diff --git a/src/js/contentscript.js b/src/js/contentscript.js
index e11d868cb..7547b6e9e 100644
--- a/src/js/contentscript.js
+++ b/src/js/contentscript.js
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ var platformHideNode = vAPI.hideNode,
         observer,
         changedNodes = [],
         observerOptions = {
-        attributes: true,
-        attributeFilter: [ 'style' ]
-    };
+            attributes: true,
+            attributeFilter: [ 'style' ]
+        };
 
     // https://jsperf.com/clientheight-and-clientwidth-vs-getcomputedstyle
     //   Avoid getComputedStyle(), detecting whether a node is visible can be
@@ -489,9 +489,9 @@ var domFilterer = {
     hiddenNodeEnforcer: false,
     loggerEnabled: undefined,
 
-    newHideSelectorBuffer: [],                  // Hide style filter buffer
-    newStyleRuleBuffer: [],                     // Non-hide style filter buffer
-    simpleHideSelectors: {                      // Hiding filters: simple selectors
+    newHideSelectorBuffer: [], // Hide style filter buffer
+    newStyleRuleBuffer: [],    // Non-hide style filter buffer
+    simpleHideSelectors: {     // Hiding filters: simple selectors
         entries: [],
         matchesProp: vAPI.matchesProp,
         selector: undefined,
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ var domFilterer = {
             }
         }
     },
-    complexHideSelectors: {                     // Hiding filters: complex selectors
+    complexHideSelectors: {    // Hiding filters: complex selectors
         entries: [],
         selector: undefined,
         add: function(selector) {
@@ -531,13 +531,8 @@ var domFilterer = {
             }
         }
     },
-    styleSelectors: {                           // Style filters
-        entries: [],
-        add: function(o) {
-            this.entries.push(o);
-        }
-    },
-    proceduralSelectors: {                      // Hiding filters: procedural
+    nqsSelectors: [],          // Non-querySelector-able filters
+    proceduralSelectors: {     // Hiding filters: procedural
         entries: [],
         add: function(o) {
             this.entries.push(new PSelector(o));
@@ -578,7 +573,12 @@ var domFilterer = {
         var o = JSON.parse(selector);
         if ( o.style ) {
             this.newStyleRuleBuffer.push(o.style.join(' '));
-            this.styleSelectors.add(o);
+            this.nqsSelectors.push(o.raw);
+            return;
+        }
+        if ( o.pseudoclass ) {
+            this.newHideSelectorBuffer.push(o.raw);
+            this.nqsSelectors.push(o.raw);
             return;
         }
         if ( o.tasks ) {
diff --git a/src/js/cosmetic-filtering.js b/src/js/cosmetic-filtering.js
index 32b13ef95..44cb62421 100644
--- a/src/js/cosmetic-filtering.js
+++ b/src/js/cosmetic-filtering.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
 
     uBlock Origin - a browser extension to block requests.
-    Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Raymond Hill
+    Copyright (C) 2014-2017 Raymond Hill
 
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -732,7 +732,8 @@ FilterContainer.prototype.freeze = function() {
 // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1752
 
 FilterContainer.prototype.compileSelector = (function() {
-    var reStyleSelector = /^(.+?):style\((.+?)\)$/,
+    var reAfterBeforeSelector = /^(.+?)(::?after|::?before)$/,
+        reStyleSelector = /^(.+?):style\((.+?)\)$/,
         reStyleBad = /url\([^)]+\)/,
         reScriptSelector = /^script:(contains|inject)\((.+)\)$/,
         div = document.createElement('div');
@@ -751,17 +752,43 @@ FilterContainer.prototype.compileSelector = (function() {
         }
 
         // We  rarely reach this point.
-        var matches;
+        var matches,
+            selector = raw,
+            pseudoclass,
+            style;
 
         // `:style` selector?
-        if (
-            (matches = reStyleSelector.exec(raw)) !== null &&
-            isValidCSSSelector(matches[1]) &&
-            isValidStyleProperty(matches[2])
-        ) {
+        if ( (matches = reStyleSelector.exec(selector)) !== null ) {
+            selector = matches[1];
+            style = matches[2];
+        }
+
+        // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/2448
+        // :after- or :before-based selector?
+        if ( (matches = reAfterBeforeSelector.exec(selector)) ) {
+            selector = matches[1];
+            pseudoclass = matches[2];
+        }
+
+        if ( style !== undefined || pseudoclass !== undefined ) {
+            if ( isValidCSSSelector(selector) === false ) {
+                return;
+            }
+            if ( pseudoclass !== undefined ) {
+                selector += pseudoclass;
+            }
+            if ( style !== undefined ) {
+                if ( isValidStyleProperty(style) === false ) {
+                    return;
+                }
+                return JSON.stringify({
+                    raw: raw,
+                    style: [ selector, '{' + style + '}' ]
+                });
+            }
             return JSON.stringify({
                 raw: raw,
-                style: [ matches[1], '{' + matches[2] + '}' ]
+                pseudoclass: true
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/src/js/scriptlets/cosmetic-logger.js b/src/js/scriptlets/cosmetic-logger.js
index efcf61105..bbbd637f7 100644
--- a/src/js/scriptlets/cosmetic-logger.js
+++ b/src/js/scriptlets/cosmetic-logger.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
 
     uBlock Origin - a browser extension to block requests.
-    Copyright (C) 2015-2016 Raymond Hill
+    Copyright (C) 2015-2017 Raymond Hill
 
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -51,14 +51,11 @@ vAPI.domFilterer.simpleHideSelectors.entries.forEach(evaluateSelector);
 // Complex CSS selector-based cosmetic filters.
 vAPI.domFilterer.complexHideSelectors.entries.forEach(evaluateSelector);
 
-// Style cosmetic filters.
-vAPI.domFilterer.styleSelectors.entries.forEach(function(filter) {
-    if (
-        loggedSelectors.hasOwnProperty(filter.raw) === false &&
-        document.querySelector(filter.style[0]) !== null
-    ) {
-        loggedSelectors[filter.raw] = true;
-        matchedSelectors.push(filter.raw);
+// Non-querySelector-able filters.
+vAPI.domFilterer.nqsSelectors.forEach(function(filter) {
+    if ( loggedSelectors.hasOwnProperty(filter) === false ) {
+        loggedSelectors[filter] = true;
+        matchedSelectors.push(filter);
     }
 });