diff --git a/src/Utils.js b/src/Utils.js
index 8b31148d1..15bc375bb 100644
--- a/src/Utils.js
+++ b/src/Utils.js
@@ -165,14 +165,27 @@ export function splitSelector(selector) {
   return selector.split(/(?=\.|\[.*\])|(?=#|\[#.*\])/);
 }
 
-export function isSimpleSelector(selector) {
-  // any of these characters pretty much guarantee it's a complex selector
-  return !/[~\s:>]/.test(selector);
+
+const containsQuotes = /'|"/;
+const containsColon = /:/;
+
+
+export function isPseudoClassSelector(selector) {
+  if (containsColon.test(selector)) {
+    if (!containsQuotes.test(selector)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    const tokens = selector.split(containsQuotes);
+    return tokens.some((token, i) =>
+      containsColon.test(token) && i % 2 === 0
+    );
+  }
+  return false;
 }
 
-export function selectorError(selector) {
+export function selectorError(selector, type = '') {
   return new TypeError(
-    `Enzyme received a complex CSS selector ('${selector}') that it does not currently support`
+    `Enzyme received a ${type} CSS selector ('${selector}') that it does not currently support`
   );
 }
 
@@ -187,6 +200,9 @@ export const SELECTOR = {
 };
 
 export function selectorType(selector) {
+  if (isPseudoClassSelector(selector)) {
+    throw selectorError(selector, 'pseudo-class');
+  }
   if (selector[0] === '.') {
     return SELECTOR.CLASS_TYPE;
   } else if (selector[0] === '#') {
diff --git a/test/ReactWrapper-spec.jsx b/test/ReactWrapper-spec.jsx
index 36d3911be..2adb8465e 100644
--- a/test/ReactWrapper-spec.jsx
+++ b/test/ReactWrapper-spec.jsx
@@ -390,12 +390,12 @@ describeWithDOM('mount', () => {
         React.createElement('div', null, React.createElement('span', {
           '123-foo': 'bar',
           '-foo': 'bar',
-          ':foo': 'bar',
+          '+foo': 'bar',
         }))
       );
 
       expect(wrapper.find('[-foo]')).to.have.length(0, '-foo');
-      expect(wrapper.find('[:foo]')).to.have.length(0, ':foo');
+      expect(wrapper.find('[+foo]')).to.have.length(0, '+foo');
       expect(wrapper.find('[123-foo]')).to.have.length(0, '123-foo');
     });
 
diff --git a/test/Utils-spec.jsx b/test/Utils-spec.jsx
index 358eed824..808ad355b 100644
--- a/test/Utils-spec.jsx
+++ b/test/Utils-spec.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   coercePropValue,
   getNode,
   nodeEqual,
-  isSimpleSelector,
+  isPseudoClassSelector,
   propFromEvent,
   SELECTOR,
   selectorType,
@@ -246,39 +246,43 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
   });
 
 
-  describe('isSimpleSelector', () => {
+  describe('isPseudoClassSelector', () => {
+
 
     describe('prohibited selectors', () => {
-      function isComplex(selector) {
+      function isNotPseudo(selector) {
         it(selector, () => {
-          expect(isSimpleSelector(selector)).to.equal(false);
+          expect(isPseudoClassSelector(selector)).to.equal(false);
         });
       }
-
-      isComplex('.foo .bar');
-      isComplex(':visible');
-      isComplex('.foo>.bar');
-      isComplex('.foo > .bar');
-      isComplex('.foo~.bar');
-
+      isNotPseudo('.foo');
+      isNotPseudo('div');
+      isNotPseudo('.foo .bar');
+      isNotPseudo('[hover]');
+      isNotPseudo('[checked=""]');
+      isNotPseudo('[checked=":checked"]');
+      isNotPseudo('[checked=\':checked\']');
+      isNotPseudo('.foo>.bar');
+      isNotPseudo('.foo > .bar');
+      isNotPseudo('.foo~.bar');
+      isNotPseudo('#foo');
     });
 
     describe('allowed selectors', () => {
-      function isSimple(selector) {
+      function isPseudo(selector) {
         it(selector, () => {
-          expect(isSimpleSelector(selector)).to.equal(true);
+          expect(isPseudoClassSelector(selector)).to.equal(true);
         });
       }
-
-      isSimple('.foo');
-      isSimple('.foo-and-foo');
-      isSimple('input[foo="bar"]');
-      isSimple('input[foo="bar"][bar="baz"][baz="foo"]');
-      isSimple('.FoOaNdFoO');
-      isSimple('tag');
-      isSimple('.foo.bar');
-      isSimple('input.foo');
-
+      isPseudo(':checked');
+      isPseudo(':focus');
+      isPseudo(':hover');
+      isPseudo(':disabled');
+      isPseudo(':any');
+      isPseudo(':last-child');
+      isPseudo(':nth-child(1)');
+      isPseudo('div:checked');
+      isPseudo('[data-foo=":hover"]:hover');
     });
 
   });