diff --git a/packages/enzyme-adapter-react-16/src/ReactSixteenAdapter.js b/packages/enzyme-adapter-react-16/src/ReactSixteenAdapter.js
index bcc1f48aa..896668a8f 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme-adapter-react-16/src/ReactSixteenAdapter.js
+++ b/packages/enzyme-adapter-react-16/src/ReactSixteenAdapter.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const HostText = 6;
 const Mode = 11;
 const ContextConsumer = 12;
 const ContextProvider = 13;
+const ForwardRef = 14;
 
 function nodeAndSiblingsArray(nodeWithSibling) {
   const array = [];
@@ -112,10 +113,11 @@ function toTree(vnode) {
     }
     case HostText: // 6
       return node.memoizedProps;
-    case Fragment: // 10
-    case Mode: // 11
-    case ContextProvider: // 13
-    case ContextConsumer: // 12
+    case Fragment:
+    case ContextProvider:
+    case ContextConsumer:
+    case Mode:
+    case ForwardRef:
       return childrenToTree(node.child);
     default:
       throw new Error(`Enzyme Internal Error: unknown node with tag ${node.tag}`);
diff --git a/packages/enzyme-adapter-utils/src/createMountWrapper.jsx b/packages/enzyme-adapter-utils/src/createMountWrapper.jsx
index 0bc127eed..6f44d5368 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme-adapter-utils/src/createMountWrapper.jsx
+++ b/packages/enzyme-adapter-utils/src/createMountWrapper.jsx
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 /* eslint react/forbid-prop-types: 0 */
 
+// TODO: use react-is?
+const specialType = PropTypes.shape({
+  $$typeof: PropTypes.any.isRequired,
+}).isRequired;
+
 /**
  * This is a utility component to wrap around the nodes we are
  * passing in to `mount()`. Theoretically, you could do everything
@@ -55,7 +60,7 @@ export default function createMountWrapper(node, options = {}) {
     }
   }
   WrapperComponent.propTypes = {
-    Component: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.func, PropTypes.string]).isRequired,
+    Component: PropTypes.oneOfType([PropTypes.func, PropTypes.string, specialType]).isRequired,
     props: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
     context: PropTypes.object,
   };
diff --git a/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/ReactWrapper-spec.jsx b/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/ReactWrapper-spec.jsx
index cc48122ac..f285be0da 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/ReactWrapper-spec.jsx
+++ b/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/ReactWrapper-spec.jsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { ITERATOR_SYMBOL, sym } from 'enzyme/build/Utils';
 
 import './_helpers/setupAdapters';
-import { createClass, createContext, createPortal } from './_helpers/react-compat';
+import { createClass, createContext, createPortal, forwardRef } from './_helpers/react-compat';
 import {
   describeWithDOM,
   describeIf,
@@ -181,6 +181,52 @@ describeWithDOM('mount', () => {
       expect(wrapper.find('span').text()).to.equal('foo');
     });
 
+    describeIf(REACT163, 'forwarded ref Components', () => {
+
+      it('should mount without complaint', () => {
+        const warningStub = sinon.stub(console, 'error');
+
+        const SomeComponent = forwardRef((props, ref) => (
+          <div {...props} ref={ref} />
+        ));
+
+        mount(<SomeComponent />);
+
+        expect(warningStub.called).to.equal(false);
+
+        warningStub.restore();
+      });
+
+      it('should find elements through forwardedRef elements', () => {
+        const testRef = () => {};
+        const SomeComponent = forwardRef((props, ref) => (
+          <div ref={ref}>
+            <span className="child1" />
+            <span className="child2" />
+          </div>
+        ));
+
+        const wrapper = mount(<div><SomeComponent ref={testRef} /></div>);
+
+        expect(wrapper.find('.child2')).to.have.length(1);
+      });
+
+      it('should find the forwardRef element itself', () => {
+        const testRef = () => {};
+        const OtherComponent = () => (
+          <div />
+        );
+        const SomeComponent = forwardRef((props, ref) => (
+          <OtherComponent className="dumb" ref={ref} />
+        ));
+
+        const wrapper = mount(<div><SomeComponent ref={testRef} /></div>);
+
+        expect(wrapper.find(SomeComponent)).to.have.length(1);
+        expect(wrapper.find(OtherComponent)).to.have.length(1);
+      });
+    });
+
     describeIf(!REACT013, 'stateless components', () => {
       it('can pass in context', () => {
         const SimpleComponent = (props, context) => (
diff --git a/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/ShallowWrapper-spec.jsx b/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/ShallowWrapper-spec.jsx
index 8aaf196e1..b1416147f 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/ShallowWrapper-spec.jsx
+++ b/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/ShallowWrapper-spec.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { shallow, render, ShallowWrapper, mount } from 'enzyme';
 import { ITERATOR_SYMBOL, withSetStateAllowed, sym } from 'enzyme/build/Utils';
 
 import './_helpers/setupAdapters';
-import { createClass, createContext } from './_helpers/react-compat';
+import { createClass, createContext, forwardRef, createPortal } from './_helpers/react-compat';
 import { describeIf, itIf, itWithData, generateEmptyRenderData } from './_helpers';
 import { REACT013, REACT014, REACT15, REACT150_4, REACT16, REACT163, is } from './_helpers/version';
 
@@ -119,7 +119,19 @@ describe('shallow', () => {
 
       expect(shallow(<Consumes />).find('span')).to.have.length(1);
       expect(shallow(<Provides />).find(Consumes)).to.have.length(1);
+    });
+
+    itIf(REACT163, 'should find elements through forwardedRef elements', () => {
+      const SomeComponent = forwardRef((props, ref) => (
+        <div ref={ref}>
+          <span className="child1" />
+          <span className="child2" />
+        </div>
+      ));
+
+      const wrapper = shallow(<SomeComponent />);
 
+      expect(wrapper.find('.child2')).to.have.length(1);
     });
 
     describeIf(!REACT013, 'stateless function components', () => {
@@ -2945,6 +2957,36 @@ describe('shallow', () => {
     it('should pass through to the debugNodes function', () => {
       expect(shallow(<div />).debug()).to.equal('<div />');
     });
+
+    itIf(REACT163, 'should handle internal types gracefully', () => {
+      const { Provider, Consumer } = createContext(null);
+      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-arrow-callback
+      const Forwarded = forwardRef(function MyComponent(props) {
+        return (
+          <Provider value={5}>
+            <Forwarded />
+            <div {...props}>
+              <React.Fragment>
+                <Consumer>{() => <div />}</Consumer>
+                {createPortal(<span />, { nodeType: 1 })}
+              </React.Fragment>
+            </div>
+          </Provider>
+        );
+      });
+
+      expect(shallow(<Forwarded />).debug()).to.equal(`<ContextProvider value={5}>
+  <ForwardRef(MyComponent) />
+  <div>
+    <Fragment>
+      <ContextConsumer>
+        [function child]
+      </ContextConsumer>
+      <Portal />
+    </Fragment>
+  </div>
+</ContextProvider>`);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('.html()', () => {
diff --git a/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/_helpers/react-compat.js b/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/_helpers/react-compat.js
index a63fbc15a..c5c628f15 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/_helpers/react-compat.js
+++ b/packages/enzyme-test-suite/test/_helpers/react-compat.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ let createClass;
 let renderToString;
 let createPortal;
 let createContext;
+let forwardRef;
 
 if (is('>=15.5 || ^16.0.0-alpha || ^16.3.0-alpha')) {
   // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
@@ -37,9 +38,16 @@ if (is('^16.3.0-0')) {
   createContext = null;
 }
 
+if (is('^16.3.0-0')) {
+  ({ forwardRef } = require('react'));
+} else {
+  forwardRef = null;
+}
+
 export {
   createClass,
   renderToString,
   createPortal,
   createContext,
+  forwardRef,
 };
diff --git a/packages/enzyme/src/Debug.js b/packages/enzyme/src/Debug.js
index 27ccb372a..5cc23f400 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme/src/Debug.js
+++ b/packages/enzyme/src/Debug.js
@@ -12,13 +12,41 @@ import {
   propsOfNode,
   childrenOfNode,
 } from './RSTTraversal';
+import {
+  typeOf,
+  AsyncMode,
+  ContextProvider,
+  ContextConsumer,
+  Element,
+  ForwardRef,
+  Fragment,
+  Portal,
+  StrictMode,
+} from './Utils';
 
 const booleanValue = Function.bind.call(Function.call, Boolean.prototype.valueOf);
 
+
 export function typeName(node) {
-  return typeof node.type === 'function'
-    ? (node.type.displayName || functionName(node.type) || 'Component')
-    : node.type;
+  const { type } = node;
+  switch (typeOf(node)) {
+    case AsyncMode: return 'AsyncMode';
+    case ContextProvider: return 'ContextProvider';
+    case ContextConsumer: return 'ContextConsumer';
+    case Portal: return 'Portal';
+    case StrictMode: return 'StrictMode';
+    case ForwardRef: {
+      const name = type.render.displayName || functionName(type.render);
+      return name ? `ForwardRef(${name})` : 'ForwardRef';
+    }
+    case Fragment:
+      return 'Fragment';
+    case Element:
+    default:
+      return typeof node.type === 'function'
+        ? (type.displayName || functionName(type) || 'Component')
+        : type || 'unknown';
+  }
 }
 
 export function spaces(n) {
@@ -66,6 +94,7 @@ function indentChildren(childrenStrs, indentLength) {
 
 export function debugNode(node, indentLength = 2, options = {}) {
   if (typeof node === 'string' || typeof node === 'number') return escape(node);
+  if (typeof node === 'function') return '[function child]';
   if (!node) return '';
 
   const childrenStrs = compact(childrenOfNode(node).map(n => debugNode(n, indentLength, options)));
diff --git a/packages/enzyme/src/Utils.js b/packages/enzyme/src/Utils.js
index c479f6313..c9da05f63 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme/src/Utils.js
+++ b/packages/enzyme/src/Utils.js
@@ -7,8 +7,47 @@ import configuration from './configuration';
 import validateAdapter from './validateAdapter';
 import { childrenOfNode } from './RSTTraversal';
 
+const hasSymbol = typeof Symbol === 'function' && Symbol.for;
+
 export const ITERATOR_SYMBOL = typeof Symbol === 'function' && Symbol.iterator;
 
+// TODO use react-is when a version is released with no peer dependency on React
+export const AsyncMode = hasSymbol ? Symbol.for('react.async_mode') : 0xeacf;
+export const ContextProvider = hasSymbol ? Symbol.for('react.provider') : 0xeacd;
+export const ContextConsumer = hasSymbol ? Symbol.for('react.context') : 0xeace;
+export const Element = hasSymbol ? Symbol.for('react.element') : 0xeac7;
+export const ForwardRef = hasSymbol ? Symbol.for('react.forward_ref') : 0xead0;
+export const Fragment = hasSymbol ? Symbol.for('react.fragment') : 0xeacb;
+export const Portal = hasSymbol ? Symbol.for('react.portal') : 0xeaca;
+export const StrictMode = hasSymbol ? Symbol.for('react.strict_mode') : 0xeacc;
+
+export function typeOf(node) {
+  if (node !== null) {
+    const { type, $$typeof } = node;
+
+    switch (type || $$typeof) {
+      case AsyncMode:
+      case Fragment:
+      case StrictMode:
+        return type;
+      default: {
+        const $$typeofType = type && type.$$typeof;
+
+        switch ($$typeofType) {
+          case ContextConsumer:
+          case ForwardRef:
+          case Portal:
+          case ContextProvider:
+            return $$typeofType;
+          default:
+            return type || $$typeof;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
 export function getAdapter(options = {}) {
   if (options.adapter) {
     validateAdapter(options.adapter);
diff --git a/packages/enzyme/src/selectors.js b/packages/enzyme/src/selectors.js
index 8342dde1a..358f056e7 100644
--- a/packages/enzyme/src/selectors.js
+++ b/packages/enzyme/src/selectors.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   childrenOfNode,
   hasClassName,
 } from './RSTTraversal';
-import { nodeHasType, propsOfNode } from './Utils';
+import { nodeHasType, propsOfNode, typeOf, ForwardRef } from './Utils';
 // our CSS selector parser instance
 const parser = createParser();
 
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ export function buildPredicate(selector) {
       if (hasUndefinedValues) {
         throw new TypeError('Enzyme::Props can’t have `undefined` values. Try using ‘findWhere()’ instead.');
       }
+      // the selector could also be a forwardRef
+      if (typeOf(selector) === ForwardRef) {
+        // re-build the predicate based on what is wrapped by forwardRef
+        // rather than the forwardRef itself
+        return buildPredicate(selector.render().props);
+      }
       return node => nodeMatchesObjectProps(node, selector);
     }
     throw new TypeError('Enzyme::Selector does not support an array, null, or empty object as a selector');