diff --git a/src/browser/tests/node/child_nodes.html b/src/browser/tests/node/child_nodes.html
index 3ecc3150..7534eff4 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/node/child_nodes.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/node/child_nodes.html
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
 </script>
 
 <script id=contains>
+  testing.expectEqual(true, document.contains(document));
+  testing.expectEqual(true, $('#d1').contains($('#d1')));
   testing.expectEqual(true, document.contains($('#d1')));
   testing.expectEqual(true, document.contains($('#p1')));
   testing.expectEqual(true, document.contains($('#p2')));
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/Node.zig b/src/browser/webapi/Node.zig
index 88a827fa..bf8298ab 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/Node.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/Node.zig
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ pub fn getRootNode(self: *const Node, opts_: ?GetRootNodeOpts) *const Node {
 }
 
 pub fn contains(self: *const Node, child: *const Node) bool {
+    if (self == child) {
+        // yes, this is correct
+        return true;
+    }
+
     var parent = child._parent;
     while (parent) |p| {
         if (p == self) {