diff --git a/lib/less/parser.js b/lib/less/parser.js
index 09899751..76867132 100644
--- a/lib/less/parser.js
+++ b/lib/less/parser.js
@@ -1343,9 +1343,13 @@ less.Parser = function Parser(env) {
             //
             combinator: function () {
                 var c = input.charAt(i);
-
-                if (c === '>' || c === '+' || c === '~' || c === '|') {
+                
+                if (c === '>' || c === '+' || c === '~' || c === '|' || c === '^') {
                     i++;
+                    if (input.charAt(i) === '^') {
+                        c = '^^';
+                        i++;
+                    }
                     while (isWhitespace(input, i)) { i++; }
                     return new(tree.Combinator)(c);
                 } else if (isWhitespace(input, i - 1)) {
diff --git a/lib/less/tree/element.js b/lib/less/tree/element.js
index a9b98738..3869f6c1 100644
--- a/lib/less/tree/element.js
+++ b/lib/less/tree/element.js
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ tree.Combinator.prototype = {
         '+' : ' + ',
         '~' : ' ~ ',
         '>' : ' > ',
-        '|' : '|'
+        '|' : '|',
+        '^' : ' ^ ',
+        '^^' : ' ^^ '
     },
     _outputMapCompressed: {
         ''  : '',
@@ -93,7 +95,9 @@ tree.Combinator.prototype = {
         '+' : '+',
         '~' : '~',
         '>' : '>',
-        '|' : '|'
+        '|' : '|',
+        '^' : '^',
+        '^^' : '^^'
     },
     genCSS: function (env, output) {
         output.add((env.compress ? this._outputMapCompressed : this._outputMap)[this.value]);
diff --git a/test/css/compression/compression.css b/test/css/compression/compression.css
index 8d6786e5..f9cc90a3 100644
--- a/test/css/compression/compression.css
+++ b/test/css/compression/compression.css
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #colours{color1:#fea;color2:#fea;color3:rgba(255,238,170,0.1);string:"#ffeeaa";/*! but not this type
       Note preserved whitespace
-  */}dimensions{val:.1px;val:0;val:4cm;val:.2;val:5;angles-must-have-unit:0deg;durations-must-have-unit:0s;length-doesnt-have-unit:0;width:auto\9}@page{marks:none;@top-left-corner{vertical-align:top}@top-left{vertical-align:top}}
\ No newline at end of file
+  */}dimensions{val:.1px;val:0;val:4cm;val:.2;val:5;angles-must-have-unit:0deg;durations-must-have-unit:0s;length-doesnt-have-unit:0;width:auto\9}@page{marks:none;@top-left-corner{vertical-align:top}@top-left{vertical-align:top}}.shadow^.dom,body^^.shadow{display:done}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/css/css-3.css b/test/css/css-3.css
index 93b0a001..4e1865db 100644
--- a/test/css/css-3.css
+++ b/test/css/css-3.css
@@ -123,3 +123,7 @@ h1 {
 ::distributed(input::placeholder) {
   color: #b3b3b3;
 }
+.shadow ^ .dom,
+body ^^ .shadow {
+  display: done;
+}
diff --git a/test/less/compression/compression.less b/test/less/compression/compression.less
index e6a0fe79..c196336a 100644
--- a/test/less/compression/compression.less
+++ b/test/less/compression/compression.less
@@ -29,4 +29,8 @@ dimensions {
 @top-left {
   vertical-align: top;
 }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+.shadow ^ .dom,
+body ^^ .shadow {
+  display: done;
+}
diff --git a/test/less/css-3.less b/test/less/css-3.less
index c31a6eb2..06a5d2c5 100644
--- a/test/less/css-3.less
+++ b/test/less/css-3.less
@@ -122,4 +122,8 @@ h1 { color: green; }
 }
 ::distributed(input::placeholder) {
   color: #b3b3b3;
+}
+.shadow ^ .dom,
+body ^^ .shadow {
+  display: done;
 }
\ No newline at end of file