diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5737079..2e9634c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ All notable changes to the `dom_query` crate will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Implemented `NodeRef::is_match` and `NodeRef::is` methods, which allow checking if a node matches 
+a given matcher (`&Matcher`) or selector (`&str`) without creating a `Selection` object.
+
+
 ### Changed
+
 - `Selection`'s internal code changes aimed at reducing calls to `RefCell::borrow` and `RefCell::borrow_mut`.
 
 ## [0.11.0] - 2024-12-10
diff --git a/src/node/node_ref.rs b/src/node/node_ref.rs
index 3e340ac..d776f58 100644
--- a/src/node/node_ref.rs
+++ b/src/node/node_ref.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::entities::copy_attrs;
 use crate::Document;
 use crate::Tree;
 use crate::TreeNodeOps;
+use crate::Matcher;
 
 use super::child_nodes;
 use super::id_provider::NodeIdProver;
@@ -641,4 +642,14 @@ impl NodeRef<'_> {
             child = next_node;
         }
     }
+
+    /// Checks if the node matches the given matcher
+    pub fn is_match(&self, matcher: &Matcher) -> bool {
+        matcher.match_element(self)
+    }
+
+    /// Checks if the node matches the given selector
+    pub fn is(&self, sel: &str) -> bool {
+        Matcher::new(sel).map_or(false, |matcher| self.is_match(&matcher))
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/node-traversal.rs b/tests/node-traversal.rs
index 35d094d..498547a 100644
--- a/tests/node-traversal.rs
+++ b/tests/node-traversal.rs
@@ -220,3 +220,15 @@ fn test_node_prev_sibling() {
     let prev_element_sibling_sel = Selection::from(prev_element_sibling.clone());
     assert!(prev_element_sibling_sel.is("#first-child"));
 }
+
+
+#[cfg_attr(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), test)]
+#[cfg_attr(target_arch = "wasm32", wasm_bindgen_test)]
+fn test_node_is() {
+    let doc = Document::from(ANCESTORS_CONTENTS);
+
+    let parent_sel = doc.select_single("#parent");
+    let parent_node = parent_sel.nodes().first().unwrap();
+    assert!(parent_node.is("div#parent"));
+    assert!(parent_node.is(":has(#first-child)"));
+}
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