diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
index 6e4f87094..01c7b7de5 100644
--- a/docs/API.md
+++ b/docs/API.md
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ type ReactTestInstance = {
 
 A method returning a `ReactTestInstance` with matching text – may be a string or regular expression. Throws when no matches.
 
+This method will join `<Text>` siblings to find matches, similarly to [how React Native handles these components](https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/text#containers). This will allow for querying for strings that will be visually rendered together, but may be semantically separate React components.
+
 ### `getAllByText: (text: string | RegExp)`
 
 A method returning an array of `ReactTestInstance`s with matching text – may be a string or regular expression.
diff --git a/src/__tests__/render.test.js b/src/__tests__/render.test.js
index aa884840d..211847acb 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/render.test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/render.test.js
@@ -135,6 +135,38 @@ test('getByText, queryByText', () => {
   expect(() => queryByText(/fresh/)).toThrow('Expected 1 but found 3');
 });
 
+test('getByText, queryByText with children as Array', () => {
+  const BananaCounter = ({ numBananas }) => (
+    <Text>There are {numBananas} bananas in the bunch</Text>
+  );
+
+  const BananaStore = () => (
+    <View>
+      <BananaCounter numBananas={3} />
+      <BananaCounter numBananas={6} />
+      <BananaCounter numBananas={5} />
+    </View>
+  );
+
+  const { getByText } = render(<BananaStore />);
+
+  const { toJSON } = render(<BananaCounter numBananas={3} />);
+  expect(toJSON()).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+<Text>
+  There are 
+  3
+   bananas in the bunch
+</Text>
+`);
+
+  const threeBananaBunch = getByText('There are 3 bananas in the bunch');
+  expect(threeBananaBunch.props.children).toEqual([
+    'There are ',
+    3,
+    ' bananas in the bunch',
+  ]);
+});
+
 test('getAllByText, queryAllByText', () => {
   const { getAllByText, queryAllByText } = render(<Banana />);
   const buttons = getAllByText(/fresh/i);
diff --git a/src/helpers/getByAPI.js b/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
index a2fd7fd02..91b131a08 100644
--- a/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
+++ b/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
@@ -17,12 +17,20 @@ const getNodeByText = (node, text) => {
   try {
     // eslint-disable-next-line
     const { Text, TextInput } = require('react-native');
-    return (
-      (filterNodeByType(node, Text) || filterNodeByType(node, TextInput)) &&
-      (typeof text === 'string'
-        ? text === node.props.children
-        : text.test(node.props.children))
-    );
+    const isTextComponent =
+      filterNodeByType(node, Text) || filterNodeByType(node, TextInput);
+    if (isTextComponent) {
+      const textChildren = React.Children.map(node.props.children, child =>
+        child.toString()
+      );
+      if (textChildren) {
+        const textToTest = textChildren.join('');
+        return typeof text === 'string'
+          ? text === textToTest
+          : text.test(textToTest);
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
   } catch (error) {
     throw createLibraryNotSupportedError(error);
   }