diff --git a/components/script/script_thread.rs b/components/script/script_thread.rs
index 580c37954e0..2bcb1d23056 100644
--- a/components/script/script_thread.rs
+++ b/components/script/script_thread.rs
@@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ impl ScriptThread {
                 )
             },
             WebDriverScriptCommand::GetElementText(node_id, reply) => {
-                webdriver_handlers::handle_get_text(&documents, pipeline_id, node_id, reply)
+                webdriver_handlers::handle_get_text(&documents, pipeline_id, node_id, reply, can_gc)
             },
             WebDriverScriptCommand::GetElementInViewCenterPoint(node_id, reply) => {
                 webdriver_handlers::handle_get_element_in_view_center_point(
diff --git a/components/script/webdriver_handlers.rs b/components/script/webdriver_handlers.rs
index 827276cd0e7..67fc12abbfb 100644
--- a/components/script/webdriver_handlers.rs
+++ b/components/script/webdriver_handlers.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ use crate::script_module::ScriptFetchOptions;
 use crate::script_runtime::{CanGc, JSContext as SafeJSContext};
 use crate::script_thread::ScriptThread;
 
+/// <https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#dfn-get-a-known-element>
 fn find_node_by_unique_id(
     documents: &DocumentCollection,
     pipeline: PipelineId,
@@ -1217,16 +1218,21 @@ pub(crate) fn handle_get_bounding_client_rect(
         .unwrap();
 }
 
+/// <https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#dfn-get-element-text>
 pub(crate) fn handle_get_text(
     documents: &DocumentCollection,
     pipeline: PipelineId,
     node_id: String,
     reply: IpcSender<Result<String, ErrorStatus>>,
+    can_gc: CanGc,
 ) {
     reply
         .send(
-            find_node_by_unique_id(documents, pipeline, node_id)
-                .map(|node| node.GetTextContent().map_or("".to_owned(), String::from)),
+            find_node_by_unique_id(documents, pipeline, node_id).map(|node| {
+                node.downcast::<HTMLElement>()
+                    .map(|element| element.InnerText(can_gc).to_string())
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| node.GetTextContent().map_or("".to_owned(), String::from))
+            }),
         )
         .unwrap();
 }
diff --git a/components/webdriver_server/lib.rs b/components/webdriver_server/lib.rs
index c9d27fe7574..b364b88423b 100644
--- a/components/webdriver_server/lib.rs
+++ b/components/webdriver_server/lib.rs
@@ -1318,6 +1318,7 @@ impl Handler {
         }
     }
 
+    /// <https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/#dfn-get-element-text>
     fn handle_element_text(&self, element: &WebElement) -> WebDriverResult<WebDriverResponse> {
         let (sender, receiver) = ipc::channel().unwrap();
         let cmd = WebDriverScriptCommand::GetElementText(element.to_string(), sender);