diff --git a/lib/checks/aria/required-parent.js b/lib/checks/aria/required-parent.js
index d227f0635d..5a4ef3614f 100644
--- a/lib/checks/aria/required-parent.js
+++ b/lib/checks/aria/required-parent.js
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ function getAriaOwners(element) {
 	while (element) {
 		if (element.getAttribute('id')) {
 			const id = axe.commons.utils.escapeSelector(element.getAttribute('id'));
-			o = document.querySelector(`[aria-owns~=${id}]`);
+			let doc = axe.commons.dom.getRootNode(element);
+			o = doc.querySelector(`[aria-owns~=${id}]`);
 			if (o) { owners.push(o); }
 		}
 		element = element.parentElement;
diff --git a/test/checks/aria/required-parent.js b/test/checks/aria/required-parent.js
index aef8f598ae..e105231c9f 100644
--- a/test/checks/aria/required-parent.js
+++ b/test/checks/aria/required-parent.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ describe('aria-required-parent', function () {
 	'use strict';
 
 	var fixture = document.getElementById('fixture');
+	var shadowSupported = axe.testUtils.shadowSupport.v1;
 
 	var checkContext = {
 		_data: null,
@@ -10,47 +11,93 @@ describe('aria-required-parent', function () {
 		}
 	};
 
+	var checkSetup = axe.testUtils.checkSetup;
+
 	afterEach(function () {
 		fixture.innerHTML = '';
 		checkContext._data = null;
 	});
 
 	it('should detect missing required parent', function () {
-		fixture.innerHTML = '<div><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>';
-		var node = fixture.querySelector('#target');
-		assert.isFalse(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.call(checkContext, node));
+		var params = checkSetup('<div><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>');
+		assert.isFalse(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
+		assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, ['list']);
+	});
+
+	(shadowSupported ? it : xit)
+	('should detect missing required parent across shadow boundary', function () {
+		fixture.innerHTML = '<div id="target"></div>';
+
+		var shadowRoot = document.querySelector('#target').attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+		shadowRoot.innerHTML = '<p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p>';
+
+		var tree = axe._tree = axe.utils.getFlattenedTree(fixture);
+		var shadowContent = shadowRoot.querySelector('#target');
+		var virtualTarget = axe.utils.getNodeFromTree(tree[0], shadowContent);
+
+		var params = [shadowContent, undefined, virtualTarget];
+		assert.isFalse(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
 		assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, ['list']);
 	});
 
 	it('should pass when required parent is present in an ancestral aria-owns context', function () {
-		fixture.innerHTML = '<div role="list" ><div aria-owns="parent"></div></div><div id="parent"><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>';
-		var node = fixture.querySelector('#target');
-		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.call(checkContext, node));
+		var snippet = '<div role="list"><div aria-owns="parent"></div></div>'+
+			'<div id="parent"><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>';
+		var params = checkSetup(snippet);
+		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
 	});
 
 	it('should fail when wrong role is present in an aria-owns context', function () {
-		fixture.innerHTML = '<div role="menu" ><div aria-owns="target"></div></div><div><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>';
-		var node = fixture.querySelector('#target');
-		assert.isFalse(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.call(checkContext, node));
+		var params = checkSetup(
+			'<div role="menu"><div aria-owns="target"></div></div>' +
+			'<div><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>'
+		);
+		assert.isFalse(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
 		assert.deepEqual(checkContext._data, ['list']);
 	});
 
-
 	it('should pass when required parent is present in an aria-owns context', function () {
-		fixture.innerHTML = '<div role="list" aria-owns="target"></div><div><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>';
-		var node = fixture.querySelector('#target');
-		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.call(checkContext, node));
+		var params = checkSetup('<div role="list" aria-owns="target"></div><div><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>');
+		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
 	});
 
 	it('should pass when at least one required parent of multiple is present', function () {
-		fixture.innerHTML = '<div role="grid" ><p role="row" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>';
-		var node = fixture.querySelector('#target');
-		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.call(checkContext, node));
+		var params = checkSetup('<div role="grid"><p role="row" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>');
+		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
 	});
+
 	it('should pass when required parent is present', function () {
-		fixture.innerHTML = '<div role="list" ><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>';
-		var node = fixture.querySelector('#target');
-		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.call(checkContext, node));
+		var params = checkSetup('<div role="list"><p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p></div>');
+		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
 	});
 
+	(shadowSupported ? it : xit)
+	('should pass when required parent is present across shadow boundary', function () {
+		fixture.innerHTML = '<div role="list" id="parent"></div>';
+
+		var shadowRoot = document.querySelector('#parent').attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+		shadowRoot.innerHTML = '<p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p>';
+
+		var tree = axe._tree = axe.utils.getFlattenedTree(fixture);
+		var shadowContent = shadowRoot.querySelector('#target');
+		var virtualTarget = axe.utils.getNodeFromTree(tree[0], shadowContent);
+
+		var params = [shadowContent, undefined, virtualTarget];
+		assert.isTrue(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
+	});
+
+	(shadowSupported ? it : xit)
+	('should fail when aria-owns context crosses shadow boundary', function () {
+		fixture.innerHTML = '<div id="parent"><div role="list" aria-owns="target"></div></div>';
+
+		var shadowRoot = document.querySelector('#parent').attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+		shadowRoot.innerHTML = '<p role="listitem" id="target">Nothing here.</p>';
+
+		var tree = axe._tree = axe.utils.getFlattenedTree(fixture);
+		var shadowContent = shadowRoot.querySelector('#target');
+		var virtualTarget = axe.utils.getNodeFromTree(tree[0], shadowContent);
+
+		var params = [shadowContent, undefined, virtualTarget];
+		assert.isFalse(checks['aria-required-parent'].evaluate.apply(checkContext, params));
+	});
 });