diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LayoutState.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LayoutState.cpp
index c8c7a6ff4e..0df4a9f558 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LayoutState.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/LayoutState.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ static void build_paint_tree(Node& node, Painting::Paintable* parent_paintable =
         }
         parent_paintable->append_child(paintable);
     }
+    paintable.set_dom_node(node.dom_node());
     for (auto* child = node.first_child(); child; child = child->next_sibling()) {
         build_paint_tree(*child, &paintable);
     }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/Paintable.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/Paintable.cpp
index c7a913e256..6da6ff15b1 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/Paintable.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/Paintable.cpp
@@ -14,11 +14,27 @@ namespace Web::Painting {
 void Paintable::visit_edges(Cell::Visitor& visitor)
 {
     Base::visit_edges(visitor);
+    visitor.visit(m_dom_node);
     visitor.visit(m_layout_node);
     if (m_containing_block.has_value())
         visitor.visit(m_containing_block.value());
 }
 
+void Paintable::set_dom_node(JS::GCPtr<DOM::Node> dom_node)
+{
+    m_dom_node = dom_node;
+}
+
+JS::GCPtr<DOM::Node> Paintable::dom_node()
+{
+    return m_dom_node;
+}
+
+JS::GCPtr<DOM::Node const> Paintable::dom_node() const
+{
+    return m_dom_node;
+}
+
 Paintable::DispatchEventOfSameName Paintable::handle_mousedown(Badge<EventHandler>, CSSPixelPoint, unsigned, unsigned)
 {
     return DispatchEventOfSameName::Yes;
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/Paintable.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/Paintable.h
index ab1ceaddbd..81a7087ca0 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/Paintable.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/Paintable.h
@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@ public:
     Layout::Node const& layout_node() const { return m_layout_node; }
     Layout::Node& layout_node() { return const_cast<Layout::Node&>(*m_layout_node); }
 
-    DOM::Node* dom_node() { return layout_node().dom_node(); }
-    DOM::Node const* dom_node() const { return layout_node().dom_node(); }
+    [[nodiscard]] JS::GCPtr<DOM::Node> dom_node();
+    [[nodiscard]] JS::GCPtr<DOM::Node const> dom_node() const;
+    void set_dom_node(JS::GCPtr<DOM::Node>);
 
     auto const& computed_values() const { return m_layout_node->computed_values(); }
 
@@ -164,6 +165,7 @@ protected:
     virtual void visit_edges(Cell::Visitor&) override;
 
 private:
+    JS::GCPtr<DOM::Node> m_dom_node;
     JS::NonnullGCPtr<Layout::Node const> m_layout_node;
     Optional<JS::GCPtr<Layout::Box const>> mutable m_containing_block;
 };