diff --git a/lib/webrat/selenium/location_strategy_javascript/label.js b/lib/webrat/selenium/location_strategy_javascript/label.js
index dd137441..52111e30 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/selenium/location_strategy_javascript/label.js
+++ b/lib/webrat/selenium/location_strategy_javascript/label.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ candidateLabels = candidateLabels.sortBy(function(s) {
 });
 
 var locatedLabel = candidateLabels.first();
-var labelFor = locatedLabel.getAttribute('for');
+var labelFor = locatedLabel.htmlFor;
 
 if ((labelFor == null) && (locatedLabel.hasChildNodes())) {
   return locatedLabel.getElementsByTagName('button')[0]