diff --git a/scrapy/selector/csssel.py b/scrapy/selector/csssel.py
index d5b571bae..90a3261df 100644
--- a/scrapy/selector/csssel.py
+++ b/scrapy/selector/csssel.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from cssselect import GenericTranslator, HTMLTranslator
-from cssselect.xpath import XPathExpr, ExpressionError
+from cssselect.xpath import _unicode_safe_getattr, XPathExpr, ExpressionError
+from cssselect.parser import FunctionalPseudoElement
 from scrapy.selector import XPathSelector, HtmlXPathSelector, XmlXPathSelector
 
 
@@ -57,6 +58,33 @@ class TranslatorMixin(object):
         value = function.arguments[0].value
         return ScrapyXPathExpr.from_xpath(xpath, attribute=value)
 
+    def xpath_pseudo_element(self, xpath, pseudo_element):
+        if isinstance(pseudo_element, FunctionalPseudoElement):
+            method = 'xpath_%s_functional_pseudo_element' % (
+                pseudo_element.name.replace('-', '_'))
+            method = _unicode_safe_getattr(self, method, None)
+            if not method:
+                raise ExpressionError(
+                    "The functional pseudo-element ::%s() is unknown"
+                % pseudo_element.name)
+            xpath = method(xpath, pseudo_element)
+        else:
+            method = 'xpath_%s_simple_pseudo_element' % (
+                pseudo_element.replace('-', '_'))
+            method = _unicode_safe_getattr(self, method, None)
+            if not method:
+                raise ExpressionError(
+                    "The pseudo-element ::%s is unknown"
+                    % pseudo_element)
+            xpath = method(xpath)
+        return xpath
+
+    def xpath_attribute_functional_pseudo_element(self, xpath, arguments):
+        return self.xpath_attribute_function(xpath, arguments)
+
+    def xpath_text_simple_pseudo_element(self, xpath):
+        return self.xpath_text_pseudo(xpath)
+
 
 class ScrapyGenericTranslator(TranslatorMixin, GenericTranslator):
     pass
diff --git a/scrapy/tests/test_selector_cssselect.py b/scrapy/tests/test_selector_cssselect.py
index f406a80ee..058ebc783 100644
--- a/scrapy/tests/test_selector_cssselect.py
+++ b/scrapy/tests/test_selector_cssselect.py
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ class TranslatorMixinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         for css, xpath in cases:
             self.assertEqual(self.c2x(css), xpath, css)
 
+    def test_attribute_function2(self):
+        cases = [
+            ('::attribute(name)', u'descendant-or-self::*/@name'),
+            ('a::attribute(name)', u'descendant-or-self::a/@name'),
+            ('a ::attribute(name)', u'descendant-or-self::a/descendant-or-self::*/@name'),
+            ('a > ::attribute(name)', u'descendant-or-self::a/*/@name'),
+        ]
+        for css, xpath in cases:
+            self.assertEqual(self.c2x(css), xpath, css)
+
     def test_text_pseudo_element(self):
         cases = [
             (':text', u'descendant-or-self::text()'),
@@ -77,6 +87,22 @@ class TranslatorMixinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         for css, xpath in cases:
             self.assertEqual(self.c2x(css), xpath, css)
 
+    def test_text_pseudo_element2(self):
+        cases = [
+            ('::text', u'descendant-or-self::text()'),
+            ('p::text', u'descendant-or-self::p/text()'),
+            ('p ::text', u'descendant-or-self::p/descendant-or-self::text()'),
+            ('#id::text', u"descendant-or-self::*[@id = 'id']/text()"),
+            ('p#id::text', u"descendant-or-self::p[@id = 'id']/text()"),
+            ('p#id ::text', u"descendant-or-self::p[@id = 'id']/descendant-or-self::text()"),
+            ('p#id > ::text', u"descendant-or-self::p[@id = 'id']/*/text()"),
+            ('p#id ~ ::text', u"descendant-or-self::p[@id = 'id']/following-sibling::*/text()"),
+            ('a[href]::text', u'descendant-or-self::a[@href]/text()'),
+            ('a[href] ::text', u'descendant-or-self::a[@href]/descendant-or-self::text()'),
+            ('p:text, a::text', u"descendant-or-self::p/text() | descendant-or-self::a/text()"),
+        ]
+        for css, xpath in cases:
+            self.assertEqual(self.c2x(css), xpath, css)
 
 class HTMLCSSSelectorTest(unittest.TestCase):