diff --git a/src/injected/textSelectorEngine.ts b/src/injected/textSelectorEngine.ts
index b94e28205b..39e1712169 100644
--- a/src/injected/textSelectorEngine.ts
+++ b/src/injected/textSelectorEngine.ts
@@ -80,9 +80,24 @@ function createMatcher(selector: string): Matcher {
   return text => text.toLowerCase().includes(selector);
 }
 
+// Skips <head>, <script> and <style> elements and all their children.
+const nodeFilter: NodeFilter = {
+  acceptNode: node => {
+    return node.nodeName === 'HEAD' || node.nodeName === 'SCRIPT' || node.nodeName === 'STYLE' ?
+      NodeFilter.FILTER_REJECT : NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
+  }
+};
+
+// If we are querying inside a filtered element, nodeFilter is never called, so we need a separate check.
+function isFilteredNode(root: SelectorRoot, document: Document) {
+  return root.nodeName === 'SCRIPT' || root.nodeName === 'STYLE' || document.head && document.head.contains(root);
+}
+
 function queryInternal(root: SelectorRoot, matcher: Matcher, shadow: boolean): Element | undefined {
   const document = root instanceof Document ? root : root.ownerDocument!;
-  const walker = document.createTreeWalker(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT | NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT);
+  if (isFilteredNode(root, document))
+    return;
+  const walker = document.createTreeWalker(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT | NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, nodeFilter);
   const shadowRoots: ShadowRoot[] = [];
   if (shadow && (root as Element).shadowRoot)
     shadowRoots.push((root as Element).shadowRoot!);
@@ -94,7 +109,7 @@ function queryInternal(root: SelectorRoot, matcher: Matcher, shadow: boolean): E
 
     const textParent = (node && node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) ? node.parentElement : null;
     if (lastTextParent && textParent !== lastTextParent) {
-      if (lastTextParent.nodeName !== 'SCRIPT' && lastTextParent.nodeName !== 'STYLE' && matcher(lastText))
+      if (matcher(lastText))
         return lastTextParent;
       lastText = '';
     }
@@ -122,7 +137,9 @@ function queryInternal(root: SelectorRoot, matcher: Matcher, shadow: boolean): E
 
 function queryAllInternal(root: SelectorRoot, matcher: Matcher, shadow: boolean, result: Element[]) {
   const document = root instanceof Document ? root : root.ownerDocument!;
-  const walker = document.createTreeWalker(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT | NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT);
+  if (isFilteredNode(root, document))
+    return;
+  const walker = document.createTreeWalker(root, NodeFilter.SHOW_TEXT | NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT, nodeFilter);
   const shadowRoots: ShadowRoot[] = [];
   if (shadow && (root as Element).shadowRoot)
     shadowRoots.push((root as Element).shadowRoot!);
@@ -134,7 +151,7 @@ function queryAllInternal(root: SelectorRoot, matcher: Matcher, shadow: boolean,
 
     const textParent = (node && node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) ? node.parentElement : null;
     if (lastTextParent && textParent !== lastTextParent) {
-      if (lastTextParent.nodeName !== 'SCRIPT' && lastTextParent.nodeName !== 'STYLE' && matcher(lastText))
+      if (matcher(lastText))
         result.push(lastTextParent);
       lastText = '';
     }
diff --git a/test/queryselector.spec.js b/test/queryselector.spec.js
index 29a96b0078..9504325433 100644
--- a/test/queryselector.spec.js
+++ b/test/queryselector.spec.js
@@ -551,6 +551,32 @@ describe('text selector', () => {
     expect(await page.$(`text="with"`)).toBe(null);
   });
 
+  it('should skip head, script and style', async({page}) => {
+    await page.setContent(`
+      <head>
+        <title>title</title>
+        <script>var script</script>
+        <style>.style {}</style>
+      </head>
+      <body>
+        <script>var script</script>
+        <style>.style {}</style>
+        <div>title script style</div>
+      </body>`);
+    const head = await page.$('head');
+    const title = await page.$('title');
+    const script = await page.$('body script');
+    const style = await page.$('body style');
+    for (const text of ['title', 'script', 'style']) {
+      expect(await page.$eval(`text=${text}`, e => e.nodeName)).toBe('DIV');
+      expect(await page.$$eval(`text=${text}`, els => els.map(e => e.nodeName).join('|'))).toBe('DIV');
+      for (const root of [head, title, script, style]) {
+        expect(await root.$(`text=${text}`)).toBe(null);
+        expect(await root.$$eval(`text=${text}`, els => els.length)).toBe(0);
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
   it('should match input[type=button|submit]', async({page}) => {
     await page.setContent(`<input type="submit" value="hello"><input type="button" value="world">`);
     expect(await page.$eval(`text=hello`, e => e.outerHTML)).toBe('<input type="submit" value="hello">');
