diff --git a/lib/oga/css/parser.y b/lib/oga/css/parser.y
index be33899..b7504e2 100644
--- a/lib/oga/css/parser.y
+++ b/lib/oga/css/parser.y
@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ rule
 
   selectors
     : selector
-    | selectors_ { s(:path, *val[0]) }
+      {
+        # a single "+ y" selector
+        if val[0].is_a?(Array)
+          return s(:path, *val[0])
+        else
+          return val[0]
+        end
+      }
+    | selectors_ { s(:path, *val[0].flatten) }
     ;
 
   selectors_
@@ -41,9 +49,21 @@ rule
     ;
 
   axis
-    : T_GREATER axis_selector { s(:axis, 'child', val[1]) }
-    | T_TILDE axis_selector   { s(:axis, 'following', val[1]) }
-    | T_PLUS axis_selector    { s(:axis, 'following-direct', val[1]) }
+    : T_GREATER axis_selector
+      {
+        s(:axis, 'child', val[1])
+      }
+    | T_TILDE axis_selector
+      {
+        s(:axis, 'following-sibling', val[1])
+      }
+    | T_PLUS axis_selector
+      {
+        [
+          s(:axis, 'following-sibling', s(:test, nil, '*', s(:int, 1))),
+          s(:axis, 'self', val[1])
+        ]
+      }
     ;
 
   axis_selector
diff --git a/spec/oga/css/parser/axes_spec.rb b/spec/oga/css/parser/axes_spec.rb
index b5703aa..80f655b 100644
--- a/spec/oga/css/parser/axes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/oga/css/parser/axes_spec.rb
@@ -18,23 +18,20 @@ describe Oga::CSS::Parser do
 
     example 'parse an > axis followed by an element with a class' do
       parse_css('x > foo.bar').should == parse_xpath(
-        'descendant-or-self::x/foo[contains(concat(" ", @class, " "), "bar")]'
+        'descendant-or-self::x/foo[contains(concat(" ", @class, " "), " bar ")]'
       )
     end
 
     example 'parse the + axis' do
-      parse_css('x + y').should == s(
-        :following_direct,
-        s(:test, nil, 'x'),
-        s(:test, nil, 'y')
+      parse_css('x + y').should == parse_xpath(
+        'descendant-or-self::x/following-sibling::*[1]/self::y'
       )
     end
 
     example 'parse the + axis called on another + axis' do
-      parse_css('a + b + c').should == s(
-        :following_direct,
-        s(:following_direct, s(:test, nil, 'a'), s(:test, nil, 'b')),
-        s(:test, nil, 'c')
+      parse_css('a + b + c').should == parse_xpath(
+        'descendant-or-self::a/following-sibling::*[1]/self::b/' \
+          'following-sibling::*[1]/self::c'
       )
     end
 
@@ -46,7 +43,7 @@ describe Oga::CSS::Parser do
 
     example 'parse the ~ axis followed by another node test' do
       parse_css('x ~ y z').should == parse_xpath(
-        'descendant-or-self::x/following-sibling::y/z'
+        'descendant-or-self::x/following-sibling::y/descendant-or-self::z'
       )
     end
 
@@ -55,21 +52,5 @@ describe Oga::CSS::Parser do
         'descendant-or-self::a/following-sibling::b/following-sibling::c'
       )
     end
-
-    example 'parse a pseudo class followed by the ~ axis' do
-      parse_css('x:root ~ a').should == s(
-        :following,
-        s(:pseudo, s(:test, nil, 'x'), 'root'),
-        s(:test, nil, 'a')
-      )
-    end
-
-    example 'parse the ~ axis followed by a pseudo class' do
-      parse_css('a ~ x:root').should == s(
-        :following,
-        s(:test, nil, 'a'),
-        s(:pseudo, s(:test, nil, 'x'), 'root')
-      )
-    end
   end
 end