diff --git a/src/js/udom.js b/src/js/udom.js
index 4df00f674..1d90f865d 100644
--- a/src/js/udom.js
+++ b/src/js/udom.js
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@ var DOMList = function() {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
+Object.defineProperty(
+    DOMList.prototype,
+    'length',
+    {
+        get: function() {
+            return this.nodes.length;
+        }
+    }
+);
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
 var DOMListFactory = function(selector, context) {
     var r = new DOMList();
     if ( typeof selector === 'string' ) {
@@ -196,12 +208,6 @@ var doesMatchSelector = function(node, selector) {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-DOMList.prototype.length = function() {
-    return this.nodes.length;
-};
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
 DOMList.prototype.nodeAt = function(i) {
     return this.nodes[i];
 };