diff --git a/lib/oga/xpath/evaluator.rb b/lib/oga/xpath/evaluator.rb
index 657df79..53dc2ad 100644
--- a/lib/oga/xpath/evaluator.rb
+++ b/lib/oga/xpath/evaluator.rb
@@ -457,6 +457,23 @@ module Oga
         return nodes
       end
 
+      ##
+      # Processes the `text()` type test. This matches only text nodes.
+      #
+      # @param [Oga::XPath::Node] ast_node
+      # @param [Oga::XML::NodeSet] context
+      # @return [Oga::XML::NodeSet]
+      #
+      def on_type_test_text(ast_node, context)
+        nodes = XML::NodeSet.new
+
+        context.each do |node|
+          nodes << node if node.is_a?(XML::Text)
+        end
+
+        return nodes
+      end
+
       ##
       # Returns a node set containing all the child nodes of the given set of
       # nodes.
diff --git a/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/type_tests/node_spec.rb b/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/type_tests/node_spec.rb
index 79e912c..180caaf 100644
--- a/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/type_tests/node_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/type_tests/node_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Oga::XPath::Evaluator do
-  context 'node type test' do
+  context 'node() tests' do
     before do
       @document  = parse('<a><b>foo</b></a>')
       @evaluator = described_class.new(@document)
diff --git a/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/type_tests/text_spec.rb b/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/type_tests/text_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40825f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/oga/xpath/evaluator/type_tests/text_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Oga::XPath::Evaluator do
+  context 'text() tests' do
+    before do
+      @document  = parse('<a>foo<b>bar</b></a>')
+      @evaluator = described_class.new(@document)
+    end
+
+    context 'matching text nodes' do
+      before do
+        @set = @evaluator.evaluate('a/text()')
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like :node_set, :length => 1
+
+      example 'return a Text instance' do
+        @set[0].is_a?(Oga::XML::Text).should == true
+      end
+
+      example 'return the "foo" text node' do
+        @set[0].text.should == 'foo'
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'matching nested text nodes' do
+      before do
+        @set = @evaluator.evaluate('a/b/text()')
+      end
+
+      it_behaves_like :node_set, :length => 1
+
+      example 'return a Text instance' do
+        @set[0].is_a?(Oga::XML::Text).should == true
+      end
+
+      example 'return the "bar" text node' do
+        @set[0].text.should == 'bar'
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end