diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97bd5b9..fa92981 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     "babelify": "^6.3.0",
     "browserify": "^11.2.0",
     "delegate-events": "^1.1.1",
-    "tiny-emitter": "^1.0.0"
+    "tiny-emitter": "^1.0.0",
+    "component-event": "^0.1.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "karma": "^0.13.10",
diff --git a/src/clipboard.js b/src/clipboard.js
index 5f2bcd0..c0333b5 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.js
+++ b/src/clipboard.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import ClipboardAction from './clipboard-action';
 import Delegate from 'delegate-events';
+import event from 'component-event';
 import Emitter from 'tiny-emitter';
 
 const prefix = 'data-clipboard-';
@@ -17,7 +18,13 @@ class Clipboard extends Emitter {
         super();
 
         this.resolveOptions(options);
-        this.delegateClick(selector);
+        if (typeof selector === 'string') {
+            this.delegateClickToSelector(selector);
+        } else if (selector !== null && typeof selector === 'object') {
+            this.delegateClickToElement(selector);
+        } else {
+            throw new Error('`selector` should be a CSS selector string or elements itself.');
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -35,10 +42,23 @@ class Clipboard extends Emitter {
      * Delegates a click event on the passed selector.
      * @param {String} selector
      */
-    delegateClick(selector) {
+    delegateClickToSelector(selector) {
         Delegate.bind(document.body, selector, 'click', (e) => this.initialize(e));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Delegates a click event on the passed element.
+     * @param {Object} element
+     */
+    delegateClickToElement(element) {
+        event.bind(document.body, 'click', (e) => {
+            e.delegateTarget = element;
+            if (e.delegateTarget) {
+                (e) => this.initialize(e);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Defines a new `ClipboardAction` on each click event.
      * @param {Event} e
diff --git a/test/clipboard.js b/test/clipboard.js
index 1567b18..b16a66b 100644
--- a/test/clipboard.js
+++ b/test/clipboard.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Clipboard from '../src/clipboard';
 import ClipboardAction from '../src/clipboard-action';
 import Delegate from 'delegate-events';
+import Event from 'component-event';
 
 describe('Clipboard', () => {
     before(() => {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ describe('Clipboard', () => {
         });
     });
 
-    describe('#delegateClick', function() {
+    describe('#delegateClickToSelector', function() {
         before(() => {
             global.spy = sinon.spy(Delegate, 'bind');
         });
@@ -69,6 +70,26 @@ describe('Clipboard', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('#delegateClickToElement', function() {
+        before(() => {
+            global.spy = sinon.spy(Event, 'bind');
+        });
+
+        after(() => {
+            global.spy.restore();
+        });
+
+        it('should delegate a click event to the passed element', () => {
+            let element = document.body;
+            let event = 'click';
+
+            let clipboard = new Clipboard(global.button);
+
+            assert.ok(global.spy.calledOnce);
+            assert.ok(global.spy.calledWith(element, event));
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('#initialize', () => {
         it('should create a new instance of ClipboardAction', () => {
             let clipboard = new Clipboard('.btn');