diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php
index 6870ee9e25c8..317aa3a36573 100755
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Crawler.php
@@ -524,6 +524,22 @@ public function attr($attribute)
         return $node->hasAttribute($attribute) ? $node->getAttribute($attribute) : null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the node name of the first node of the list.
+     *
+     * @return string The node name
+     *
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException When current node is empty
+     */
+    public function nodeName()
+    {
+        if (!count($this)) {
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The current node list is empty.');
+        }
+
+        return $this->getNode(0)->nodeName;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the node value of the first node of the list.
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Tests/CrawlerTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Tests/CrawlerTest.php
index b5f7c894a38a..d45d2243a14b 100755
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Tests/CrawlerTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DomCrawler/Tests/CrawlerTest.php
@@ -358,6 +358,18 @@ public function testMissingAttrValueIsNull()
         $this->assertNull($div->attr('missing-attr'), '->attr() reads missing attributes correctly');
     }
 
+    public function testNodeName()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('li', $this->createTestCrawler()->filterXPath('//li')->nodeName(), '->nodeName() returns the node name of the first element of the node list');
+
+        try {
+            $this->createTestCrawler()->filterXPath('//ol')->nodeName();
+            $this->fail('->nodeName() throws an \InvalidArgumentException if the node list is empty');
+        } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
+            $this->assertTrue(true, '->nodeName() throws an \InvalidArgumentException if the node list is empty');
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testText()
     {
         $this->assertEquals('One', $this->createTestCrawler()->filterXPath('//li')->text(), '->text() returns the node value of the first element of the node list');