diff --git a/src/browser/frame/parse.zig b/src/browser/frame/parse.zig
index 338b85916..c4251e3a8 100644
--- a/src/browser/frame/parse.zig
+++ b/src/browser/frame/parse.zig
@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ pub fn fragment(frame: *Frame, node: *Node, html: []const u8, opts: FragmentPars
     while (it.next()) |child| {
         child._parent = node;
     }
-    // Nor did the options among them reach their select.
+    // Nor did the options among them reach their select, nor the images
+    // their picture.
     Element.Html.Select.childrenInserted(node);
+    try Element.Html.Picture.childrenInserted(node, frame);
 }
 
 // Build a detached XMLDocument from `xml` (DOMParser.parseFromString and
diff --git a/src/browser/tests/element/html/image_srcset.html b/src/browser/tests/element/html/image_srcset.html
index e7555a35b..4887d38bd 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/element/html/image_srcset.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/element/html/image_srcset.html
@@ -176,3 +176,40 @@
     testing.expectEqual(1, loads);
   });
 </script>
+
+<script id="picture_fragment_parse" type=module>
+  // A fragment parse links its children onto the target in one go, without
+  // going through the insertion path, so the selection has to be redone
+  // afterwards; otherwise the img keeps the src it picked while it was still
+  // under the parser's wrapper, and later mutations compare against that.
+  const state = await testing.async();
+  const picture = document.createElement("picture");
+  document.body.append(picture);
+  picture.innerHTML = '<source srcset="/inner-source.png"><img src="/inner-img.png">';
+  const img = picture.querySelector("img");
+  const parsed = img.currentSrc;
+
+  // insertAdjacentHTML parses into a fragment and moves the children in one
+  // at a time, so it goes through the insertion path
+  const adjacent_picture = document.createElement("picture");
+  document.body.append(adjacent_picture);
+  adjacent_picture.insertAdjacentHTML("beforeend", '<source srcset="/adjacent-source.png"><img src="/adjacent-img.png">');
+  const adjacent = adjacent_picture.querySelector("img").currentSrc;
+
+  // let the parses' load events flush before counting
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+  let loads = 0;
+  img.addEventListener("load", () => loads += 1);
+
+  // the source is gone, so the selection falls back to the img's own src
+  picture.querySelector("source").remove();
+  await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10));
+
+  state.resolve();
+  await state.done(() => {
+    testing.expectEqual(testing.ORIGIN + "/inner-source.png", parsed);
+    testing.expectEqual(testing.ORIGIN + "/adjacent-source.png", adjacent);
+    testing.expectEqual(testing.ORIGIN + "/inner-img.png", img.currentSrc);
+    testing.expectEqual(1, loads);
+  });
+</script>
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Picture.zig b/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Picture.zig
index 7ca25daeb..005c2e107 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Picture.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/element/html/Picture.zig
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ pub fn childRemoved(parent: *Node, child: *Node, next_sibling: ?*Node, frame: *F
     };
 }
 
+// parse.fragment links every child of a parent at once, so the <img> among
+// them never saw its <picture> parent.
+pub fn childrenInserted(parent: *Node, frame: *Frame) !void {
+    if (parent.is(Picture) == null) {
+        return;
+    }
+    return imagesFrom(parent.firstChild(), frame);
+}
+
 pub fn sourceChanged(source: *Node, frame: *Frame) !void {
     const parent = source._parent orelse return;
     if (parent.is(Picture) == null) {