diff --git a/common/locale/en-US/options.xml b/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
index 19912972..f195845f 100644
--- a/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
+++ b/common/locale/en-US/options.xml
@@ -1053,7 +1053,8 @@
     <tags>'ln' 'linenumbers'</tags>
     <spec>'linenumbers' 'ln'</spec>
     <type>&option.linenumbers.type;</type>
-    <default><![CDATA[code.google.com:'#nums [id^="nums_table"] a[href^="#"]',
+    <default><![CDATA['view-source:*':[id^=line],
+          code.google.com:'#nums [id^="nums_table"] a[href^="#"]',
           github.com:.line_numbers>*,
           mxr.mozilla.org:a.l,
           pastebin.com:#code_frame>div>ol>li,
diff --git a/common/modules/buffer.jsm b/common/modules/buffer.jsm
index 080d17a9..5784880f 100644
--- a/common/modules/buffer.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/buffer.jsm
@@ -2230,7 +2230,7 @@ var Buffer = Module("Buffer", {
         options.add(["linenumbers", "ln"],
             "Patterns used to determine line numbers used by G",
             "sitemap", {
-                "view-source:*": 'span[id^=line]',
+                "view-source:*": '[id^=line]',
                 "code.google.com": '#nums [id^="nums_table"] a[href^="#"]',
                 "github.com": '.line_numbers>*',
                 "mxr.mozilla.org": 'a.l',