diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
index 4dd82316abc..1ebdc2e687c 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/DOM/Document.cpp
@@ -5315,7 +5315,7 @@ GC::RootVector<GC::Ref<Element>> Document::elements_from_point(double x, double
     if (auto const* paintable_box = this->paintable_box(); paintable_box) {
         (void)paintable_box->hit_test(position, Painting::HitTestType::Exact, [&](Painting::HitTestResult result) {
             auto* dom_node = result.dom_node();
-            if (dom_node && dom_node->is_element())
+            if (dom_node && dom_node->is_element() && result.paintable->visible_for_hit_testing())
                 sequence.append(*static_cast<Element*>(dom_node));
             return TraversalDecision::Continue;
         });
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.cpp
index 3f092a04138..63ba7ffe015 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.cpp
@@ -965,9 +965,6 @@ TraversalDecision PaintableBox::hit_test(CSSPixelPoint position, HitTestType typ
             return TraversalDecision::Break;
     }
 
-    if (!visible_for_hit_testing())
-        return TraversalDecision::Continue;
-
     if (!absolute_border_box_rect().contains(position_adjusted_by_scroll_offset))
         return TraversalDecision::Continue;
 
@@ -978,18 +975,38 @@ Optional<HitTestResult> PaintableBox::hit_test(CSSPixelPoint position, HitTestTy
 {
     Optional<HitTestResult> result;
     (void)PaintableBox::hit_test(position, type, [&](HitTestResult candidate) {
-        if (candidate.paintable->visible_for_hit_testing()) {
-            if (!result.has_value()
-                || candidate.vertical_distance.value_or(CSSPixels::max_integer_value) < result->vertical_distance.value_or(CSSPixels::max_integer_value)
-                || candidate.horizontal_distance.value_or(CSSPixels::max_integer_value) < result->horizontal_distance.value_or(CSSPixels::max_integer_value)) {
-                result = move(candidate);
-            }
+        if (!result.has_value()
+            || candidate.vertical_distance.value_or(CSSPixels::max_integer_value) < result->vertical_distance.value_or(CSSPixels::max_integer_value)
+            || candidate.horizontal_distance.value_or(CSSPixels::max_integer_value) < result->horizontal_distance.value_or(CSSPixels::max_integer_value)) {
+            result = move(candidate);
         }
 
         if (result.has_value() && (type == HitTestType::Exact || (result->vertical_distance == 0 && result->horizontal_distance == 0)))
             return TraversalDecision::Break;
         return TraversalDecision::Continue;
     });
+
+    // If our hit-testing has resulted in a hit on a paintable, we know that it is the most specific hit. If that
+    // paintable turns out to be invisible for hit-testing, we need to traverse up the paintable tree to find the next
+    // paintable that is visible for hit-testing. This implements the behavior expected for pointer-events.
+    while (result.has_value() && !result->paintable->visible_for_hit_testing()) {
+        result->index_in_node = result->paintable->dom_node() ? result->paintable->dom_node()->index() : 0;
+        result->paintable = result->paintable->parent();
+
+        // If the new parent is an anonymous box part of a continuation, we need to follow the chain to the inline node
+        // that spawned the anonymous "middle" part of the continuation, since that inline node is the actual parent.
+        if (is<PaintableBox>(*result->paintable)) {
+            auto const& box_layout_node = static_cast<PaintableBox&>(*result->paintable).layout_node_with_style_and_box_metrics();
+            if (box_layout_node.is_anonymous() && box_layout_node.continuation_of_node()) {
+                auto const* original_inline_node = &box_layout_node;
+                while (original_inline_node->continuation_of_node())
+                    original_inline_node = original_inline_node->continuation_of_node();
+
+                result->paintable = const_cast<Paintable*>(original_inline_node->first_paintable());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/hit_testing/pointer-events.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/hit_testing/pointer-events.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d5daec9517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/hit_testing/pointer-events.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<DIV id="a1" >
+<BODY >
+---
+<DIV id="b3" >
+<DIV id="b2" >
+---
+<A id="c1" >
+<BODY >
+---
+<I id="d2" >
+<B id="d1" >
+---
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/hit_testing/pointer-events.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/hit_testing/pointer-events.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee567380e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/hit_testing/pointer-events.html
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<script src="../include.js"></script>
+<body>
+    <!-- #a2 should be invisible to hit testing -->
+    <div id="a1">
+        <div id="a2" style="width: 100px; height: 100px; pointer-events: none"></div>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- #b3 should be visible to hit testing -->
+    <div id="b1">
+        <div id="b2" style="width: 100px; height: 100px; pointer-events: none">
+            <div id="b3" style="width: 100px; height: 100px; pointer-events: auto"></div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- #c1 should be hit, even though it is an inline element surrounding a block element -->
+    <a id="c1">
+        <div id="c2" style="width: 100px; height: 100px; pointer-events: none"></div>
+    </a>
+
+    <!-- a pointer event on #d4 should hit #d2 instead -->
+    <b id="d1">foo<i id="d2"><div id="d3">bar</div>baz<u id="d4" style="pointer-events: none">lorem</u></i></b>
+</body>
+<script>
+    test(() => {
+        const printHit = (x, y) => {
+            const hit = internals.hitTest(x, y);
+            printElement(hit.node);
+            printElement(hit.node.parentNode);
+            println('---');
+        };
+
+        printHit(a1.offsetLeft + 50, a1.offsetTop + 50);
+        printHit(b1.offsetLeft + 50, b1.offsetTop + 50);
+        printHit(c1.offsetLeft + 50, c1.offsetTop + 50);
+        printHit(d4.offsetLeft + 10, d4.offsetTop + 8);
+    });
+</script>