diff --git a/src/dom/document.zig b/src/dom/document.zig
index adf34d35..ea29dad8 100644
--- a/src/dom/document.zig
+++ b/src/dom/document.zig
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ pub const Document = struct {
         return try parser.documentCreateDocumentFragment(self);
     }
 
+    pub fn _createTextNode(self: *parser.Document, data: []const u8) !*parser.Text {
+        return try parser.documentCreateTextNode(self, data);
+    }
+
     pub fn deinit(_: *parser.Document, _: std.mem.Allocator) void {}
 };
 
@@ -226,6 +230,11 @@ pub fn testExecFn(
     };
     try checkCases(js_env, &createDocumentFragment);
 
+    var createTextNode = [_]Case{
+        .{ .src = "document.createTextNode('foo')", .ex = "[object Text]" },
+    };
+    try checkCases(js_env, &createTextNode);
+
     const tags = comptime parser.Tag.all();
     comptime var createElements: [(tags.len) * 2]Case = undefined;
     inline for (tags, 0..) |tag, i| {
diff --git a/src/netsurf.zig b/src/netsurf.zig
index 0919e56a..b764c9dd 100644
--- a/src/netsurf.zig
+++ b/src/netsurf.zig
@@ -1137,6 +1137,13 @@ pub inline fn documentCreateDocumentFragment(doc: *Document) !*DocumentFragment
     return df.?;
 }
 
+pub inline fn documentCreateTextNode(doc: *Document, s: []const u8) !*Text {
+    var txt: ?*Text = undefined;
+    const err = documentVtable(doc).dom_document_create_text_node.?(doc, try strFromData(s), &txt);
+    try DOMErr(err);
+    return txt.?;
+}
+
 // DocumentHTML
 pub const DocumentHTML = c.dom_html_document;