diff --git a/Base/home/anon/www/attrselectors.html b/Base/home/anon/www/attrselectors.html
index dd36f17093..f1fd66626c 100644
--- a/Base/home/anon/www/attrselectors.html
+++ b/Base/home/anon/www/attrselectors.html
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
     <head>
         <title>CSS attribute selector test</title>
         <style type="text/css">
+            [hello=friends] {
+                background-color: #f0f;
+                color: white;
+            }
             div[id="foo"] {
                 background-color: blue;
                 color: #fff;
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@
         </style>
     </head>
     <body>
+        <div hello=friends>This div is hello, friends!</div>
         <div id="foo">This div has id="foo" and is bloo!</div>
         <div cool="">This div has a "cool" attribute and a cool green color.</div>
     </body>
diff --git a/Libraries/LibHTML/Parser/CSSParser.cpp b/Libraries/LibHTML/Parser/CSSParser.cpp
index b3d49bff91..4b25035c54 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibHTML/Parser/CSSParser.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibHTML/Parser/CSSParser.cpp
@@ -244,14 +244,18 @@ public:
         } else if (peek() == '#') {
             type = Selector::Component::Type::Id;
             consume_one();
-        } else {
+        } else if (isalpha(peek())) {
             type = Selector::Component::Type::TagName;
+        } else {
+            type = Selector::Component::Type::Universal;
         }
 
-        while (is_valid_selector_char(peek()))
-            buffer.append(consume_one());
+        if (type != Selector::Component::Type::Universal) {
+            while (is_valid_selector_char(peek()))
+                buffer.append(consume_one());
+            PARSE_ASSERT(!buffer.is_null());
+        }
 
-        PARSE_ASSERT(!buffer.is_null());
         Selector::Component component {
             type,
             Selector::Component::PseudoClass::None,
