diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index f7ffca0b..a616a493 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -296,6 +296,15 @@
       "contributions": [
         "code"
       ]
+    },
+    {
+      "login": "wyze",
+      "name": "Neil Kistner",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/186971?v=4",
+      "profile": "https://neilkistner.com/",
+      "contributions": [
+        "code"
+      ]
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e62d73ac..71108d93 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-29-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
+[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-30-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors)
 [![PRs Welcome][prs-badge]][prs]
 [![Code of Conduct][coc-badge]][coc]
 
@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@ Returns the element that has the matching `title` attribute.
 const deleteElement = getByTitle(container, 'Delete')
 ```
 
+Will also find a `title` element within an SVG.
+
+```javascript
+// <svg> <title>Close</title> <g> <path /> </g> </svg>
+const closeElement = getByTitle(container, 'Close')
+```
+
 ### `getByValue`
 
 ```typescript
@@ -917,7 +924,7 @@ Thanks goes to these people ([emoji key][emojis]):
 | [<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/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") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=thchia "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/28659384?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Tim Deschryver</b></sub>](https://github.com/tdeschryver)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=tdeschryver "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=tdeschryver "Tests") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/1571667?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Alex Krolick</b></sub>](https://alexkrolick.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=alexkrolick "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/2224291?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Maddi Joyce</b></sub>](http://www.maddijoyce.com)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=maddijoyce "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/25429764?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Peter Kamps</b></sub>](https://github.com/npeterkamps)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Anpeterkamps "Bug reports") [💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=npeterkamps "Code") [⚠️](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=npeterkamps "Tests") |
 | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/21689428?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Jonathan Stoye</b></sub>](http://jonathanstoye.de)<br />[📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=JonathanStoye "Documentation") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/4126644?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Sanghyeon Lee</b></sub>](https://github.com/yongdamsh)<br />[💡](#example-yongdamsh "Examples") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/8015514?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Justice Mba </b></sub>](https://github.com/Dajust)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=Dajust "Code") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=Dajust "Documentation") [🤔](#ideas-Dajust "Ideas, Planning, & Feedback") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/340761?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Wayne Crouch</b></sub>](https://github.com/wgcrouch)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=wgcrouch "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/4996462?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ben Elliott</b></sub>](http://benjaminelliott.co.uk)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=benelliott "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/577921?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Ruben Costa</b></sub>](http://nuances.co)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=rubencosta "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/4982001?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Robert Smith</b></sub>](http://rbrtsmith.com/)<br />[🐛](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/issues?q=author%3Arbrtsmith "Bug reports") [🤔](#ideas-rbrtsmith "Ideas, Planning, & Feedback") [📖](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=rbrtsmith "Documentation") |
-| [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/881986?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>dadamssg</b></sub>](https://github.com/dadamssg)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dadamssg "Code") |
+| [<img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/881986?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>dadamssg</b></sub>](https://github.com/dadamssg)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=dadamssg "Code") | [<img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/186971?v=4" width="100px;"/><br /><sub><b>Neil Kistner</b></sub>](https://neilkistner.com/)<br />[💻](https://github.com/kentcdodds/dom-testing-library/commits?author=wyze "Code") |
 
 <!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-LIST:END -->
 
diff --git a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
index 1ff35674..f1168f79 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/element-queries.js
@@ -146,6 +146,23 @@ test('query/get element by its title', () => {
 
   expect(getByTitle('Delete').id).toEqual('2')
   expect(queryByTitle('Delete').id).toEqual('2')
+  expect(queryByTitle('Del', {exact: false}).id).toEqual('2')
+})
+
+test('query/get title element of SVG', () => {
+  const {getByTitle, queryByTitle} = render(`
+    <div>
+        <svg>
+            <title id="svg-title">Close</title>
+            <g>
+              <path />
+            </g>
+        </svg>
+    </div>
+  `)
+
+  expect(getByTitle('Close').id).toEqual('svg-title')
+  expect(queryByTitle('Close').id).toEqual('svg-title')
 })
 
 test('query/get element by its value', () => {
diff --git a/src/queries.js b/src/queries.js
index d57b3520..56e71401 100644
--- a/src/queries.js
+++ b/src/queries.js
@@ -82,12 +82,28 @@ function queryByText(...args) {
   return firstResultOrNull(queryAllByText, ...args)
 }
 
+function queryAllByTitle(
+  container,
+  text,
+  {exact = true, collapseWhitespace = true, trim = true} = {},
+) {
+  const matcher = exact ? matches : fuzzyMatches
+  const matchOpts = {collapseWhitespace, trim}
+  return Array.from(container.querySelectorAll('[title], svg > title')).filter(
+    node =>
+      matcher(node.getAttribute('title'), node, text, matchOpts) ||
+      matcher(getNodeText(node), node, text, matchOpts),
+  )
+}
+
+function queryByTitle(...args) {
+  return firstResultOrNull(queryAllByTitle, ...args)
+}
+
 const queryByPlaceholderText = queryByAttribute.bind(null, 'placeholder')
 const queryAllByPlaceholderText = queryAllByAttribute.bind(null, 'placeholder')
 const queryByTestId = queryByAttribute.bind(null, 'data-testid')
 const queryAllByTestId = queryAllByAttribute.bind(null, 'data-testid')
-const queryByTitle = queryByAttribute.bind(null, 'title')
-const queryAllByTitle = queryAllByAttribute.bind(null, 'title')
 const queryByValue = queryByAttribute.bind(null, 'value')
 const queryAllByValue = queryAllByAttribute.bind(null, 'value')