diff --git a/src/baseWrapper.ts b/src/baseWrapper.ts
index c9765487b..cb4f3b111 100644
--- a/src/baseWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/baseWrapper.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 import { textContent } from './utils'
 import type { TriggerOptions } from './createDomEvent'
-import { nextTick } from 'vue'
+import {
+  ComponentInternalInstance,
+  ComponentPublicInstance,
+  nextTick
+} from 'vue'
 import { createDOMEvent } from './createDomEvent'
-import { DomEventName, DomEventNameWithModifier } from './constants/dom-events'
+import { DomEventNameWithModifier } from './constants/dom-events'
+import type { VueWrapper } from './vueWrapper'
+import type { DOMWrapper } from './domWrapper'
+import { FindAllComponentsSelector, FindComponentSelector } from './types'
 
-export default class BaseWrapper<ElementType extends Element> {
-  private readonly wrapperElement: ElementType
+export default abstract class BaseWrapper<ElementType extends Element> {
+  private readonly wrapperElement: ElementType & {
+    __vueParentComponent?: ComponentInternalInstance
+  }
 
   get element() {
     return this.wrapperElement
@@ -15,6 +24,16 @@ export default class BaseWrapper<ElementType extends Element> {
     this.wrapperElement = element
   }
 
+  abstract find(selector: string): DOMWrapper<Element>
+  abstract findAll(selector: string): DOMWrapper<Element>[]
+  abstract findComponent<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>(
+    selector: FindComponentSelector | (new () => T)
+  ): VueWrapper<T>
+  abstract findAllComponents(
+    selector: FindAllComponentsSelector
+  ): VueWrapper<any>[]
+  abstract html(): string
+
   classes(): string[]
   classes(className: string): boolean
   classes(className?: string): string[] | boolean {
@@ -45,6 +64,45 @@ export default class BaseWrapper<ElementType extends Element> {
     return true
   }
 
+  get<K extends keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap>(
+    selector: K
+  ): Omit<DOMWrapper<HTMLElementTagNameMap[K]>, 'exists'>
+  get<K extends keyof SVGElementTagNameMap>(
+    selector: K
+  ): Omit<DOMWrapper<SVGElementTagNameMap[K]>, 'exists'>
+  get<T extends Element>(selector: string): Omit<DOMWrapper<T>, 'exists'>
+  get(selector: string): Omit<DOMWrapper<Element>, 'exists'> {
+    const result = this.find(selector)
+    if (result.exists()) {
+      return result
+    }
+
+    throw new Error(`Unable to get ${selector} within: ${this.html()}`)
+  }
+
+  getComponent<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>(
+    selector: FindComponentSelector | (new () => T)
+  ): Omit<VueWrapper<T>, 'exists'> {
+    const result = this.findComponent(selector)
+
+    if (result.exists()) {
+      return result as VueWrapper<T>
+    }
+
+    let message = 'Unable to get '
+    if (typeof selector === 'string') {
+      message += `component with selector ${selector}`
+    } else if ('name' in selector) {
+      message += `component with name ${selector.name}`
+    } else if ('ref' in selector) {
+      message += `component with ref ${selector.ref}`
+    } else {
+      message += 'specified component'
+    }
+    message += ` within: ${this.html()}`
+    throw new Error(message)
+  }
+
   protected isDisabled = () => {
     const validTagsToBeDisabled = [
       'BUTTON',
diff --git a/src/domWrapper.ts b/src/domWrapper.ts
index c71490c8a..e2f1b751c 100644
--- a/src/domWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/domWrapper.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import { isElementVisible } from './utils/isElementVisible'
 import BaseWrapper from './baseWrapper'
 import { createWrapperError } from './errorWrapper'
 import WrapperLike from './interfaces/wrapperLike'
+import { ComponentInternalInstance, ComponentPublicInstance } from 'vue'
+import { FindAllComponentsSelector, FindComponentSelector } from './types'
+import { VueWrapper } from 'src'
+import { matches, find } from './utils/find'
+import { createWrapper } from './vueWrapper'
 
 export class DOMWrapper<ElementType extends Element>
   extends BaseWrapper<ElementType>
@@ -38,22 +43,6 @@ export class DOMWrapper<ElementType extends Element>
     return createWrapperError('DOMWrapper')
   }
 
-  get<K extends keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap>(
-    selector: K
-  ): Omit<DOMWrapper<HTMLElementTagNameMap[K]>, 'exists'>
-  get<K extends keyof SVGElementTagNameMap>(
-    selector: K
-  ): Omit<DOMWrapper<SVGElementTagNameMap[K]>, 'exists'>
-  get<T extends Element>(selector: string): Omit<DOMWrapper<T>, 'exists'>
-  get(selector: string): Omit<DOMWrapper<Element>, 'exists'> {
-    const result = this.find(selector)
-    if (result instanceof DOMWrapper) {
-      return result
-    }
-
-    throw new Error(`Unable to get ${selector} within: ${this.html()}`)
-  }
-
   findAll<K extends keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap>(
     selector: K
   ): DOMWrapper<HTMLElementTagNameMap[K]>[]
@@ -67,6 +56,51 @@ export class DOMWrapper<ElementType extends Element>
     )
   }
 
+  findComponent<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>(
+    selector: FindComponentSelector | (new () => T)
+  ): VueWrapper<T> {
+    const parentComponent = this.element.__vueParentComponent
+
+    if (!parentComponent) {
+      return createWrapperError('VueWrapper')
+    }
+
+    if (typeof selector === 'object' && 'ref' in selector) {
+      const result = parentComponent.refs[selector.ref]
+      if (result && !(result instanceof HTMLElement)) {
+        return createWrapper(null, result as T)
+      } else {
+        return createWrapperError('VueWrapper')
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (
+      matches(parentComponent.vnode, selector) &&
+      this.element.contains(parentComponent.vnode.el as Node)
+    ) {
+      return createWrapper(null, parentComponent.proxy!)
+    }
+
+    const result = find(parentComponent.subTree, selector).filter((v) =>
+      this.element.contains(v.$el)
+    )
+
+    if (result.length) {
+      return createWrapper(null, result[0])
+    }
+
+    return createWrapperError('VueWrapper')
+  }
+
+  findAllComponents(selector: FindAllComponentsSelector): VueWrapper<any>[] {
+    const parentComponent: ComponentInternalInstance = (this.element as any)
+      .__vueParentComponent
+
+    return find(parentComponent.subTree, selector)
+      .filter((v) => this.element.contains(v.$el))
+      .map((c) => createWrapper(null, c))
+  }
+
   private async setChecked(checked: boolean = true) {
     // typecast so we get type safety
     const element = this.element as unknown as HTMLInputElement
diff --git a/src/vueWrapper.ts b/src/vueWrapper.ts
index 89a9b361f..a7906c56c 100644
--- a/src/vueWrapper.ts
+++ b/src/vueWrapper.ts
@@ -132,22 +132,6 @@ export class VueWrapper<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>
     return createWrapperError('DOMWrapper')
   }
 
-  get<K extends keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap>(
-    selector: K
-  ): Omit<DOMWrapper<HTMLElementTagNameMap[K]>, 'exists'>
-  get<K extends keyof SVGElementTagNameMap>(
-    selector: K
-  ): Omit<DOMWrapper<SVGElementTagNameMap[K]>, 'exists'>
-  get<T extends Element>(selector: string): Omit<DOMWrapper<T>, 'exists'>
-  get(selector: string): Omit<DOMWrapper<Element>, 'exists'> {
-    const result = this.find(selector)
-    if (result instanceof DOMWrapper) {
-      return result
-    }
-
-    throw new Error(`Unable to get ${selector} within: ${this.html()}`)
-  }
-
   findComponent<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>(
     selector: FindComponentSelector | (new () => T)
   ): VueWrapper<T> {
@@ -182,30 +166,7 @@ export class VueWrapper<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>
     return createWrapperError('VueWrapper')
   }
 
-  getComponent<T extends ComponentPublicInstance>(
-    selector: FindComponentSelector | (new () => T)
-  ): Omit<VueWrapper<T>, 'exists'> {
-    const result = this.findComponent(selector)
-
-    if (result instanceof VueWrapper) {
-      return result as VueWrapper<T>
-    }
-
-    let message = 'Unable to get '
-    if (typeof selector === 'string') {
-      message += `component with selector ${selector}`
-    } else if ('name' in selector) {
-      message += `component with name ${selector.name}`
-    } else if ('ref' in selector) {
-      message += `component with ref ${selector.ref}`
-    } else {
-      message += 'specified component'
-    }
-    message += ` within: ${this.html()}`
-    throw new Error(message)
-  }
-
-  findAllComponents(selector: FindAllComponentsSelector): VueWrapper<T>[] {
+  findAllComponents(selector: FindAllComponentsSelector): VueWrapper<any>[] {
     if (typeof selector === 'string') {
       throw Error(
         'findAllComponents requires a Vue constructor or valid find object. If you are searching for DOM nodes, use `find` instead'
diff --git a/tests/findAllComponents.spec.ts b/tests/findAllComponents.spec.ts
index f4d14069d..068b42d35 100644
--- a/tests/findAllComponents.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/findAllComponents.spec.ts
@@ -24,4 +24,15 @@ describe('findAllComponents', () => {
     )
     expect(wrapper.findAllComponents(Hello)[0].text()).toBe('Hello world')
   })
+
+  it('finds all deeply nested vue components when chained from dom wrapper', () => {
+    const Component = defineComponent({
+      components: { Hello },
+      template:
+        '<div><Hello /><div class="nested"><Hello /><Hello /></div></div>'
+    })
+    const wrapper = mount(Component)
+    expect(wrapper.findAllComponents(Hello)).toHaveLength(3)
+    expect(wrapper.find('.nested').findAllComponents(Hello)).toHaveLength(2)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/tests/findComponent.spec.ts b/tests/findComponent.spec.ts
index 82ca1a929..ea59732c0 100644
--- a/tests/findComponent.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/findComponent.spec.ts
@@ -347,4 +347,73 @@ describe('findComponent', () => {
     })
     expect(wrapper.findComponent(Func).exists()).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  describe('chaining from dom wrapper', () => {
+    it('finds a component nested inside a node', () => {
+      const Comp = defineComponent({
+        components: { Hello: Hello },
+        template: '<div><div class="nested"><Hello /></div></div>'
+      })
+
+      const wrapper = mount(Comp)
+      expect(wrapper.find('.nested').findComponent(Hello).exists()).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('finds a component inside DOM node', () => {
+      const Comp = defineComponent({
+        components: { Hello: Hello },
+        template:
+          '<div><Hello class="one"/><div class="nested"><Hello class="two" /></div>'
+      })
+
+      const wrapper = mount(Comp)
+      expect(wrapper.find('.nested').findComponent(Hello).classes('two')).toBe(
+        true
+      )
+    })
+
+    it('returns correct instance of recursive component', () => {
+      const Comp = defineComponent({
+        name: 'Comp',
+        props: ['firstLevel'],
+        template:
+          '<div class="first"><div class="nested"><Comp v-if="firstLevel" class="second" /></div>'
+      })
+
+      const wrapper = mount(Comp, { props: { firstLevel: true } })
+      expect(
+        wrapper.find('.nested').findComponent(Comp).classes('second')
+      ).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('returns top-level component if it matches', () => {
+      const Comp = defineComponent({
+        name: 'Comp',
+        template: '<div class="top"></div>'
+      })
+
+      const wrapper = mount(Comp)
+      expect(wrapper.find('.top').findComponent(Comp).classes('top')).toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('uses refs of correct component when searching by ref', () => {
+      const Child = defineComponent({
+        components: { Hello },
+        template: '<div><Hello ref="testRef" class="inside"></div>'
+      })
+      const Comp = defineComponent({
+        components: { Child, Hello },
+        template:
+          '<div><Child class="nested" /><Hello ref="testRef" class="outside" /></div>'
+      })
+
+      const wrapper = mount(Comp)
+      expect(
+        wrapper
+          .find('.nested')
+          .findComponent({ ref: 'testRef' })
+          .classes('inside')
+      ).toBe(true)
+    })
+  })
 })