diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/shared/ReactDOMSelection.js b/src/renderers/dom/shared/ReactDOMSelection.js
index aff9e894bba15..cbce488ebefdc 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/shared/ReactDOMSelection.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/shared/ReactDOMSelection.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function isCollapsed(anchorNode, anchorOffset, focusNode, focusOffset) {
  * @return {object}
  */
 function getIEOffsets(node) {
-  var selection = document.selection;
+  var selection = node.ownerDocument.selection;
   var selectedRange = selection.createRange();
   var selectedLength = selectedRange.text.length;
 
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ function getIEOffsets(node) {
  * @return {?object}
  */
 function getModernOffsets(node) {
-  var selection = window.getSelection && window.getSelection();
+  var win = node.ownerDocument.defaultView;
+  var selection = win.getSelection && win.getSelection();
 
   if (!selection || selection.rangeCount === 0) {
     return null;
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ function getModernOffsets(node) {
   var end = start + rangeLength;
 
   // Detect whether the selection is backward.
-  var detectionRange = document.createRange();
+  var detectionRange = node.ownerDocument.createRange();
   detectionRange.setStart(anchorNode, anchorOffset);
   detectionRange.setEnd(focusNode, focusOffset);
   var isBackward = detectionRange.collapsed;
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ function getModernOffsets(node) {
  * @param {object} offsets
  */
 function setIEOffsets(node, offsets) {
-  var range = document.selection.createRange().duplicate();
+  var range = node.ownerDocument.selection.createRange().duplicate();
   var start, end;
 
   if (offsets.end === undefined) {
@@ -169,11 +170,12 @@ function setIEOffsets(node, offsets) {
  * @param {object} offsets
  */
 function setModernOffsets(node, offsets) {
-  if (!window.getSelection) {
+  var win = node.ownerDocument.defaultView;
+  if (!win.getSelection) {
     return;
   }
 
-  var selection = window.getSelection();
+  var selection = win.getSelection();
   var length = node[getTextContentAccessor()].length;
   var start = Math.min(offsets.start, length);
   var end = offsets.end === undefined ?
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ function setModernOffsets(node, offsets) {
   var endMarker = getNodeForCharacterOffset(node, end);
 
   if (startMarker && endMarker) {
-    var range = document.createRange();
+    var range = node.ownerDocument.createRange();
     range.setStart(startMarker.node, startMarker.offset);
     selection.removeAllRanges();
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/shared/ReactInputSelection.js b/src/renderers/dom/shared/ReactInputSelection.js
index 3229f854006fc..e9f35a4574190 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/shared/ReactInputSelection.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/shared/ReactInputSelection.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var focusNode = require('focusNode');
 var getActiveElement = require('getActiveElement');
 
 function isInDocument(node) {
-  return containsNode(document.documentElement, node);
+  return containsNode(node.ownerDocument.documentElement, node);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ var ReactInputSelection = {
         start: input.selectionStart,
         end: input.selectionEnd,
       };
-    } else if (document.selection &&
+    } else if (input.ownerDocument.selection &&
         (input.nodeName && input.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'input')) {
       // IE8 input.
-      var range = document.selection.createRange();
+      var range = input.ownerDocument.selection.createRange();
       // There can only be one selection per document in IE, so it must
       // be in our element.
       if (range.parentElement() === input) {
diff --git a/src/renderers/dom/shared/eventPlugins/SelectEventPlugin.js b/src/renderers/dom/shared/eventPlugins/SelectEventPlugin.js
index 75b182f372a3d..13952c81f46de 100644
--- a/src/renderers/dom/shared/eventPlugins/SelectEventPlugin.js
+++ b/src/renderers/dom/shared/eventPlugins/SelectEventPlugin.js
@@ -73,16 +73,19 @@ function getSelection(node) {
       start: node.selectionStart,
       end: node.selectionEnd,
     };
-  } else if (window.getSelection) {
-    var selection = window.getSelection();
+  }
+  var doc = node.ownerDocument || node.document || node;
+  var win = doc.defaultView || doc.parentWindow;
+  if (win.getSelection) {
+    var selection = win.getSelection();
     return {
       anchorNode: selection.anchorNode,
       anchorOffset: selection.anchorOffset,
       focusNode: selection.focusNode,
       focusOffset: selection.focusOffset,
     };
-  } else if (document.selection) {
-    var range = document.selection.createRange();
+  } else if (doc.selection) {
+    var range = doc.selection.createRange();
     return {
       parentElement: range.parentElement(),
       text: range.text,