diff --git a/nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp b/nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp
index ab9f6edb7..4aa91e3e9 100644
--- a/nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp
+++ b/nel/src/gui/css_parser.cpp
@@ -366,6 +366,14 @@ namespace NLGUI
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			if (sel[pos] == '*' && current.empty())
+			{
+				pos++;
+				current.Element = "*";
+				start = pos;
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			if(sel[pos] == '#')
 			{
 				pos++;