diff --git a/src/Utils.js b/src/Utils.js
index 5187321c3..01537569e 100644
--- a/src/Utils.js
+++ b/src/Utils.js
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export function selectorError(selector, type = '') {
   );
 }
 
-export const isCompoundSelector = /([a-z]\.[a-z]|[a-z]\[.*\]|[a-z]#[a-z])/i;
+export const isCompoundSelector = /^[\.#]?-?[_a-z]+[_a-z0-9-]*[\.\[#]/i;
 
 const isPropSelector = /^\[.*\]$/;
 
diff --git a/test/ShallowWrapper-spec.jsx b/test/ShallowWrapper-spec.jsx
index c6b1be8ba..02a7e9639 100644
--- a/test/ShallowWrapper-spec.jsx
+++ b/test/ShallowWrapper-spec.jsx
@@ -340,6 +340,50 @@ describe('shallow', () => {
       expect(wrapper.find('.foo').type()).to.equal('input');
     });
 
+    it('should find an element that has dot in attribute', () => {
+      const wrapper = shallow(
+        <div>
+          <div data-baz="foo.bar" />
+        </div>
+      );
+
+      const elements = wrapper.find('[data-baz="foo.bar"]');
+      expect(elements.length).to.equal(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should find an element that with class and attribute', () => {
+      const wrapper = shallow(
+        <div>
+          <div data-baz="bar" className="classBar" />
+        </div>
+      );
+
+      const elements = wrapper.find('.classBar[data-baz="bar"]');
+      expect(elements.length).to.equal(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should find an element that with multiple classes and one attribute', () => {
+      const wrapper = shallow(
+        <div>
+          <div data-baz="bar" className="classBar classFoo" />
+        </div>
+      );
+
+      const elements = wrapper.find('.classBar.classFoo[data-baz="bar"]');
+      expect(elements.length).to.equal(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should find an element that with class and class with hyphen', () => {
+      const wrapper = shallow(
+        <div>
+          <div data-baz="bar" className="classBar class-Foo" />
+        </div>
+      );
+
+      const elements = wrapper.find('.classBar.class-Foo');
+      expect(elements.length).to.equal(1);
+    });
+
     it('should find an element based on a tag name and class name', () => {
       const wrapper = shallow(
         <div>