diff --git a/doc/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/140-project.adoc b/doc/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/140-project.adoc
index 44cb83ef7..28de6f3a1 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/140-project.adoc
+++ b/doc/manual/src/docs/asciidoc/140-project.adoc
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ This page lists the high level changes between versions of Geb.
 * Add support to provide more information for UnexpectedPageException. [issue:596[]]
 * Add integration with LambdaTest. [issue:603[]]
 
+==== Fixes
+
+* `BindingUpdater` is not forwarding methods from `geb.textmatching.TextMatchingSupport` onto the `Browser` instance. [issue:601[]]
+
 ==== Improvements
 
 * Improve integration between cloud browser gradle plugins and driver factories. [issue:579[]]
diff --git a/module/geb-core/src/main/groovy/geb/binding/BindingUpdater.groovy b/module/geb-core/src/main/groovy/geb/binding/BindingUpdater.groovy
index 38cc8e138..66750da0a 100644
--- a/module/geb-core/src/main/groovy/geb/binding/BindingUpdater.groovy
+++ b/module/geb-core/src/main/groovy/geb/binding/BindingUpdater.groovy
@@ -24,11 +24,34 @@ import geb.PageEventListenerSupport
 class BindingUpdater {
 
     static public final FORWARDED_BROWSER_METHODS = [
-            "go", "to", "via", "at",
-            "waitFor",
+            "getPage", "getDriver", "getAugmentedDriver", "getNavigatorFactory", "getConfig", "getSessionStorage", "getLocalStorage", "getBaseUrl", "getCurrentUrl", "getJs",
+            "getAvailableWindows", "getCurrentWindow", "getReportGroupDir",
+            "setDriver", "setBaseUrl",
+            "go", "to", "via",
+            "at", "isAt", "verifyAtImplicitly", "checkIfAtAnUnexpectedPage", "createPage",
+            "pause",
+            "withWindow", "withNewWindow",
+            "report", "reportGroup", "cleanReportGroupDir",
+            "registerPageChangeListener", "removePageChangeListener",
+            "clearCookies", "clearCookiesQuietly", "clearWebStorage",
+            "close", "quit"
+    ].asImmutable()
+
+    static public final FORWARDED_PAGE_METHODS = [
+            "init",
+            /$/, "find",
+            "module",
+            "contains", "iContains", "notContains", "iNotContains", "endsWith", "iEndsWith", "notEndsWith", "iNotEndsWith", "containsWord", "iContainsWord", "notContainsWord", "iNotContainsWord",
+            "startsWith", "iStartsWith", "notStartsWith", "iNotStartsWith",
+            "withFrame",
+            "getOwner", "getPageFragment", "getRootContainer", "getContentNames", "getShouldVerifyAtImplicitly", "getAtVerificationResult", "getTitle", "getContentPath", "getContent", "getPageUrl",
+            "getBrowser", "getNavigator",
+            "onLoad", "onUnload",
+            "verifyAt", "verifyAtSafely",
+            "waitFor", "refreshWaitFor",
+            "focused", "interact", "convertToPath",
             "withAlert", "withNoAlert", "withConfirm", "withNoConfirm",
-            "download", "downloadStream", "downloadText", "downloadBytes", "downloadContent",
-            "report", "reportGroup", "cleanReportGroupDir"
+            "download", "downloadStream", "downloadText", "downloadBytes", "downloadContent"
     ].asImmutable()
 
     final Browser browser
@@ -50,6 +73,7 @@ class BindingUpdater {
     BindingUpdater initialize() {
         binding.browser = browser
         binding.js = browser.js
+        binding.config = browser.config
 
         FORWARDED_BROWSER_METHODS.each {
             binding.setVariable(it, new InvocationForwarding(it, browser))
@@ -70,6 +94,7 @@ class BindingUpdater {
 
         binding.variables.remove('browser')
         binding.variables.remove('js')
+        binding.variables.remove('config')
 
         FORWARDED_BROWSER_METHODS.each {
             binding.variables.remove(it)
@@ -82,12 +107,16 @@ class BindingUpdater {
         @Override
         void pageWillChange(Browser browser, Page oldPage, Page newPage) {
             binding.setVariable("page", newPage)
-            binding.setVariable("\$", new InvocationForwarding("\$", newPage))
+            FORWARDED_PAGE_METHODS.each {
+                binding.setVariable(it, new InvocationForwarding(it, newPage))
+            }
         }
 
         void clearBinding() {
             binding.variables.remove("page")
-            binding.variables.remove("\$")
+            FORWARDED_PAGE_METHODS.each {
+                binding.variables.remove(it)
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/module/geb-core/src/test/groovy/geb/binding/BindingUpdaterSpec.groovy b/module/geb-core/src/test/groovy/geb/binding/BindingUpdaterSpec.groovy
index f98a3a05c..3bb00f4f0 100644
--- a/module/geb-core/src/test/groovy/geb/binding/BindingUpdaterSpec.groovy
+++ b/module/geb-core/src/test/groovy/geb/binding/BindingUpdaterSpec.groovy
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package geb.binding
 
+import geb.Browser
+import geb.Initializable
 import geb.Page
 import geb.test.GebSpecWithCallbackServer
 
@@ -108,6 +110,50 @@ class BindingUpdaterSpec extends GebSpecWithCallbackServer {
         thrown MissingMethodException
     }
 
+    def "all browser methods are delegated to"() {
+        given:
+        updater.initialize()
+
+        when:
+        def notDelegatedMethods = findPublicInstanceNonInternalMethodNames(Browser) - binding.variables.keySet()
+
+        then:
+        !notDelegatedMethods
+    }
+
+    def "all page methods are delegated to"() {
+        given:
+        updater.initialize()
+
+        when:
+        def notDelegatedMethods = findPublicInstanceNonInternalMethodNames(Page) - findPublicInstanceNonInternalMethodNames(Browser) - binding.variables.keySet()
+
+        then:
+        !notDelegatedMethods
+    }
+
+    def "only existing browser methods are delegated to"() {
+        when:
+        def extraDelegatedMethods = BindingUpdater.FORWARDED_BROWSER_METHODS - findPublicInstanceNonInternalMethodNames(Browser)
+
+        then:
+        !extraDelegatedMethods
+    }
+
+    def "only existing page methods are delegated to"() {
+        when:
+        def extraDelegatedMethods = BindingUpdater.FORWARDED_PAGE_METHODS - findPublicInstanceNonInternalMethodNames(Page)
+
+        then:
+        !extraDelegatedMethods
+    }
+
+    private Set<String> findPublicInstanceNonInternalMethodNames(Class clazz) {
+        def ignoredMethods = Object.methods + GroovyObject.methods + Initializable.methods
+        def internalMethodNames = ignoredMethods*.name + ["methodMissing", "propertyMissing"]
+        def publicInstanceMethods = clazz.metaClass.methods.findAll { it.public && !it.static }
+        publicInstanceMethods*.name.toSet() - internalMethodNames
+    }
 }
 
 class BindingUpdaterSpecPage1 extends Page {