diff --git a/selene/core/command.py b/selene/core/command.py
index 2d683b45..a2275f42 100644
--- a/selene/core/command.py
+++ b/selene/core/command.py
@@ -232,7 +232,37 @@ def func(element: Element):
     click: Command[Element] = Command(
         'click',
         # TODO: should we process collections too? i.e. click through all elements?
-        lambda element: element.execute_script('element.click()'),
+        lambda element: element.execute_script(
+            '''
+            const offsetX = arguments[0] 
+            const offsetY = arguments[1]
+            const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect()
+
+            function mouseEvent() {
+              if (typeof (Event) === 'function') {
+                return new MouseEvent('click', {
+                  view: window,
+                  bubbles: true,
+                  cancelable: true,
+                  clientX: rect.left + rect.width / 2 + offsetX,
+                  clientY: rect.top + rect.height / 2 + offsetY
+                })
+              }
+              else {
+                const event = document.createEvent('MouseEvent')
+                event.initEvent('click', true, true)
+                event.type = 'click'
+                event.view = window
+                event.clientX = rect.left + rect.width / 2 + offsetX
+                event.clientY = rect.top + rect.height / 2 + offsetY
+                return event
+              }
+            }
+            element.dispatchEvent(mouseEvent())
+            ''',
+            0,
+            0,
+        ),
     )
 
     clear_local_storage: Command[Browser] = Command(
diff --git a/tests/integration/element__perform__js__click_test.py b/tests/integration/element__perform__js__click_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbe936d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/element__perform__js__click_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import time
+
+from selene import command
+from tests.integration.helpers.givenpage import GivenPage
+
+
+def test_command_js_click_does_not_wait_for_no_overlay(session_browser):
+    browser = session_browser.with_(timeout=0.5)
+    page = GivenPage(browser.driver)
+    page.opened_with_body(
+        '''
+        <div
+            id="overlay"
+            style='
+                display:block;
+                position: fixed;
+                display: block;
+                width: 100%;
+                height: 100%;
+                top: 0;
+                left: 0;
+                right: 0;
+                bottom: 0;
+                background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
+                z-index: 2;
+                cursor: pointer;
+            '
+        >
+        </div>
+        <a href="#second">go to Heading 2</a>
+        <h2 id="second">Heading 2</h2>
+        '''
+    )
+    before_call = time.time()
+    page.execute_script_with_timeout(
+        '''
+        document.getElementById('overlay').style.display='none'
+        ''',
+        0.75,
+    )
+
+    browser.element('a').perform(command.js.click)
+
+    time_diff = time.time() - before_call
+    assert time_diff < 0.25
+    assert "second" in browser.driver.current_url