diff --git a/build/test/data/with_fries.xml b/build/test/data/with_fries.xml
index 30ae2073..88e0e49d 100644
--- a/build/test/data/with_fries.xml
+++ b/build/test/data/with_fries.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 							<property name="prop2">
 								<thing att="something" />
 							</property>
+							<foo_bar>foo</foo_bar>
 						</properties>
 					</component>
 				</meta>
diff --git a/src/selector/selectorTest.js b/src/selector/selectorTest.js
index 9e646ce9..ac07bf32 100644
--- a/src/selector/selectorTest.js
+++ b/src/selector/selectorTest.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module("selector");
 
 test("element", function() {
-	expect(9);
+	expect(8);
 	ok( $("*").size() >= 30, "Select all" );
 	t( "Element Selector", "p", ["firstp","ap","sndp","en","sap","first"] );
 	t( "Element Selector", "body", ["body"] );
@@ -11,10 +11,19 @@ test("element", function() {
 	
 	ok( $("#length").length, '&lt;input name="length"&gt; cannot be found under IE, see #945' );
 	ok( $("#lengthtest input").length, '&lt;input name="length"&gt; cannot be found under IE, see #945' );
-
-	t( "Element Selector with underscore", "foo_bar", ["foobar"] );
 });
 
+if ( location.protocol != "file:" ) {
+	test("Element Selector with underscore", function() {
+		expect(1);
+		stop();
+		$.get("data/with_fries.xml", function(xml) {
+			ok( $("foo_bar", xml).length == 1, "Element Selector with underscore" );
+			start();
+		});
+	});
+}
+
 test("broken", function() {
 	expect(7);
 	t( "Broken Selector", "[", [] );