diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmlbaseelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmlbaseelement.rs
index f1224d37097..6f4a585b113 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/htmlbaseelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmlbaseelement.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 
 use dom::bindings::codegen::Bindings::HTMLBaseElementBinding;
 use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLBaseElementDerived;
+use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLElementCast;
 use dom::bindings::js::Root;
 use dom::document::Document;
 use dom::eventtarget::{EventTarget, EventTargetTypeId};
 use dom::element::ElementTypeId;
 use dom::htmlelement::{HTMLElement, HTMLElementTypeId};
 use dom::node::{Node, NodeTypeId};
+use dom::virtualmethods::VirtualMethods;
 use util::str::DOMString;
 
 #[dom_struct]
@@ -41,3 +43,8 @@ impl HTMLBaseElement {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> VirtualMethods for &'a HTMLBaseElement {
+    fn super_type<'b>(&'b self) -> Option<&'b VirtualMethods> {
+        Some(HTMLElementCast::from_borrowed_ref(self) as &VirtualMethods)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/script/dom/virtualmethods.rs b/components/script/dom/virtualmethods.rs
index 88cc024acd5..b67cbb69d4f 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/virtualmethods.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/virtualmethods.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::ElementCast;
 use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLAnchorElementCast;
 use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLAreaElementCast;
 use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLAppletElementCast;
+use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLBaseElementCast;
 use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLBodyElementCast;
 use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLButtonElementCast;
 use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::HTMLCanvasElementCast;
@@ -138,6 +139,10 @@ pub fn vtable_for<'a>(node: &'a &'a Node) -> &'a (VirtualMethods + 'a) {
             let element = HTMLAreaElementCast::to_borrowed_ref(node).unwrap();
             element as &'a (VirtualMethods + 'a)
         }
+        NodeTypeId::Element(ElementTypeId::HTMLElement(HTMLElementTypeId::HTMLBaseElement)) => {
+            let element = HTMLBaseElementCast::to_borrowed_ref(node).unwrap();
+            element as &'a (VirtualMethods + 'a)
+        }
         NodeTypeId::Element(ElementTypeId::HTMLElement(HTMLElementTypeId::HTMLBodyElement)) => {
             let element = HTMLBodyElementCast::to_borrowed_ref(node).unwrap();
             element as &'a (VirtualMethods + 'a)