diff --git a/src/htmx.js b/src/htmx.js
index 89fed0c3..ed5aaa72 100644
--- a/src/htmx.js
+++ b/src/htmx.js
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ return (function () {
         function shouldCancel(elt) {
             return elt.tagName === "FORM" ||
                 (matches(elt, 'input[type="submit"], button') && closest(elt, 'form') !== null) ||
-                (elt.tagName === "A" && elt.href && elt.href.indexOf('#') !== 0);
+                (elt.tagName === "A" && elt.href && elt.getAttribute('href').indexOf('#') !== 0);
         }
 
         function ignoreBoostedAnchorCtrlClick(elt, evt) {
diff --git a/test/core/internals.js b/test/core/internals.js
index 1af2293c..e9513420 100644
--- a/test/core/internals.js
+++ b/test/core/internals.js
@@ -41,4 +41,24 @@ describe("Core htmx internals Tests", function() {
         chai.expect(htmx._("tokenizeString")("aa.aa")).to.be.deep.equal(['aa', '.', 'aa']);
     })
 
+    it("tags respond correctly to shouldCancel", function() {
+        var anchorThatShouldCancel = make("<a href='/foo'></a>");
+        htmx._("shouldCancel")(anchorThatShouldCancel).should.equal(true);
+
+        var anchorThatShouldNotCancel = make("<a href='#'></a>");
+        htmx._("shouldCancel")(anchorThatShouldNotCancel).should.equal(false);
+
+        var form = make("<form></form>");
+        htmx._("shouldCancel")(form).should.equal(true);
+
+        var form = make("<form><input id='i1' type='submit'></form>");
+        var input = byId("i1");
+        htmx._("shouldCancel")(input).should.equal(true);
+
+        var form = make("<form><button id='b1' type='submit'></form>");
+        var button = byId("b1");
+        htmx._("shouldCancel")(button).should.equal(true);
+
+    })
+
 });
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