diff --git a/spec/app/text-mate-scope-selector-spec.coffee b/spec/app/text-mate-scope-selector-spec.coffee
index b3348c371..a189fdc21 100644
--- a/spec/app/text-mate-scope-selector-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/text-mate-scope-selector-spec.coffee
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ describe "TextMateScopeSelector", ->
     expect(new TextMateScopeSelector('(a,b) | (c, d)').matches(['c'])).toBeTruthy()
     expect(new TextMateScopeSelector('(a,b) | (c, d)').matches(['d'])).toBeTruthy()
     expect(new TextMateScopeSelector('(a,b) | (c, d)').matches(['e'])).toBeFalsy()
+
+  it "matches paths", ->
+    expect(new TextMateScopeSelector('a b').matches(['a', 'b'])).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(new TextMateScopeSelector('a b').matches(['b', 'a'])).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(new TextMateScopeSelector('a c').matches(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(new TextMateScopeSelector('a b e').matches(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'])).toBeTruthy()
diff --git a/src/app/text-mate-scope-selector-pattern.pegjs b/src/app/text-mate-scope-selector-pattern.pegjs
index 7b5285b1d..c92993b9e 100644
--- a/src/app/text-mate-scope-selector-pattern.pegjs
+++ b/src/app/text-mate-scope-selector-pattern.pegjs
@@ -39,8 +39,26 @@ scope
     }
   }
 
+path
+  = first:scope others:(_ scope)* {
+    return function(scopes) {
+      var scopeMatchers = [first];
+      for (var i = 0; i < others.length; i++)
+        scopeMatchers.push(others[i][1]);
+
+      var matcher = scopeMatchers.shift();
+      for (var i = 0; i < scopes.length; i++) {
+        if (matcher(scopes[i]))
+          matcher = scopeMatchers.shift();
+        if (!matcher)
+          return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
 expression
-  = scope
+  = path
 
   / "(" _ selector:selector _ ")" {
     return selector;