diff --git a/packages/minimongo/minimongo_tests.js b/packages/minimongo/minimongo_tests.js
index 973152f0db..76b9e25b0d 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/minimongo_tests.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/minimongo_tests.js
@@ -1135,6 +1135,12 @@ Tinytest.add("minimongo - selector_compiler", function (test) {
         {a: [{x: 1, b: 1}]});
   match({a: {$elemMatch: {$or: [{a: 1}, {b: 1}], x: 1}}},
         {a: [{x: 1, b: 1}]});
+  match({a: {$elemMatch: {$or: [{a: 1}, {b: 1}]}}},
+        {a: [{x: 1, b: 1}]});
+  match({a: {$elemMatch: {$or: [{a: 1}, {b: 1}]}}},
+        {a: [{x: 1, b: 1}]});
+  match({a: {$elemMatch: {$and: [{b: 1}, {x: 1}]}}},
+        {a: [{x: 1, b: 1}]});
   nomatch({a: {$elemMatch: {x: 1, $or: [{a: 1}, {b: 1}]}}},
           {a: [{b: 1}]});
   nomatch({a: {$elemMatch: {x: 1, $or: [{a: 1}, {b: 1}]}}},
@@ -1142,6 +1148,15 @@ Tinytest.add("minimongo - selector_compiler", function (test) {
   nomatch({a: {$elemMatch: {x: 1, $or: [{a: 1}, {b: 1}]}}},
           {a: [{x: 1}, {b: 1}]});
 
+  test.throws(function () {
+    match({a: {$elemMatch: {$gte: 1, $or: [{a: 1}, {b: 1}]}}},
+          {a: [{x: 1, b: 1}]});
+  });
+
+  test.throws(function () {
+    match({x: {$elemMatch: {$and: [{$gt: 5, $lt: 9}]}}}, {x: [8]});
+  });
+
   // $comment
   match({a: 5, $comment: "asdf"}, {a: 5});
   nomatch({a: 6, $comment: "asdf"}, {a: 5});
diff --git a/packages/minimongo/selector.js b/packages/minimongo/selector.js
index be9c9df281..145487be82 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/selector.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/selector.js
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ ELEMENT_OPERATORS = {
         throw Error("$elemMatch need an object");
 
       var subMatcher, isDocMatcher;
-      if (isOperatorObject(operand, true)) {
+      if (isOperatorObject(_.omit(operand, _.keys(LOGICAL_OPERATORS)), true)) {
         subMatcher = compileValueSelector(operand, matcher);
         isDocMatcher = false;
       } else {