diff --git a/lib/oga/xml/element.rb b/lib/oga/xml/element.rb
index 48aae24..70154ca 100644
--- a/lib/oga/xml/element.rb
+++ b/lib/oga/xml/element.rb
@@ -103,13 +103,29 @@ module Oga
       def inner_text
         text = ''
 
-        children.each do |child|
-          text << child.text if child.is_a?(Text)
+        text_nodes.each do |node|
+          text << node.text
         end
 
         return text
       end
 
+      ##
+      # Returns any {Oga::XML::Text} nodes that are a direct child of this
+      # element.
+      #
+      # @return [Oga::XML::NodeSet]
+      #
+      def text_nodes
+        nodes = NodeSet.new
+
+        children.each do |child|
+          nodes << child if child.is_a?(Text)
+        end
+
+        return nodes
+      end
+
       ##
       # Converts the element and its child elements to XML.
       #
diff --git a/spec/oga/xml/element_spec.rb b/spec/oga/xml/element_spec.rb
index 61793f0..0dfc56a 100644
--- a/spec/oga/xml/element_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/oga/xml/element_spec.rb
@@ -139,6 +139,26 @@ describe Oga::XML::Element do
     end
   end
 
+  context '#text_nodes' do
+    before do
+      @t1     = Oga::XML::Text.new(:text => 'Foo')
+      @t2     = Oga::XML::Text.new(:text => 'Bar')
+      element = described_class.new(:children => [@t1, @t2])
+
+      @set = element.text_nodes
+    end
+
+    it_behaves_like :node_set, :length => 2
+
+    example 'return the first Text node' do
+      @set[0].should == @t1
+    end
+
+    example 'return the second Text node' do
+      @set[1].should == @t2
+    end
+  end
+
   context '#to_xml' do
     example 'generate the corresponding XML' do
       described_class.new(:name => 'p').to_xml.should == '<p></p>'