diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index cbd22857..0a77c92c 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -168,9 +168,18 @@
       "profile": "https://github.com/dfcook",
       "contributions": [
         "code",
-        "doc,
+        "doc",
         "test"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "thchia",
+      "name": "Thomas Chia",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/21194045?s=400&v=4",
+      "profile": "https://github.com/thchia",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76fb749a..7ec481f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 [![downloads][downloads-badge]][npmtrends]
 [![MIT License][license-badge]][license]
 
-[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-15-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-17-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
 [![PRs Welcome][prs-badge]][prs]
 [![Code of Conduct][coc-badge]][coc]
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ when a real user uses it.
   * [Using other assertion libraries](#using-other-assertion-libraries)
 * [`TextMatch`](#textmatch)
 * [`query` APIs](#query-apis)
-* [`bindElementToQueries`](#bindElementToQueries)
+* [`bindElementToQueries`](#bindelementtoqueries)
 * [Debugging](#debugging)
 * [Implementations](#implementations)
 * [FAQ](#faq)
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ Thanks goes to these people ([emoji key][emojis]):
 | [<img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1500684?v=3" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Kent C. Dodds</b></sub>](https://kentcdodds.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=kentcdodds "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=kentcdodds "Documentation") [🚇](#infra-kentcdodds "Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=kentcdodds "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/2430381?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ryan Castner</b></sub>](http://audiolion.github.io)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=audiolion "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/8008023?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Daniel Sandiego</b></sub>](https://www.dnlsandiego.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dnlsandiego "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/12592677?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Paweł Mikołajczyk</b></sub>](https://github.com/Miklet)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=Miklet "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/464978?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Alejandro Ñáñez Ortiz</b></sub>](http://co.linkedin.com/in/alejandronanez/)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=alejandronanez "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1402095?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Matt Parrish</b></sub>](https://github.com/pbomb)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Apbomb "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=pbomb "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=pbomb "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=pbomb "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1288694?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Justin Hall</b></sub>](https://github.com/wKovacs64)<br />[📦](#platform-wKovacs64 "Packaging/porting to new platform") |
 | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |
 | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1241511?s=460&v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Anto Aravinth</b></sub>](https://github.com/antoaravinth)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=antoaravinth "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=antoaravinth "Tests") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=antoaravinth "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/3462296?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Jonah Moses</b></sub>](https://github.com/JonahMoses)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=JonahMoses "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/4002543?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Łukasz Gandecki</b></sub>](http://team.thebrain.pro)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=lgandecki "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=lgandecki "Tests") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=lgandecki "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/498274?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ivan Babak</b></sub>](https://sompylasar.github.io)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Asompylasar "Bug reports") [🤔](#ideas-sompylasar "Ideas, Planning, & Feedback") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=sompylasar "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=sompylasar "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/4439618?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Jesse Day</b></sub>](https://github.com/jday3)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=jday3 "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/15199?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ernesto García</b></sub>](http://gnapse.github.io)<br />[💬](#question-gnapse "Answering Questions") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=gnapse "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=gnapse "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2747424?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Josef Maxx Blake</b></sub>](http://jomaxx.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=jomaxx "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=jomaxx "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=jomaxx "Tests") |
-| [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/725236?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Alex Cook</b></sub>](https://github.com/alecook)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=alecook "Documentation") [💡](#example-alecook "Examples") |
+| [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/725236?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Alex Cook</b></sub>](https://github.com/alecook)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=alecook "Documentation") [💡](#example-alecook "Examples") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/10348212?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Daniel Cook</b></sub>](https://github.com/dfcook)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Documentation") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dfcook "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/21194045?s=400&v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Thomas Chia</b></sub>](https://github.com/thchia)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Athchia "Bug reports") |
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
 
diff --git a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
index b4de32cd..3e8f8871 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
@@ -33,6 +33,21 @@ test('get throws a useful error message', () => {
   expect(() => getByAltText('LucyRicardo')).toThrowErrorMatchingSnapshot()
 })
 
+test('can get elements by matching their text content', () => {
+  const {queryByText} = render(`
+    <div>
+      <span>Currently showing</span>
+      <span>
+        Step
+        1
+          of 4
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  `)
+  expect(queryByText('Currently showing')).toBeInTheDOM()
+  expect(queryByText('Step 1 of 4')).toBeInTheDOM()
+})
+
 test('get can get form controls by label text', () => {
   const {getByLabelText} = render(`
     <div>
diff --git a/src/queries.js b/src/queries.js
index 86b1a529..c4042e2a 100644
--- a/src/queries.js
+++ b/src/queries.js
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ function getText(node) {
     )
     .map(c => c.textContent)
     .join(' ')
+    .trim()
+    .replace(/\s+/g, ' ')
 }
 
 // getters