diff --git a/src/server/common/selectorParser.ts b/src/server/common/selectorParser.ts
index b5e75c544b..c2cda46821 100644
--- a/src/server/common/selectorParser.ts
+++ b/src/server/common/selectorParser.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function parseSelector(selector: string, customNames: Set<string>): Parse
     };
   }
 
-  const chain = (from: number, to: number): CSSComplexSelector => {
+  const chain = (from: number, to: number, turnFirstTextIntoScope: boolean): CSSComplexSelector => {
     const result: CSSComplexSelector = { simples: [] };
     for (const part of v1.parts.slice(from, to)) {
       let name = part.name;
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ export function parseSelector(selector: string, customNames: Set<string>): Parse
         }
       } else if (name === 'text') {
         let simple = textSelectorToSimple(part.body);
+        if (turnFirstTextIntoScope)
+          simple.functions.push({ name: 'is', args: [ simpleToComplex(callWith('scope', [])), simpleToComplex({ css: '*', functions: [] }) ]});
         if (result.simples.length)
           result.simples[result.simples.length - 1].combinator = '>=';
         if (wrapInLight)
@@ -87,14 +89,16 @@ export function parseSelector(selector: string, customNames: Set<string>): Parse
           simple = callWith('light', [simpleToComplex(simple)]);
         result.simples.push({ selector: simple, combinator: '' });
       }
+      if (name !== 'text')
+        turnFirstTextIntoScope = false;
     }
     return result;
   };
 
   const capture = v1.capture === undefined ? v1.parts.length - 1 : v1.capture;
-  const result = chain(0, capture + 1);
+  const result = chain(0, capture + 1, false);
   if (capture + 1 < v1.parts.length) {
-    const has = chain(capture + 1, v1.parts.length);
+    const has = chain(capture + 1, v1.parts.length, true);
     const last = result.simples[result.simples.length - 1];
     last.selector.functions.push({ name: 'has', args: [has] });
   }
diff --git a/src/server/injected/selectorEvaluator.ts b/src/server/injected/selectorEvaluator.ts
index 4b715acd2d..245fef8f50 100644
--- a/src/server/injected/selectorEvaluator.ts
+++ b/src/server/injected/selectorEvaluator.ts
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ export class SelectorEvaluatorImpl implements SelectorEvaluator {
 
   private _matchesSimple(element: Element, simple: CSSSimpleSelector, context: QueryContext): boolean {
     return this._cached<boolean>(this._cacheMatchesSimple, element, [simple, context], () => {
-      const isScopeClause = simple.functions.some(f => f.name === 'scope');
-      if (!isScopeClause && element === context.scope)
+      const isPossiblyScopeClause = simple.functions.some(f => f.name === 'scope' || f.name === 'is');
+      if (!isPossiblyScopeClause && element === context.scope)
         return false;
       if (simple.css && !this._matchesCSS(element, simple.css))
         return false;
diff --git a/test/selectors-css.spec.ts b/test/selectors-css.spec.ts
index a8b08ce860..8150e74669 100644
--- a/test/selectors-css.spec.ts
+++ b/test/selectors-css.spec.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ it('should work with :is', async ({page, server}) => {
   expect(await page.$$eval(`css=:is(div, span)`, els => els.length)).toBe(7);
   expect(await page.$$eval(`css=section:is(section) div:is(section div)`, els => els.length)).toBe(3);
   expect(await page.$$eval(`css=:is(div, span) > *`, els => els.length)).toBe(6);
+  expect(await page.$$eval(`css=#root1:has(:is(#root1))`, els => els.length)).toBe(0);
+  expect(await page.$$eval(`css=#root1:has(:is(:scope, #root1))`, els => els.length)).toBe(1);
 });
 
 it('should work with :has', async ({page, server}) => {
diff --git a/test/selectors-text.spec.ts b/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
index c64f966093..98d8a36428 100644
--- a/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
+++ b/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
@@ -227,3 +227,8 @@ it('should match root after >>', async ({page, server}) => {
   const element2 = await page.$('text=test >> text=test');
   expect(element2).toBeTruthy();
 });
+
+it('should match root after >> with *', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.setContent(`<button> hello world </button> <button> hellow <span> world </span> </button>`);
+  expect(await page.$$eval('*css=button >> text=hello >> text=world', els => els.length)).toBe(2);
+});