diff --git a/src/baseWrapper.ts b/src/baseWrapper.ts
index 743f35d2b..d23497cf3 100644
--- a/src/baseWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/baseWrapper.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,13 @@ export default abstract class BaseWrapper<ElementType extends Node>
     }
 
     if (typeof selector === 'object' && 'ref' in selector) {
-      const result = currentComponent.refs[selector.ref]
+      let result = currentComponent.refs[selector.ref]
+
+      // When using ref inside v-for, then refs contains array of component instances
+      if (Array.isArray(result)) {
+        result = result.length ? result[0] : undefined
+      }
+
       if (result && !(result instanceof HTMLElement)) {
         return createVueWrapper(null, result as ComponentPublicInstance)
       } else {
diff --git a/tests/findComponent.spec.ts b/tests/findComponent.spec.ts
index bc50208f2..0e6c9c90b 100644
--- a/tests/findComponent.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/findComponent.spec.ts
@@ -358,6 +358,29 @@ describe('findComponent', () => {
     expect(compB[0].vm.$el.querySelector('.content').textContent).toBe('1')
   })
 
+  it('finds single by ref in v-for', () => {
+    const ChildComp = {
+      props: {
+        value: Number
+      },
+      template: '<span>{{value}}</span>'
+    }
+
+    const wrapper = mount({
+      components: { ChildComp },
+      template: `
+        <div>
+          <div v-for="value in 3" :key="value">
+            <ChildComp ref="child" :value="value" />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      `
+    })
+    const child = wrapper.findComponent({ ref: 'child' })
+    expect(child.exists()).toBe(true)
+    expect(child.props('value')).toBe(1)
+  })
+
   // https://github.com/vuejs/test-utils/pull/188
   const slotComponent = defineComponent({
     name: 'slotA',