diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index f68f3304a..45e7ee0e9 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -220,4 +220,5 @@ Roman Reiß <me@silverwind.io>
 Benjy Cui <benjytrys@gmail.com>
 Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas <rr.rosas@gmail.com>
 John Hoven <hovenj@gmail.com>
+Philip Jägenstedt <philip@foolip.org>
 
diff --git a/src/selector-native.js b/src/selector-native.js
index cec99cef2..d8163c2f9 100644
--- a/src/selector-native.js
+++ b/src/selector-native.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ define([
 
 var docElem = window.document.documentElement,
 	selector_hasDuplicate,
-	matches = docElem.webkitMatchesSelector ||
+	matches = docElem.matches ||
+		docElem.webkitMatchesSelector ||
 		docElem.mozMatchesSelector ||
 		docElem.oMatchesSelector ||
 		docElem.msMatchesSelector,