diff --git a/common/src/web/relative_locators.html b/common/src/web/relative_locators.html
index 7857a367bb0a8..6f09befab539b 100644
--- a/common/src/web/relative_locators.html
+++ b/common/src/web/relative_locators.html
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@
     .big-rectangle {
       border: 1px solid black;
       width: 150px;
-      height: 400px;                
+      height: 400px;
+    }
+    #bug-13642-table {
+      border-collapse: collapse;
+      margin-top: 25px;
+      margin-bottom: 25px;
+    }
+    th {
+      border: solid;
     }
   </style>
 </head>
@@ -29,6 +37,45 @@ <h1>Relative Locator Tests</h1>
 <p id="mid">This is a paragraph of text in the middle.
 <p id="below">This text is below.
 
+<table id="bug-13642-table">
+  <tbody>
+    <tr>
+      <th>Company</th>
+      <th>Contact</th>
+      <th>Country</th>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>Alfreds Futterkiste</td>
+      <td>Maria Anders</td>
+      <td>Germany</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>Centro comercial Moctezuma</td>
+      <td>Francisco Chang</td>
+      <td>Mexico</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>Ernst Handel</td>
+      <td>Roland Mendel</td>
+      <td>Austria</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>Island Trading</td>
+      <td>Helen Bennett</td>
+      <td>UK</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>Laughing Bacchus Winecellars</td>
+      <td>Yoshi Tannamuri</td>
+      <td>Canada</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <td>Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti</td>
+      <td>Giovanni Rovelli</td>
+      <td>Italy</td>
+    </tr>
+  </tbody>
+</table>
 
 <table>
   <tr>
diff --git a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocatorTest.java b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocatorTest.java
index 2f9d3b448b8ca..6933bbdaf8f41 100644
--- a/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocatorTest.java
+++ b/java/test/org/openqa/selenium/support/locators/RelativeLocatorTest.java
@@ -35,6 +35,20 @@
 
 class RelativeLocatorTest extends JupiterTestBase {
 
+  @Test
+  void shouldBeAbleToFindElementWithToRightOfAndBelowWithBorderCollapseInTable() {
+    driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
+
+    By contactNameForTargetCompany =
+        RelativeLocator.with(By.tagName("td"))
+            .toRightOf(By.xpath("//td[text()='Alfreds Futterkiste']"))
+            .below(By.xpath("//th[text()='Contact']"));
+
+    String actualName = driver.findElement(contactNameForTargetCompany).getText();
+
+    assertThat(actualName).isEqualTo("Maria Anders");
+  }
+
   @Test
   void shouldBeAbleToFindElementsAboveAnotherWithTagName() {
     driver.get(appServer.whereIs("relative_locators.html"));
diff --git a/javascript/atoms/locators/relative.js b/javascript/atoms/locators/relative.js
index 4a0175f46b0e6..e93cc91e71887 100644
--- a/javascript/atoms/locators/relative.js
+++ b/javascript/atoms/locators/relative.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ goog.require('bot.locators');
 goog.require('goog.array');
 goog.require('goog.dom');
 goog.require('goog.math.Rect');
+goog.require('goog.style');
 
 
 /**
@@ -79,23 +80,44 @@ bot.locators.relative.above_ = function (selector) {
 
 
 /**
- * Relative locator to find elements that are below the expected one. "Below"
- * is defined as where the top of the element found by `selector` is below the
- * bottom of an element we're comparing to.
- *
+ * Relative locator to find elements that are below the expected one. An element is "below" either when:
+ * 1. The bottom of the element found by `selector` is above the top of an element we're comparing to
+ * 2. Or the bottom of the element found by `selector` is at the same vertical position as the element we're comparing
+ * to and the two elements are cells of the same table.
  * @param {!Element|function():!Element|!Object} selector Mechanism to be used to find the element.
  * @return {!Filter} A function that determines whether the selector is below the given element.
  * @private
  */
 bot.locators.relative.below_ = function (selector) {
-  return bot.locators.relative.proximity_(
-    selector,
-    function (rect1, rect2) {
-      var bottom = rect1.top + rect1.height;
-      return bottom < rect2.top;
-    });
+  var toReturn = function (compareTo) {
+    var element = bot.locators.relative.resolve_(selector);
+    var rect1 = bot.dom.getClientRect(element);
+    var rect2 = bot.dom.getClientRect(compareTo);
+    var bottom = rect1.top + rect1.height;
+    return (bottom < rect2.top) || ((bottom == rect2.top) && twoElementsAreCellsOfSameTable(element, compareTo));
+  };
+  return toReturn;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Verifies if element and compareTo are table cells (i.e. td or th elements) and if they are part of the same table.
+ * @param {*} element Base element of the comparison (for example, for the bot.locators.relative.rightOf_ method, it
+ * would be the element we want to find an element to the right of)
+ * @param {*} compareTo Current element
+ * @returns True only if element and compareTo are table cells (i.e. td or th elements) and if they are part of the same
+ * table.
+ */
+function twoElementsAreCellsOfSameTable(element, compareTo) {
+  var tableCellsTagNames = ["TD", "TH"];
+  var elementAndCompareToAreTableCellElements =
+      tableCellsTagNames.includes(element.tagName) &&
+      tableCellsTagNames.includes(compareTo.tagName);
+  var cssSelector = "table";
+  var elementTable = element.closest(cssSelector);
+  var compareToTable = compareTo.closest(cssSelector);
+  var elementAndCompareToAreFromSameTable = elementTable.isEqualNode(compareToTable);
+  return elementAndCompareToAreTableCellElements && elementAndCompareToAreFromSameTable;
+}
 
 /**
  * Relative locator to find elements that are to the left of the expected one.
@@ -122,15 +144,16 @@ bot.locators.relative.leftOf_ = function (selector) {
  * @private
  */
 bot.locators.relative.rightOf_ = function (selector) {
-  return bot.locators.relative.proximity_(
-    selector,
-    function (rect1, rect2) {
-      var right = rect1.left + rect1.width;
-      return right < rect2.left;
-    });
+  var toReturn = function (compareTo) {
+    var element = bot.locators.relative.resolve_(selector);
+    var rect1 = bot.dom.getClientRect(element);
+    var rect2 = bot.dom.getClientRect(compareTo);
+    var right = rect1.left + rect1.width;
+    return (right < rect2.left) || ((right == rect2.left) && twoElementsAreCellsOfSameTable(element, compareTo));
+  };
+  return toReturn;
 };
 
-
 /**
  * Find elements within (by default) 50 pixels of the selected element. An
  * element is not near itself.