diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/locator.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/locator.ts
index f2fa346294..f583780d56 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/client/locator.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/client/locator.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class Locator implements api.Locator {
       return new Locator(this._frame, this._selector + ' >> ' + selectorOrLocator, options);
     if (selectorOrLocator._frame !== this._frame)
       throw new Error(`Locators must belong to the same frame.`);
-    return new Locator(this._frame, this._selector + ' >> ' + selectorOrLocator._selector, options);
+    return new Locator(this._frame, this._selector + ' >> internal:chain=' + JSON.stringify(selectorOrLocator._selector), options);
   }
 
   getByTestId(testId: string | RegExp): Locator {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
index 0e425efbb5..dfa15dddeb 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/injected/injectedScript.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export class InjectedScript {
     this._engines.set('internal:has-not', this._createHasNotEngine());
     this._engines.set('internal:and', { queryAll: () => [] });
     this._engines.set('internal:or', { queryAll: () => [] });
+    this._engines.set('internal:chain', this._createInternalChainEngine());
     this._engines.set('internal:label', this._createInternalLabelEngine());
     this._engines.set('internal:text', this._createTextEngine(true, true));
     this._engines.set('internal:has-text', this._createInternalHasTextEngine());
@@ -399,6 +400,13 @@ export class InjectedScript {
     return { queryAll };
   }
 
+  private _createInternalChainEngine(): SelectorEngine {
+    const queryAll = (root: SelectorRoot, body: NestedSelectorBody) => {
+      return this.querySelectorAll(body.parsed, root);
+    };
+    return { queryAll };
+  }
+
   extend(source: string, params: any): any {
     const constrFunction = this.window.eval(`
     (() => {
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/selectors.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/selectors.ts
index f0dc4dbec3..b54a0269a5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/selectors.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/selectors.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class Selectors {
       'nth', 'visible', 'internal:control',
       'internal:has', 'internal:has-not',
       'internal:has-text', 'internal:has-not-text',
-      'internal:and', 'internal:or',
+      'internal:and', 'internal:or', 'internal:chain',
       'role', 'internal:attr', 'internal:label', 'internal:text', 'internal:role', 'internal:testid',
     ]);
     this._builtinEnginesInMainWorld = new Set([
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators.ts
index 1f8c944e4c..8c1fd4f46d 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/locatorGenerators.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { type NestedSelectorBody, parseAttributeSelector, parseSelector, stringi
 import type { ParsedSelector } from './selectorParser';
 
 export type Language = 'javascript' | 'python' | 'java' | 'csharp' | 'jsonl';
-export type LocatorType = 'default' | 'role' | 'text' | 'label' | 'placeholder' | 'alt' | 'title' | 'test-id' | 'nth' | 'first' | 'last' | 'has-text' | 'has-not-text' | 'has' | 'hasNot' | 'frame' | 'and' | 'or';
+export type LocatorType = 'default' | 'role' | 'text' | 'label' | 'placeholder' | 'alt' | 'title' | 'test-id' | 'nth' | 'first' | 'last' | 'has-text' | 'has-not-text' | 'has' | 'hasNot' | 'frame' | 'and' | 'or' | 'chain';
 export type LocatorBase = 'page' | 'locator' | 'frame-locator';
 
 type LocatorOptions = {
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@ function innerAsLocators(factory: LocatorFactory, parsed: ParsedSelector, isFram
       tokens.push(inners.map(inner => factory.generateLocator(base, 'or', inner)));
       continue;
     }
+    if (part.name === 'internal:chain') {
+      const inners = innerAsLocators(factory, (part.body as NestedSelectorBody).parsed, false, maxOutputSize);
+      tokens.push(inners.map(inner => factory.generateLocator(base, 'chain', inner)));
+      continue;
+    }
     if (part.name === 'internal:label') {
       const { exact, text } = detectExact(part.body as string);
       tokens.push([factory.generateLocator(base, 'label', text, { exact })]);
@@ -285,6 +290,8 @@ export class JavaScriptLocatorFactory implements LocatorFactory {
         return `and(${body})`;
       case 'or':
         return `or(${body})`;
+      case 'chain':
+        return `locator(${body})`;
       case 'test-id':
         return `getByTestId(${this.toTestIdValue(body)})`;
       case 'text':
@@ -375,6 +382,8 @@ export class PythonLocatorFactory implements LocatorFactory {
         return `and_(${body})`;
       case 'or':
         return `or_(${body})`;
+      case 'chain':
+        return `locator(${body})`;
       case 'test-id':
         return `get_by_test_id(${this.toTestIdValue(body)})`;
       case 'text':
@@ -474,6 +483,8 @@ export class JavaLocatorFactory implements LocatorFactory {
         return `and(${body})`;
       case 'or':
         return `or(${body})`;
+      case 'chain':
+        return `locator(${body})`;
       case 'test-id':
         return `getByTestId(${this.toTestIdValue(body)})`;
       case 'text':
@@ -567,6 +578,8 @@ export class CSharpLocatorFactory implements LocatorFactory {
         return `And(${body})`;
       case 'or':
         return `Or(${body})`;
+      case 'chain':
+        return `Locator(${body})`;
       case 'test-id':
         return `GetByTestId(${this.toTestIdValue(body)})`;
       case 'text':
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/locatorParser.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/locatorParser.ts
index 767ceb048d..f8733743c0 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/locatorParser.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/locatorParser.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function shiftParams(template: string, sub: number) {
 
 function transform(template: string, params: TemplateParams, testIdAttributeName: string): string {
   // Recursively handle filter(has=, hasnot=, sethas(), sethasnot()).
-  // TODO: handle and(locator), or(locator), locator(has=, hasnot=, sethas(), sethasnot()).
+  // TODO: handle and(locator), or(locator), locator(locator), locator(has=, hasnot=, sethas(), sethasnot()).
   while (true) {
     const hasMatch = template.match(/filter\(,?(has=|hasnot=|sethas\(|sethasnot\()/);
     if (!hasMatch)
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/selectorParser.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/selectorParser.ts
index 1f713a732d..5b96ecaac5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/selectorParser.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/utils/isomorphic/selectorParser.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { InvalidSelectorError, parseCSS } from './cssParser';
 export { InvalidSelectorError, isInvalidSelectorError } from './cssParser';
 
 export type NestedSelectorBody = { parsed: ParsedSelector, distance?: number };
-const kNestedSelectorNames = new Set(['internal:has', 'internal:has-not', 'internal:and', 'internal:or', 'left-of', 'right-of', 'above', 'below', 'near']);
+const kNestedSelectorNames = new Set(['internal:has', 'internal:has-not', 'internal:and', 'internal:or', 'internal:chain', 'left-of', 'right-of', 'above', 'below', 'near']);
 const kNestedSelectorNamesWithDistance = new Set(['left-of', 'right-of', 'above', 'below', 'near']);
 
 export type ParsedSelectorPart = {
diff --git a/tests/library/locator-generator.spec.ts b/tests/library/locator-generator.spec.ts
index 403f02765d..de551db28f 100644
--- a/tests/library/locator-generator.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/library/locator-generator.spec.ts
@@ -487,6 +487,13 @@ it('asLocator internal:or', async () => {
   expect.soft(asLocator('csharp', 'div >> internal:or="span >> article"', false)).toBe(`Locator("div").Or(Locator("span").Locator("article"))`);
 });
 
+it('asLocator internal:chain', async () => {
+  expect.soft(asLocator('javascript', 'div >> internal:chain="span >> article"', false)).toBe(`locator('div').locator(locator('span').locator('article'))`);
+  expect.soft(asLocator('python', 'div >> internal:chain="span >> article"', false)).toBe(`locator("div").locator(locator("span").locator("article"))`);
+  expect.soft(asLocator('java', 'div >> internal:chain="span >> article"', false)).toBe(`locator("div").locator(locator("span").locator("article"))`);
+  expect.soft(asLocator('csharp', 'div >> internal:chain="span >> article"', false)).toBe(`Locator("div").Locator(Locator("span").Locator("article"))`);
+});
+
 it('parse locators strictly', () => {
   const selector = 'div >> internal:has-text=\"Goodbye world\"i >> span';
 
diff --git a/tests/page/locator-query.spec.ts b/tests/page/locator-query.spec.ts
index 7631b0d20b..099e913a78 100644
--- a/tests/page/locator-query.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/locator-query.spec.ts
@@ -189,6 +189,21 @@ it('should support locator.or', async ({ page }) => {
   await expect(page.locator('span').or(page.locator('article'))).toHaveText('world');
 });
 
+it('should support locator.locator with and/or', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <div>one <span>two</span> <button>three</button> </div>
+    <span>four</span>
+    <button>five</button>
+  `);
+
+  await expect(page.locator('div').locator(page.locator('button'))).toHaveText(['three']);
+  await expect(page.locator('div').locator(page.locator('button').or(page.locator('span')))).toHaveText(['two', 'three']);
+  await expect(page.locator('button').or(page.locator('span'))).toHaveText(['two', 'three', 'four', 'five']);
+
+  await expect(page.locator('div').locator(page.locator('button').and(page.getByRole('button')))).toHaveText(['three']);
+  await expect(page.locator('button').and(page.getByRole('button'))).toHaveText(['three', 'five']);
+});
+
 it('should allow some, but not all nested frameLocators', async ({ page }) => {
   await page.setContent(`<iframe srcdoc="<span id=target>world</span>"></iframe><span>hello</span>`);
   await expect(page.frameLocator('iframe').locator('span').or(page.frameLocator('iframe').locator('article'))).toHaveText('world');
diff --git a/tests/page/selectors-misc.spec.ts b/tests/page/selectors-misc.spec.ts
index cb19f149c0..66252fa289 100644
--- a/tests/page/selectors-misc.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/page/selectors-misc.spec.ts
@@ -436,6 +436,16 @@ it('should work with internal:or=', async ({ page, server }) => {
   expect(await page.locator(`span >> internal:or="article"`).textContent()).toBe('world');
 });
 
+it('should work with internal:chain=', async ({ page, server }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`
+    <div>one <span>two</span> <button>three</button> </div>
+    <span>four</span>
+    <button>five</button>
+  `);
+  expect(await page.$$eval(`div >> internal:chain="button"`, els => els.map(e => e.textContent))).toEqual(['three']);
+  expect(await page.$$eval(`div >> internal:chain="span >> internal:or=\\"button\\""`, els => els.map(e => e.textContent))).toEqual(['two', 'three']);
+});
+
 it('chaining should work with large DOM @smoke', async ({ page, server }) => {
   await page.evaluate(() => {
     let last = document.body;