diff --git a/sizzle.js b/sizzle.js
index 07654d59..3035fb0f 100644
--- a/sizzle.js
+++ b/sizzle.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ var Sizzle = function( selector, context, results, seed ) {
 		if ( context ) {
 			ret = seed ?
 				{ expr: parts.pop(), set: makeArray(seed) } :
-				Sizzle.find( parts.pop(), parts.length === 1 && (parts[0] === "~" || parts[0] === "+") && context.parentNode ? context.parentNode : context, contextXML );
+				Sizzle.find( parts.pop(), parts.length >= 1 && (parts[0] === "~" || parts[0] === "+") && context.parentNode ? context.parentNode : context, contextXML );
 
 			set = ret.expr ?
 				Sizzle.filter( ret.expr, ret.set ) :
diff --git a/test/unit/selector.js b/test/unit/selector.js
index 3e287a7a..472797f3 100644
--- a/test/unit/selector.js
+++ b/test/unit/selector.js
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ test("multiple", function() {
 });
 
 test("child and adjacent", function() {
-	expect(33);
+	expect(34);
 	t( "Child", "p > a", ["simon1","google","groups","mark","yahoo","simon"] );
 	t( "Child", "p> a", ["simon1","google","groups","mark","yahoo","simon"] );
 	t( "Child", "p >a", ["simon1","google","groups","mark","yahoo","simon"] );
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ test("child and adjacent", function() {
 	t( "Element Preceded By", "#groups ~ a", ["mark"] );
 	t( "Element Preceded By", "#length ~ input", ["idTest"] );
 	t( "Element Preceded By", "#siblingfirst ~ em", ["siblingnext"] );
+	t( "Element Preceded By, Containing", "#liveHandlerOrder ~ div em:contains('1')", ["siblingfirst"] );
 	same( jQuery("#siblingfirst").find("~ em").get(), q("siblingnext"), "Element Preceded By with a context." );
 	same( jQuery("#siblingfirst").find("+ em").get(), q("siblingnext"), "Element Directly Preceded By with a context." );