diff --git a/lib/introspection.dart b/lib/introspection.dart
index 11b1944ae..a7a5d0a3a 100644
--- a/lib/introspection.dart
+++ b/lib/introspection.dart
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Scope ngScope(dom.Node node) => ngProbe(node).scope;
 List<dom.Element> ngQuery(dom.Node element, String selector, [String containsText]) {
   var list = [];
   var children = [element];
+  if ((element is dom.Element) && element.shadowRoot != null) {
+    children.add(element.shadowRoot);
+  }
   while (!children.isEmpty) {
     var child = children.removeAt(0);
     child.querySelectorAll(selector).forEach((e) {
diff --git a/test/introspection_spec.dart b/test/introspection_spec.dart
index 7740d2a0b..df8892b14 100644
--- a/test/introspection_spec.dart
+++ b/test/introspection_spec.dart
@@ -27,4 +27,11 @@ main() => describe('introspection', () {
     expect(toHtml(ngQuery(div, 'li', 'secret'))).toEqual('<li>secret</li>');
     expect(toHtml(ngQuery(div, 'li', 'xxx'))).toEqual('');
   });
+
+  it('should select elements in the root shadow root', () {
+    var div = new Element.html('<div></div>');
+    var shadowRoot = div.createShadowRoot();
+    shadowRoot.innerHtml = '<ul><li>stash</li><li>secret</li><ul>';
+    expect(toHtml(ngQuery(div, 'li'))).toEqual('<li>stash</li><li>secret</li>');
+  });
 });