diff --git a/html.go b/html.go
index 2320dbf..ef55e5c 100644
--- a/html.go
+++ b/html.go
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ func ParseNode(r io.Reader) (*Node, error) {
 	return &Node{n[0]}, nil
 }
 
+func NewTextNode(text string) *Node {
+	return &Node{
+		Node: &html.Node{
+			Type:     html.TextNode,
+			DataAtom: 0x0,
+			Data:     text,
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func (n *Node) QuerySelector(selector string) *Node {
 	if strings.HasPrefix(selector, "#") {
 		return n.GetElementById(selector[1:])