diff --git a/src/selector-attribute.ts b/src/selector-attribute.ts
index 15aab9c1e..4522415d6 100644
--- a/src/selector-attribute.ts
+++ b/src/selector-attribute.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,16 @@ export const ATTRIBUTE_BLACKLIST = convertMatchListToRegExp([
 ])
 
 /**
- * Get attribute selectors for an element.
+ * Get simplified attribute selector for an element.
+ */
+export function attributeNodeToSimplifiedSelector ({
+  nodeName
+}: Node): CssSelector {
+  return `[${nodeName}]`
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get attribute selector for an element.
  */
 export function attributeNodeToSelector ({
   nodeName,
@@ -31,9 +40,13 @@ export function isValidAttributeNode ({nodeName}: Node): boolean {
  * Get attribute selectors for an element.
  */
 export function getElementAttributeSelectors (element: Element): CssSelector[] {
-  return Array.from(element.attributes)
+  const validAttributes = Array.from(element.attributes)
     .filter(isValidAttributeNode)
-    .map(attributeNodeToSelector)
+    return [
+      ...validAttributes.map(attributeNodeToSimplifiedSelector),
+      ...validAttributes.map(attributeNodeToSelector)
+    ]
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/selector-attribute.spec.js b/test/selector-attribute.spec.js
index bad213829..7408b19bf 100644
--- a/test/selector-attribute.spec.js
+++ b/test/selector-attribute.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {assert} from 'chai'
+import getCssSelector from '../src'
 import {getAttributeSelectors} from '../src/selector-attribute.ts'
 
 describe('selector - attribute', function () {
@@ -16,9 +17,18 @@ describe('selector - attribute', function () {
   it('should generate attribute selectors', function () {
     root.innerHTML = '<div aaa="bbb" ccc="ddd"></div>'
     const result = getAttributeSelectors([root.firstElementChild])
-    assert.lengthOf(result, 2)
-    assert.include(result, "[aaa='bbb']")
-    assert.include(result, '[ccc=\'ddd\']')
+    assert.sameMembers(result, [
+      '[aaa]',
+      "[aaa='bbb']",
+      '[ccc]',
+      "[ccc='ddd']"
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('should put simplified selector before full selector', () => {
+    root.innerHTML = '<div aaa="bbb"></div>'
+    const result = getAttributeSelectors([root.firstElementChild])
+    assert.sameOrderedMembers(result, ['[aaa]', "[aaa='bbb']"])
   })
 
   it('should ignore ID attribute', function () {
@@ -60,9 +70,26 @@ describe('selector - attribute', function () {
     const elements = root.querySelectorAll('div')
     const withIntersection = getAttributeSelectors([elements[0], elements[1]])
     const noIntersection = getAttributeSelectors([elements[0], elements[2]])
-    assert.sameMembers(withIntersection, ["[aaa='bbb']"])
+    assert.sameMembers(withIntersection, ['[aaa]', "[aaa='bbb']"])
     assert.sameMembers(noIntersection, [])
   })
 
+  it('should prefer simplified selector if possible', () => {
+    root.innerHTML = `
+      <div aaa="bbb"></div>
+      <div ccc="ddd"></div>
+    `
+    const result = getCssSelector(root.firstElementChild)
+    assert.equal(result, '[aaa]')
+  })
+
+  it('should use full selector', () => {
+    root.innerHTML = `
+      <div aaa="bbb"></div>
+      <div aaa="ccc"></div>
+    `
+    const result = getCssSelector(root.firstElementChild)
+    assert.equal(result, "[aaa='bbb']")
+  })
 
 })