diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/__tests__/component-pick.test.ts b/packages/devtools/src/__tests__/component-pick.test.ts
index 2785bafd..1818b359 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/src/__tests__/component-pick.test.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/__tests__/component-pick.test.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,34 @@ describe('startComponentPick', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('picks a component inside the shadow root of a ShadowDom component', async () => {
+    document.body.innerHTML = `<app-root ng-version="22.0.0"><app-shell></app-shell></app-root>`;
+    const root = document.querySelector('app-root')!;
+    const shell = document.querySelector('app-shell')!;
+    shell.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' }).innerHTML =
+      '<app-trip-card><button>Book</button></app-trip-card>';
+    const card = shell.shadowRoot!.querySelector('app-trip-card')!;
+    class _Shell {}
+    const instances = new Map<Element, object>([
+      [root, {}],
+      [shell, new _Shell()],
+      [card, new _TripCard()],
+    ]);
+    const ng: ComponentDebugNg = { getComponent: (el) => instances.get(el) ?? null };
+    const highlight = { show: vi.fn(), clear: vi.fn() };
+    const pick = startComponentPick({ getNg: () => ng, highlight, timeoutMs: 1000 });
+    const button = card.querySelector('button')!;
+
+    button.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mouseover', { bubbles: true, composed: true }));
+    expect(highlight.show).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(card);
+    button.dispatchEvent(
+      new MouseEvent('click', { bubbles: true, cancelable: true, composed: true }),
+    );
+    const result = await pick.result;
+    expect(result).toMatchObject({ ok: true, name: 'TripCard', tag: 'app-trip-card' });
+    expect(result.ok && elementById(result.id)).toBe(card);
+  });
+
   it('ends on Escape, on cancel and after the timeout', async () => {
     const first = setup();
     document.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape' }));
diff --git a/packages/devtools/src/component-pick.ts b/packages/devtools/src/component-pick.ts
index ece6adc6..164a6a47 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/src/component-pick.ts
+++ b/packages/devtools/src/component-pick.ts
@@ -28,15 +28,18 @@ export function startComponentPick(options: PickOptions): {
   const popup = doc.getElementById(POPUP_ROOT_ID);
   const ownElement = (target: EventTarget | null) =>
     target instanceof Element && !!popup && popup.contains(target);
-  const hostOf = (target: EventTarget | null) =>
-    target instanceof Element && !ownElement(target)
-      ? componentHostOf(options.getNg(), target)
-      : null;
+  // At the document, an event from inside a shadow root targets its host, so
+  // the element under the pointer is the first entry of the composed path.
+  const hostOf = (event: Event) => {
+    if (ownElement(event.target)) return null;
+    const target = event.composedPath()[0] ?? event.target;
+    return target instanceof Element ? componentHostOf(options.getNg(), target) : null;
+  };
 
   let finish: (result: ComponentPickResult) => void = () => {};
   const result = new Promise<ComponentPickResult>((resolve) => {
     const onHover = (event: Event) => {
-      const host = hostOf(event.target);
+      const host = hostOf(event);
       if (host instanceof HTMLElement) options.highlight.show(host);
       else options.highlight.clear();
     };
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ export function startComponentPick(options: PickOptions): {
       if (ownElement(event.target)) return;
       event.preventDefault();
       event.stopPropagation();
-      const host = hostOf(event.target);
+      const host = hostOf(event);
       const instance = host ? options.getNg()?.getComponent?.(host) : null;
       const ctor = (instance as { constructor?: unknown } | null)?.constructor;
       finish(