diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocator.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocator.java
index 88e41d37da25d..2af069e4f0e68 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocator.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocator.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public class RelativeLocator {
 
   private static final Json JSON = new Json();
   private static final String FIND_ELEMENTS;
+
   static {
     try {
       String location = String.format(
@@ -87,14 +88,31 @@ public class RelativeLocator {
       throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
     }
   }
+
   private static final int CLOSE_IN_PIXELS = 100;
 
   /**
    * Start of a relative locator, finding elements by tag name.
    */
-  public static RelativeBy withTagName(String tagName) {
+
+  public static RelativeBy with(By by) {
+    Require.nonNull("By to look for", by);
+    return new RelativeBy(by);
+  }
+
+  public static By tagName(String tagName) {
     Require.nonNull("Tag name to look for", tagName);
-    return new RelativeBy(By.tagName(tagName));
+    return By.tagName(tagName);
+  }
+
+  public static By xpath(String xpathExpression) {
+    Require.nonNull("xpath to look for", xpathExpression);
+    return By.xpath(xpathExpression);
+  }
+
+  public static By cssSelector(String cssSelectorExpression) {
+    Require.nonNull("css selector  to look for", cssSelectorExpression);
+    return By.cssSelector(cssSelectorExpression);
   }
 
   public static class RelativeBy extends By implements By.Remotable {
diff --git a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocatorTest.java b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocatorTest.java
index c43eb9e7f4fd2..95f1db0470ce1 100644
--- a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocatorTest.java
+++ b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocatorTest.java
@@ -28,36 +28,130 @@
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.support.locators.RelativeLocator.withTagName;
+import static org.openqa.selenium.support.locators.RelativeLocator.withXpath;
+import static org.openqa.selenium.support.locators.RelativeLocator.withCssSelector;
+
 
 public class RelativeLocatorTest extends JUnit4TestBase {
 
   @Test
-  public void shouldBeAbleToFindElementsAboveAnother() {
+  public void shouldBeAbleToFindElementsAboveAnotherWithTagName() {
     driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
 
     WebElement lowest = driver.findElement(By.id("below"));
 
-    List<WebElement> elements = driver.findElements(withTagName("p").above(lowest));
+    List<WebElement> elements = driver.findElements(with(tagName("p")).above(lowest));
     List<String> ids = elements.stream().map(e -> e.getAttribute("id")).collect(Collectors.toList());
 
     assertThat(ids).containsExactly("mid", "above");
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldBeAbleToFindElementsAboveAnotherWithXpath() {
+    driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
+
+    WebElement lowest = driver.findElement(By.id("seventh"));
+
+    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(with(xpath("//td[1]")).above(lowest));
+
+    List<String> ids = seen.stream().map(e -> e.getAttribute("id")).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+    assertThat(ids).containsExactly("fourth", "first");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldBeAbleToFindElementsAboveAnotherwithCssSelector() {
+    driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
+
+    WebElement lowest = driver.findElement(By.id("below"));
+
+    List<WebElement> elements = driver.findElements(with(cssSelector("p")).above(lowest));
+    List<String> ids = elements.stream().map(e -> e.getAttribute("id")).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+    assertThat(ids).containsExactly("mid", "above");
+
   }
 
   @Test
   public void shouldBeAbleToCombineFilters() {
     driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
 
-    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(withTagName("td").above(By.id("center")).toRightOf(By.id("second")));
+    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(with(tagName("td")).above(By.id("center")).toRightOf(By.id("second")));
 
     List<String> ids = seen.stream().map(e -> e.getAttribute("id")).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
     assertThat(ids).containsExactly("third");
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void exerciseNearLocator() {
+  public void shouldBeAbleToCombineFiltersWithXpath() {
+    driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
+
+    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(with(xpath("//td[1]")).below(By.id("second")).above(By.id("seventh")));
+
+    List<String> ids = seen.stream().map(e -> e.getAttribute("id")).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+    assertThat(ids).containsExactly("fourth");
+
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldBeAbleToCombineFiltersWithCssSelector() {
+    driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
+
+
+    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(with(cssSelector("td")).above(By.id("center")).toRightOf(By.id("second")));
+
+    List<String> ids = seen.stream().map(e -> e.getAttribute("id")).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+    assertThat(ids).containsExactly("third");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void exerciseNearLocatorWithTagName() {
+    driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
+
+    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(with(tagName("td")).near(By.id("center")));
+
+    // Elements are sorted by proximity and then DOM insertion order.
+    // Proximity is determined using distance from center points, so
+    // we expect the order to be:
+    // 1. Directly above (short vertical distance, first in DOM)
+    // 2. Directly below (short vertical distance, later in DOM)
+    // 3. Directly left (slight longer distance horizontally, first in DOM)
+    // 4. Directly right (slight longer distance horizontally, later in DOM)
+    // 5-8. Diagonally close (pythagorus sorting, with top row first
+    //    because of DOM insertion order)
+    List<String> ids = seen.stream().map(e -> e.getAttribute("id")).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    assertThat(ids).containsExactly("second", "eighth", "fourth", "sixth", "first", "third", "seventh", "ninth");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void exerciseNearLocatorWithXpath() {
+    driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
+
+    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(with(xpath("//td")).near(By.id("center")));
+
+    // Elements are sorted by proximity and then DOM insertion order.
+    // Proximity is determined using distance from center points, so
+    // we expect the order to be:
+    // 1. Directly above (short vertical distance, first in DOM)
+    // 2. Directly below (short vertical distance, later in DOM)
+    // 3. Directly left (slight longer distance horizontally, first in DOM)
+    // 4. Directly right (slight longer distance horizontally, later in DOM)
+    // 5-8. Diagonally close (pythagorus sorting, with top row first
+    //    because of DOM insertion order)
+    List<String> ids = seen.stream().map(e -> e.getAttribute("id")).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+    assertThat(ids).containsExactly("second", "eighth", "fourth", "sixth", "first", "third", "seventh", "ninth");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void exerciseNearLocatorWithCssSelector() {
     driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
 
-    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(withTagName("td").near(By.id("center")));
+    List<WebElement> seen = driver.findElements(with(cssSelector("td")).near(By.id("center")));
 
     // Elements are sorted by proximity and then DOM insertion order.
     // Proximity is determined using distance from center points, so