diff --git a/src/servo/css/select_handler.rs b/src/servo/css/select_handler.rs
index 0ac1ba30b1c..e3df15afce4 100644
--- a/src/servo/css/select_handler.rs
+++ b/src/servo/css/select_handler.rs
@@ -66,4 +66,27 @@ impl NodeSelectHandler: SelectHandler<Node> {
     fn node_is_root(node: &Node) -> bool {
         self.parent_node(node).is_none()
     }
+
+    fn node_id(node: &Node) -> Option<~str> {
+        do node.read |data| {
+            match *data.kind {
+                Element(ref data) => data.get_attr("id"),
+                _ => fail ~"attempting to style non-element node"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn node_has_id(node: &Node, id: &str) -> bool {
+        do node.read |data| {
+            match *data.kind {
+                Element(ref data) => {
+                    match data.get_attr("id") {
+                        None => false,
+                        Some(existing_id) => str::eq_slice(id, existing_id)
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => fail ~"attempting to style non-element node"
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }