diff --git a/lib/locator.js b/lib/locator.js
index 5fa6ad5e7..9c427f20a 100644
--- a/lib/locator.js
+++ b/lib/locator.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Locator {
     if (position === 0) {
       throw new Error('0 is not valid element position. XPath expects first element to have index 1');
     }
-    const xpath = sprintf('%s[position()=%s]', this.toXPath(), position);
+    const xpath = sprintf('(%s)[position()=%s]', this.toXPath(), position);
     return new Locator({ xpath });
   }