diff --git a/Lua/lib/pugilua.dll b/Lua/lib/pugilua.dll
index 187336a..94b26d7 100644
Binary files a/Lua/lib/pugilua.dll and b/Lua/lib/pugilua.dll differ
diff --git a/Lua/lib/pugilua.lib b/Lua/lib/pugilua.lib
index 42378b5..d50aa99 100644
Binary files a/Lua/lib/pugilua.lib and b/Lua/lib/pugilua.lib differ
diff --git a/Lua/lib/test.lua b/Lua/lib/test.lua
index 1995c24..b753bb4 100644
--- a/Lua/lib/test.lua
+++ b/Lua/lib/test.lua
@@ -28,4 +28,8 @@ for i=0,n-1 do
 		print(a.name)
 		a=a:next_attribute()
 	end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
+
+----
+node=doc:root():child('Project')
+print(node.text)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/contrib/pugilua/pugilua_lib.cpp b/contrib/pugilua/pugilua_lib.cpp
index ffa7156..5eb85fb 100644
--- a/contrib/pugilua/pugilua_lib.cpp
+++ b/contrib/pugilua/pugilua_lib.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <RefCountedPtr.h>
 #include <string>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace pugi {
 	namespace lua {
@@ -158,6 +159,8 @@ namespace pugi {
 				
 			RefCountedPtr<lxpath_node_set> select_nodes(char const* query) const;
 
+			std::string text() const;
+
 			//todo: text(), xml_tree_walker somehow
 
 		public: // non-lua interface
@@ -457,6 +460,12 @@ namespace pugi {
 			}
 		}
 
+		std::string lxml_node::text() const {
+			std::stringstream ss;
+			node.print(ss);
+			return ss.str();
+		}
+
 		///////////////////
 		RefCountedPtr<lxml_parse_result> lxml_document::load_file(char const* path) {
 			return RefCountedPtr<lxml_parse_result>(new lxml_parse_result(doc.load_file(path)));
@@ -546,6 +555,7 @@ void register_pugilua (lua_State* L) {
 		.addProperty("value",&lxml_node::value)
 		.addProperty("type",&lxml_node::type)
 		.addProperty("path",&lxml_node::path)
+		.addProperty("text",&lxml_node::text)
 		.addFunction("child",&lxml_node::child)
 		.addFunction("first_attribute",&lxml_node::first_attribute)
 		.addFunction("last_attribute",&lxml_node::last_attribute)