diff --git a/lib/webrat/selenium/location_strategy_javascript/webratlink.js b/lib/webrat/selenium/location_strategy_javascript/webratlink.js
index ad71957..83b5355 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/selenium/location_strategy_javascript/webratlink.js
+++ b/lib/webrat/selenium/location_strategy_javascript/webratlink.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var links = inDocument.getElementsByTagName('a');
 var candidateLinks = $A(links).select(function(candidateLink) {
-  return PatternMatcher.matches(locator, getText(candidateLink));
+  var textMatched = PatternMatcher.matches(locator, getText(candidateLink));
+  var idMatched = PatternMatcher.matches(locator, candidateLink.id);
+  return textMatched || idMatched;
 });
 if (candidateLinks.length == 0) {
   return null;