diff --git a/lib/component.js b/lib/component.js
index 5d69643..4363c10 100644
--- a/lib/component.js
+++ b/lib/component.js
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ function makeComponent(Container) {
     }
 
     const proto = new Proxy(BaseElement.prototype, {
+      getPrototypeOf(target) {
+        return target;
+      },
+
       set(target, key, value, receiver) {
         if(key in target) {
           Reflect.set(target, key, value);
diff --git a/test/test-export.js b/test/test-export.js
index ef5d139..a271961 100644
--- a/test/test-export.js
+++ b/test/test-export.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { component, html } from '../haunted.js';
 import { attach, cycle } from './helpers.js';
 
-describe('Component exports', () => {
+describe('component()', () => {
   it('works', async () => {
     customElements.define('exports-test', component(() => {
       return html`Test`;
@@ -13,4 +13,14 @@ describe('Component exports', () => {
     assert.equal(host.firstChild.shadowRoot.firstChild.nextSibling.nodeValue, 'Test', 'Rendered');
     teardown();
   });
+
+  it('Is an instance of HTMLElement', () => {
+    const tag = 'component-instanceof';
+    customElements.define(tag, component(() => {
+      return html`Test`;
+    }));
+
+    const el = document.createElement(tag);
+    assert.ok(el instanceof HTMLElement, 'Is an HTMLElement');
+  });
 });