diff --git a/packages/puppeteer-core/src/injected/PQuerySelector.ts b/packages/puppeteer-core/src/injected/PQuerySelector.ts
index 57f65d9a..07b30245 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer-core/src/injected/PQuerySelector.ts
+++ b/packages/puppeteer-core/src/injected/PQuerySelector.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ class PQueryEngine {
   }
 }
 
+type QueryableNode = {
+  querySelectorAll: typeof Document.prototype.querySelectorAll;
+};
+
 /**
  * Queries the given node for all nodes matching the given text selector.
  *
@@ -180,8 +184,9 @@ export const pQuerySelectorAll = async function* (
   selector: string
 ): AwaitableIterable<Node> {
   let selectors: ComplexPSelectorList;
+  let isPureCSS: boolean;
   try {
-    selectors = parsePSelectors(selector);
+    [selectors, isPureCSS] = parsePSelectors(selector);
   } catch (error) {
     if (!isErrorLike(error)) {
       throw new SelectorError(selector, String(error));
@@ -189,6 +194,11 @@ export const pQuerySelectorAll = async function* (
     throw new SelectorError(selector, error.message);
   }
 
+  if (isPureCSS) {
+    yield* (root as unknown as QueryableNode).querySelectorAll(selector);
+    return;
+  }
+
   // If there are any empty elements, then this implies the selector has
   // contiguous combinators (e.g. `>>> >>>>`) or starts/ends with one which we
   // treat as illegal, similar to existing behavior.
diff --git a/packages/puppeteer-core/src/injected/PSelectorParser.ts b/packages/puppeteer-core/src/injected/PSelectorParser.ts
index d0c3d371..7efe50a2 100644
--- a/packages/puppeteer-core/src/injected/PSelectorParser.ts
+++ b/packages/puppeteer-core/src/injected/PSelectorParser.ts
@@ -75,10 +75,13 @@ const unquote = (text: string): string => {
   return text;
 };
 
-export function parsePSelectors(selector: string): ComplexPSelectorList {
+export function parsePSelectors(
+  selector: string
+): [selector: ComplexPSelectorList, isPureCSS: boolean] {
+  let isPureCSS = true;
   const tokens = tokenize(selector);
   if (tokens.length === 0) {
-    return [];
+    return [[], isPureCSS];
   }
   let compoundSelector: CompoundPSelector = [];
   let complexSelector: ComplexPSelector = [compoundSelector];
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ export function parsePSelectors(selector: string): ComplexPSelectorList {
       case 'combinator':
         switch (token.content) {
           case '>>>':
+            isPureCSS = false;
             if (storage.length) {
               compoundSelector.push(storage.toStringAndClear());
             }
@@ -97,6 +101,7 @@ export function parsePSelectors(selector: string): ComplexPSelectorList {
             complexSelector.push(compoundSelector);
             continue;
           case '>>>>':
+            isPureCSS = false;
             if (storage.length) {
               compoundSelector.push(storage.toStringAndClear());
             }
@@ -110,6 +115,7 @@ export function parsePSelectors(selector: string): ComplexPSelectorList {
         if (!token.name.startsWith('-p-')) {
           break;
         }
+        isPureCSS = false;
         if (storage.length) {
           compoundSelector.push(storage.toStringAndClear());
         }
@@ -132,5 +138,5 @@ export function parsePSelectors(selector: string): ComplexPSelectorList {
   if (storage.length) {
     compoundSelector.push(storage.toStringAndClear());
   }
-  return selectors;
+  return [selectors, isPureCSS];
 }