diff --git a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
index bc30089a..266c7c22 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
@@ -400,6 +400,13 @@ test('queryAll* matchers return an array for 0 matches', () => {
   expect(queryAllByRole('nope')).toHaveLength(0)
 })
 
+test('queryAllByText can query dom nodes', () => {
+  const {queryAllByText} = render('hi')
+  expect(queryAllByText('hi')).toHaveLength(1)
+  expect(queryAllByText('not here')).toHaveLength(0)
+  expect(queryAllByText('hi', {selector: 'span'})).toHaveLength(0)
+})
+
 test('using jest helpers to assert element states', () => {
   const {queryByTestId} = render(`<span data-testid="count-value">2</span>`)
 
diff --git a/src/queries.js b/src/queries.js
index e5393222..15c7233c 100644
--- a/src/queries.js
+++ b/src/queries.js
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ function queryAllByText(
 ) {
   const matcher = exact ? matches : fuzzyMatches
   const matchNormalizer = makeNormalizer({collapseWhitespace, trim, normalizer})
-  return Array.from(container.querySelectorAll(selector))
+  const baseArray = container.matches(selector) ? [container] : []
+  return Array.from([...baseArray, ...container.querySelectorAll(selector)])
     .filter(node => !ignore || !node.matches(ignore))
     .filter(node => matcher(getNodeText(node), node, text, matchNormalizer))
 }