diff --git a/src/dom/selector.js b/src/dom/selector.js
index 60b201c..ee7b308 100644
--- a/src/dom/selector.js
+++ b/src/dom/selector.js
@@ -77,7 +77,14 @@
     **/
     findElement: function(elements, expression, index) {
       if (Object.isUndefined(index)) index = 0;
-      return Element.extend(Sizzle.matches(expression, elements)[index]);
+      var selector = new Selector(expression), length = elements.length, matchIndex = 0, i;
+
+      // Match each element individually, since Sizzle.matches does not preserve order
+      for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+        if (selector.match(elements[i]) && index == matchIndex++) {
+          return Element.extend(elements[i]);
+        }
+      }
     },
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/unit/fixtures/selector.html b/test/unit/fixtures/selector.html
index 42abcd4..4cfa29f 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixtures/selector.html
+++ b/test/unit/fixtures/selector.html
@@ -79,4 +79,10 @@
   <div id="counted_container"><div class="is_counted"></div></div>
   
   <div foo-bar="baz" id="attr_with_dash">blah</div>
+  
+  <div id="container_1" class="container">
+    <div id="container_2" class="container">
+      <span id="target_1"></span>
+    </div>
+  </div>
 </div>
diff --git a/test/unit/selector_test.js b/test/unit/selector_test.js
index 6f11d2e..633b82b 100644
--- a/test/unit/selector_test.js
+++ b/test/unit/selector_test.js
@@ -404,5 +404,11 @@ new Test.Unit.Runner({
     document.body.appendChild(el);
     this.assertEqual(2, $(el).select('ul li').length);
     document.body.removeChild(el);
+  },
+  
+  testFindElementWithIndexWhenElementsAreNotInDocumentOrder: function() {
+    var ancestors = $("target_1").ancestors();
+    this.assertEqual($("container_2"), Selector.findElement(ancestors, "[container], .container", 0));
+    this.assertEqual($("container_1"), Selector.findElement(ancestors, "[container], .container", 1));
   }
 });
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