this.selectors.parseSelector(selector, strict);
+  }
 }
 
 export class Worker extends SdkObject {
diff --git a/src/server/selectors.ts b/src/server/selectors.ts
index 4dd5e6aaa5..e6989c88dd 100644
--- a/src/server/selectors.ts
+++ b/src/server/selectors.ts
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@ export class Selectors {
     this._engines.clear();
   }
 
-  async _query(frame: frames.Frame, selector: string,  strict: boolean, scope?: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<dom.ElementHandle<Element> | null> {
-    const info = this._parseSelector(selector, strict);
+  async query(frame: frames.Frame, selector: string, options: { strict?: boolean }, scope?: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<dom.ElementHandle<Element> | null> {
+    const info = frame._page.parseSelector(selector, options);
     const context = await frame._context(info.world);
     const injectedScript = await context.injectedScript();
     const handle = await injectedScript.evaluateHandle((injected, { parsed, scope, strict }) => {
       return injected.querySelector(parsed, scope || document, strict);
-    }, { parsed: info.parsed, scope, strict });
+    }, { parsed: info.parsed, scope, strict: info.strict });
     const elementHandle = handle.asElement() as dom.ElementHandle<Element> | null;
     if (!elementHandle) {
       handle.dispose();
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class Selectors {
   }
 
   async _queryArray(frame: frames.Frame, selector: string, scope?: dom.ElementHandle): Promise<js.JSHandle<Element[]>> {
-    const info = this._parseSelector(selector, false);
+    const info = this.parseSelector(selector, false);
     const context = await frame._mainContext();
     const injectedScript = await context.injectedScript();
     const arrayHandle = await injectedScript.evaluateHandle((injected, { parsed, scope }) => {
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class Selectors {
   }
 
   async _queryAll(frame: frames.Frame, selector: string, scope?: dom.ElementHandle, adoptToMain?: boolean): Promise<dom.ElementHandle<Element>[]> {
-    const info = this._parseSelector(selector, false);
+    const info = this.parseSelector(selector, false);
     const context = await frame._context(info.world);
     const injectedScript = await context.injectedScript();
     const arrayHandle = await injectedScript.evaluateHandle((injected, { parsed, scope }) => {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export class Selectors {
     return adopted;
   }
 
-  _parseSelector(selector: string, strict: boolean): SelectorInfo {
+  parseSelector(selector: string, strict: boolean): SelectorInfo {
     const parsed = parseSelector(selector);
     let needsMainWorld = false;
     for (const part of parsed.parts) {
diff --git a/src/server/types.ts b/src/server/types.ts
index 9eb4890070..8b20414c6f 100644
--- a/src/server/types.ts
+++ b/src/server/types.ts
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ export type BrowserContextOptions = {
     omitContent?: boolean,
     path: string
   },
+  strictSelectors?: boolean,
   proxy?: ProxySettings,
   baseURL?: string,
   _debugName?: string,
diff --git a/tests/browsercontext-strict.spec.ts b/tests/browsercontext-strict.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a9befa0cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/browsercontext-strict.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { browserTest as it, expect } from './config/browserTest';
+
+it('should not fail page.textContent in non-strict mode', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`<span>span1</span><div><span>target</span></div>`);
+  expect(await page.textContent('span', { strict: false })).toBe('span1');
+});
+
+it.describe('strict context mode', () => {
+  it.use({
+    contextOptions: async ({ contextOptions }, use) => {
+      const options = { ...contextOptions, strictSelectors: true };
+      await use(options);
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('should fail page.textContent in strict mode', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.setContent(`<span>span1</span><div><span>target</span></div>`);
+    const error = await page.textContent('span').catch(e => e);
+    expect(error.message).toContain('strict mode violation');
+  });
+
+  it('should opt out of strict mode', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.setContent(`<span>span1</span><div><span>target</span></div>`);
+    expect(await page.textContent('span', { strict: false })).toBe('span1');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/types/types.d.ts b/types/types.d.ts
index cff6557dc5..2f413e531d 100644
--- a/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/types/types.d.ts
@@ -8510,6 +8510,13 @@ export interface BrowserType<Unused = {}> {
      */
     slowMo?: number;
 
+    /**
+     * It specified, enables strict selectors mode for this context. In the strict selectors mode all operations on selectors
+     * that imply single target DOM element will throw when more than one element matches the selector. See [Locator] to learn
+     * more about the strict mode.
+     */
+    strictSelectors?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Maximum time in milliseconds to wait for the browser instance to start. Defaults to `30000` (30 seconds). Pass `0` to
      * disable timeout.
@@ -9562,6 +9569,13 @@ export interface AndroidDevice {
       height: number;
     };
 
+    /**
+     * It specified, enables strict selectors mode for this context. In the strict selectors mode all operations on selectors
+     * that imply single target DOM element will throw when more than one element matches the selector. See [Locator] to learn
+     * more about the strict mode.
+     */
+    strictSelectors?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Changes the timezone of the context. See
      * [ICU's metaZones.txt](https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/icu/source/data/misc/metaZones.txt?rcl=faee8bc70570192d82d2978a71e2a615788597d1)
@@ -10417,6 +10431,13 @@ export interface Browser extends EventEmitter {
       }>;
     };
 
+    /**
+     * It specified, enables strict selectors mode for this context. In the strict selectors mode all operations on selectors
+     * that imply single target DOM element will throw when more than one element matches the selector. See [Locator] to learn
+     * more about the strict mode.
+     */
+    strictSelectors?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Changes the timezone of the context. See
      * [ICU's metaZones.txt](https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/icu/source/data/misc/metaZones.txt?rcl=faee8bc70570192d82d2978a71e2a615788597d1)
@@ -12535,6 +12556,13 @@ export interface BrowserContextOptions {
     }>;
   };
 
+  /**
+   * It specified, enables strict selectors mode for this context. In the strict selectors mode all operations on selectors
+   * that imply single target DOM element will throw when more than one element matches the selector. See [Locator] to learn
+   * more about the strict mode.
+   */
+  strictSelectors?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Changes the timezone of the context. See
    * [ICU's metaZones.txt](https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/third_party/icu/source/data/misc/metaZones.txt?rcl=faee8bc70570192d82d2978a71e2a615788597d1)