diff --git a/src/selector/selector.js b/src/selector/selector.js
index 001f80a21..1e8d72996 100644
--- a/src/selector/selector.js
+++ b/src/selector/selector.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		/^(:)([a-z0-9_-]*)\("?'?(.*?(\(.*?\))?[^(]*?)"?'?\)/i,
 
 		// Match: :even, :last-chlid
-		/^([:.#]*)([a-z0-9_-]*)/i
+		/^([:.#]*)([a-z0-9_*-]*)/i
 	],
 
 	token: [