diff --git a/lib/soupselect.js b/lib/soupselect.js
index 1f1142b..d60969d 100644
--- a/lib/soupselect.js
+++ b/lib/soupselect.js
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ var tagRe = /^[a-z0-9]+$/;
      |   Attribute 
     Tag
 */
-var attrSelectRe = /^(\w+)?\[(\w+)([=~\|\^\$\*]?)=?"?([^\]"]*)"?\]$/;
+var attrSelectRe = /^(\w+)?((?:\[(?:[\w:]+)(?:[=~\|\^\$\*]?)=?"?(?:[^\]"]*)"?\])+)$/;
+var attrSelectReInt = /^\[([\w:]+)([=~\|\^\$\*]?)=?"?([^\]"]*)"?\](.*)/;
 
 /**
 Takes an operator and a value and returns a function which can be used to
@@ -47,6 +48,12 @@ function makeValueChecker(operator, value) {
 
 }
 
+function combine(f1, f2) {
+    if (f1 === undefined) return f2;
+    return function(test_value) {return f1(test_value) && f2(test_value)};
+}
+
+
 /**
 Takes a dom tree or part of one from htmlparser and applies
 the provided selector against. The returned value is also
@@ -64,11 +71,16 @@ exports.select = function(dom, selector) {
         // Attribute selectors
         var match = attrSelectRe.exec(tokens[i]);
         if ( match ) {
-            var attribute = match[2], operator = match[3], value = match[4];
+            // var match_count = (match.length - 1)/3;
             tag = match[1];
-            options = {};
-            options[attribute] = makeValueChecker(operator, value);
-            
+            var predicates = function(str, options) {
+                if (str === '') return options;
+                var matchInt = attrSelectReInt.exec(str);
+                var attribute = matchInt[1], operator = matchInt[2], value = matchInt[3];
+                options[attribute] = combine(options[attribute],makeValueChecker(operator, value));
+                return predicates(matchInt[4], options);
+            };
+            options = predicates(match[2], {});
             found = [];
             for (var j = 0; j < currentContext.length; j++ ) {
                 found = found.concat(domUtils.getElements(options, currentContext[j]));