diff --git a/src/traversing.js b/src/traversing.js
index e0f40151..8c4b4ef8 100644
--- a/src/traversing.js
+++ b/src/traversing.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 	add: function( selector, context ) {
 		var set = typeof selector === "string" ?
 				jQuery( selector, context ) :
-				jQuery.makeArray( selector ),
+				jQuery.makeArray( selector && selector.nodeType ? [ selector ] : selector ),
 			all = jQuery.merge( this.get(), set );
 
 		return this.pushStack( isDisconnected( set[0] ) || isDisconnected( all[0] ) ?
diff --git a/test/unit/traversing.js b/test/unit/traversing.js
index 109a9aa6..7e1ee6ff 100644
--- a/test/unit/traversing.js
+++ b/test/unit/traversing.js
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ test("contents()", function() {
 });
 
 test("add(String|Element|Array|undefined)", function() {
-	expect(16);
+	expect(17);
 	same( jQuery("#sndp").add("#en").add("#sap").get(), q("sndp", "en", "sap"), "Check elements from document" );
 	same( jQuery("#sndp").add( jQuery("#en")[0] ).add( jQuery("#sap") ).get(), q("sndp", "en", "sap"), "Check elements from document" );
 	ok( jQuery([]).add(jQuery("#form")[0].elements).length >= 13, "Check elements from array" );
@@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ test("add(String|Element|Array|undefined)", function() {
 	var notDefined;
 	equals( jQuery([]).add(notDefined).length, 0, "Check that undefined adds nothing" );
 
-	ok( jQuery([]).add( document.getElementById("form") ).length >= 13, "Add a form (adds the elements)" );
+	equals( jQuery([]).add( document.getElementById("form") ).length, 1, "Add a form" );
+	equals( jQuery([]).add( document.getElementById("select1") ).length, 1, "Add a select" );
 });
 
 test("add(String, Context)", function() {