diff --git a/packages/minimongo/minimongo_tests.js b/packages/minimongo/minimongo_tests.js
index ec3cf13f4a..92ce8e69f4 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/minimongo_tests.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/minimongo_tests.js
@@ -795,9 +795,12 @@ Tinytest.add("minimongo - selector_compiler", function (test) {
   match({$where: "_.isArray(this.a)"}, {a: []});
   nomatch({$where: "_.isArray(this.a)"}, {a: 1});
 
+  match({"dogs.0.name": "Fido"}, {dogs: [{name: "Fido"}, {name: "Rex"}]});
+  match({"dogs.1.name": "Rex"}, {dogs: [{name: "Fido"}, {name: "Rex"}]});
+  nomatch({"dogs.1.name": "Fido"}, {dogs: [{name: "Fido"}, {name: "Rex"}]});
+
   // XXX still needs tests:
   // - $elemMatch
-  // - people.2.name
   // - non-scalar arguments to $gt, $lt, etc
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/minimongo/selector.js b/packages/minimongo/selector.js
index 5d1dfe7b99..e462b5e611 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/selector.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/selector.js
@@ -291,8 +291,6 @@ LocalCollection._selectorIsId = function (selector) {
   return (typeof selector === "string") || (typeof selector === "number");
 };
 
-// XXX implement ordinal indexing: 'people.2.name'
-
 // Given an arbitrary Mongo-style query selector, return an expression
 // that evaluates to true if the document in 'doc' matches the
 // selector, else false.
@@ -396,19 +394,31 @@ LocalCollection._exprForKeypathPredicate = function (keypath, value, literals) {
   // drilling down through the dotted parts
   var ret = '';
   var innermost = true;
+  var lastPartWasNumber = false;
   while (keyparts.length) {
     var part = keyparts.pop();
+    var thisPartIsNumber = false;
+    if (/^\d+/.test(part)) {
+      part = +part;
+      thisPartIsNumber = true;
+    }
     var formal = keyparts.length ? "x" : "doc";
     if (innermost) {
       ret = '(function(x){return ' + predcode + ';})(' + formal + '&&' + formal + '[' +
         JSON.stringify(part) + '])';
       innermost = false;
+    } else if (lastPartWasNumber) {
+      // The last part was an array index, so if we find an array here we
+      // shouldn't search it!
+      ret = '(function(x){return ' + ret + ';})(' + formal + '&&' + formal + '[' +
+        JSON.stringify(part) + '])';
     } else {
-      // for all but the innermost level of a dotted expression,
-      // if the runtime type is an array, search it
+      // If the runtime type is an array, search it, unless we're already at the
+      // innermost bit, or if the next part is a number (ie, an array index).
       ret = 'f._matches(' + formal + '&&' + formal + '[' + JSON.stringify(part) +
         '], function(x){return ' + ret + ';})';
     }
+    lastPartWasNumber = thisPartIsNumber;
   }
 
   return ret;