diff --git a/src/validators.ts b/src/validators.ts
index 359280d0..319a8a97 100644
--- a/src/validators.ts
+++ b/src/validators.ts
@@ -21,11 +21,17 @@ export function isKeyboardEventTriggeredByInput(ev: KeyboardEvent): boolean {
 }
 
 export function isHotkeyEnabledOnTag(
-  { target }: KeyboardEvent,
+  event: KeyboardEvent,
   enabledOnTags: readonly FormTags[] | boolean = false
 ): boolean {
-  const targetTagName = target && (target as HTMLElement).tagName
+  const {target, composed} = event;
 
+  let targetTagName;
+  if (isCustomElement(target as HTMLElement) && composed) {
+    targetTagName = event.composedPath()[0] && (event.composedPath()[0] as HTMLElement).tagName;
+  } else {
+    targetTagName = target && (target as HTMLElement).tagName;
+  }
   if (isReadonlyArray(enabledOnTags)) {
     return Boolean(
       targetTagName && enabledOnTags && enabledOnTags.some((tag) => tag.toLowerCase() === targetTagName.toLowerCase())
@@ -35,6 +41,13 @@ export function isHotkeyEnabledOnTag(
   return Boolean(targetTagName && enabledOnTags && enabledOnTags === true)
 }
 
+export function isCustomElement(element: HTMLElement): boolean {
+  // We just do a basic check w/o any complex RegEx or validation against the list of legacy names containing a hyphen,
+  // as none of them is likely to be an event target, and it won't hurt anyway if we miss.
+  // see: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/custom-elements.html#prod-potentialcustomelementname
+  return !!element.tagName && !element.tagName.startsWith("-") && element.tagName.includes("-");
+}
+
 export function isScopeActive(activeScopes: string[], scopes?: Scopes): boolean {
   if (activeScopes.length === 0 && scopes) {
     console.warn(
diff --git a/tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx b/tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx
index c8d88df8..ddf8c27c 100644
--- a/tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx
+++ b/tests/useHotkeys.test.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   useCallback,
   useState,
 } from 'react'
-import { createEvent, fireEvent, render, screen, renderHook } from '@testing-library/react'
+import { createEvent, fireEvent, render, screen, renderHook, within } from '@testing-library/react'
 
 const wrapper =
   (initialScopes: string[]): JSXElementConstructor<{ children: ReactElement }> =>
@@ -491,6 +491,51 @@ test('should be disabled on form tags by default', async () => {
   expect(getByTestId('form-tag')).toHaveValue('A')
 })
 
+test('should be disabled on form tags inside custom elements by default', async () => {
+  const user = userEvent.setup()
+  const callback = jest.fn()
+
+  customElements.define(
+    "custom-input",
+    class extends HTMLElement {
+      constructor() {
+        super();
+
+        const inputEle = document.createElement("input");
+        inputEle.setAttribute("type", "text");
+        inputEle.setAttribute("data-testid", "input");
+
+        const shadowRoot = this.attachShadow({
+          mode: "open"
+        });
+
+        shadowRoot.appendChild(inputEle);
+      }
+    },
+  );
+
+  const Component = ({ cb }: { cb: HotkeyCallback }) => {
+    useHotkeys<HTMLDivElement>('a', cb)
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    return <custom-input data-testid={'form-tag'}/>
+  }
+
+  const { getByTestId } = render(<Component cb={callback} />)
+
+  await user.keyboard('A')
+
+  expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+  // @ts-ignore
+  await user.click(within(getByTestId('form-tag').shadowRoot).getByTestId('input'))
+  await user.keyboard('A')
+
+  expect(callback).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  // @ts-ignore
+  expect(within(getByTestId('form-tag').shadowRoot).getByTestId('input')).toHaveValue('A')
+})
+
 test('should be enabled on given form tags', async () => {
   const user = userEvent.setup()
   const callback = jest.fn()