diff --git a/src/lib/style-transformer.html b/src/lib/style-transformer.html
index fc493f9521..db3e996e66 100644
--- a/src/lib/style-transformer.html
+++ b/src/lib/style-transformer.html
@@ -237,19 +237,24 @@
       _transformHostSelector: function(selector, hostScope) {
         var m = selector.match(HOST_PAREN);
         var paren = m && m[2].trim() || '';
-        if (paren && !paren[0].match(SIMPLE_SELECTOR_PREFIX)) {
-          // paren starts with a type selector
-          var typeSelector = paren.split(SIMPLE_SELECTOR_PREFIX)[0];
-          // if the type selector is our hostScope then avoid pre-pending it
-          if (typeSelector === hostScope) {
-            return paren;
-          // otherwise, this selector should not match in this scope so
-          // output a bogus selector.
+        if (paren) { 
+          if (!paren[0].match(SIMPLE_SELECTOR_PREFIX)) {
+            // paren starts with a type selector
+            var typeSelector = paren.split(SIMPLE_SELECTOR_PREFIX)[0];
+            // if the type selector is our hostScope then avoid pre-pending it
+            if (typeSelector === hostScope) {
+              return paren;
+            // otherwise, this selector should not match in this scope so
+            // output a bogus selector.
+            } else {
+              return SELECTOR_NO_MATCH;
+            }
           } else {
-            return SELECTOR_NO_MATCH;
+            return hostScope + paren;    
           }
+        } else {
+          return selector.replace(HOST, hostScope);
         }
-        return hostScope + paren;
       },
 
       documentRule: function(rule) {