diff --git a/src/components/content.js b/src/components/content.js
index 091580be6..bcd665313 100644
--- a/src/components/content.js
+++ b/src/components/content.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Base64 from '../serializers/base-64'
 import Debug from 'debug'
 import Node from './node'
 import getPoint from '../utils/get-point'
+import extendSelection from '../utils/extend-selection'
 import findClosestNode from '../utils/find-closest-node'
 import React from 'react'
 import Selection from '../models/selection'
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ class Content extends React.Component {
     const range = window.document.createRange()
     range.setStart(anchorEl, anchorOff)
     native.addRange(range)
-    native.extend(focusEl, focusOff)
+    extendSelection(native, focusEl, focusOff)
 
     // Then unset the `isSelecting` flag after a delay.
     setTimeout(() => {
diff --git a/src/utils/extend-selection.js b/src/utils/extend-selection.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ec8f2596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/extend-selection.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+
+/**
+ * Extends the given selection to a given node and offset
+ *
+ * @param {Selection} selection Selection instance
+ * @param {Element} el Node to extend to
+ * @param {Number} offset Text offset to extend to
+ * @returns {Selection} Mutated Selection instance
+ */
+
+function extendSelection(selection, el, offset) {
+  // Use native method when possible
+  if (typeof selection.extend === 'function') return selection.extend(el, offset)
+
+  // See https://gist.github.com/tyler-johnson/0a3e8818de3f115b2a2dc47468ac0099
+  const range = document.createRange()
+  const anchor = document.createRange()
+  anchor.setStart(selection.anchorNode, selection.anchorOffset)
+
+  const focus = document.createRange()
+  focus.setStart(el, offset)
+
+  const v = focus.compareBoundaryPoints(Range.START_TO_START, anchor)
+  if (v >= 0) { // Focus is after anchor
+    range.setStart(selection.anchorNode, selection.anchorOffset)
+    range.setEnd(el, offset)
+  } else { // Anchor is after focus
+    range.setStart(el, offset)
+    range.setEnd(selection.anchorNode, selection.anchorOffset)
+  }
+
+  selection.removeAllRanges()
+  selection.addRange(range)
+
+  return selection
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Export.
+ *
+ * @type {Function}
+ */
+
+export default extendSelection