diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 11c52ca..c4a3071 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* Fix issue where a Selector query rooted on a node that had not been attached to the document failed in IE. [#464 state:resolved] (jddalton, kangax, Douglas Fraser, Andrew Dupont)
+
 * Fix Selector to match elements with attributes containing hyphens. [#285 state:resolved] (leiyou, jddalton, kangax)
 
 * Make sure Form.reset always returns a reference to the receiver element. [#309 state:resolved] (Phil, kangax)
diff --git a/src/dom/selector.js b/src/dom/selector.js
index 158877c..3dc4791 100644
--- a/src/dom/selector.js
+++ b/src/dom/selector.js
@@ -485,8 +485,23 @@ Object.extend(Selector, {
     
     id: function(nodes, root, id, combinator) {
       var targetNode = $(id), h = Selector.handlers;
-      if (!targetNode) return [];
-      if (!nodes && root == document) return [targetNode];
+      
+      if (root == document) {
+        // We don't have to deal with orphan nodes. Easy.
+        if (!targetNode) return [];
+        if (!nodes) return [targetNode];
+      } else {
+        // In IE, we can check sourceIndex to see if root is attached
+        // to the document. If not (or if sourceIndex is not present),
+        // we do it the hard way.
+        if (!root.sourceIndex || root.sourceIndex < 1) {
+          var nodes = root.getElementsByTagName('*');
+          for (var j = 0, node; node = nodes[j]; j++) {
+            if (node.id === id) return [node];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      
       if (nodes) {
         if (combinator) {
           if (combinator == 'child') {
diff --git a/test/unit/selector_test.js b/test/unit/selector_test.js
index c756fbe..4fb7bf2 100644
--- a/test/unit/selector_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/selector_test.js
@@ -371,6 +371,21 @@ new Test.Unit.Runner({
       'div.is_counted'
     );
   },
+
+  testSelectorNotInsertedNodes: function() {
+    window.debug = true;
+    var wrapper = new Element("div");
+    wrapper.update("<table><tr><td id='myTD'></td></tr></table>");
+    this.assertNotNullOrUndefined(wrapper.select('[id=myTD]')[0],
+      'selecting: [id=myTD]');
+    this.assertNotNullOrUndefined(wrapper.select('#myTD')[0],
+      'selecting: #myTD');
+    this.assertNotNullOrUndefined(wrapper.select('td')[0], 
+      'selecting: td');      
+    this.assert($$('#myTD').length == 0,
+      'should not turn up in document-rooted search');
+    window.debug = false;
+  },   
   
   testElementDown: function() {
     var a = $('dupL4');