diff --git a/lib/taiko.js b/lib/taiko.js
index 240d11497..ef0bbc710 100644
--- a/lib/taiko.js
+++ b/lib/taiko.js
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ module.exports.radioButton = (attribute,value, ...args) => {
 module.exports.text = (text, ...args) => {
     validate();
     assertType(text);
-    const get = async (e = '*') => await handleRelativeSearch(await $$xpath('//' + e + `[text()=${xpath(text)}]`), args);
+    const get = async (e = '*') => await handleRelativeSearch(await $$xpath('//' + e + `[normalize-space(text())=${xpath(text)}]`), args);
     return { get: get, exists: exists(get), description: `Element with text "${text}"` };
 };
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ function match(text, ...args) {
     assertType(text);
     const get = async (e = '*') => {
         let elements = await $$xpath('//' + e + `[@value=${xpath(text)}]`);
-        if (!elements || !elements.length) elements = await $$xpath('//' + e + `[text()=${xpath(text)}]`);
+        if (!elements || !elements.length) elements = await $$xpath('//' + e + `[normalize-space(text())=${xpath(text)}]`);
         return await handleRelativeSearch(elements, args);
     };
     return { get: get, exists: exists(get), description: `Element matching text "${text}"` };