diff --git a/src/__tests__/queryByApi.test.js b/src/__tests__/queryByApi.test.js
index 82e89bf6e..e6241833d 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/queryByApi.test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/queryByApi.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import * as React from 'react';
-import { Text, Image } from 'react-native';
+import { Text, Image, View } from 'react-native';
 import { render } from '..';
 
 test('queryByText nested <Image> in <Text> at start', () => {
@@ -114,3 +114,31 @@ test('queryByText nested deep <CustomText> in <Text>', () => {
     ).queryByText('Hello World!')
   ).toBeTruthy();
 });
+
+test('queryByText nested <React.Fragment> in <Text>', () => {
+  const CustomText = () => {
+    return <React.Fragment>Hello World</React.Fragment>;
+  };
+
+  expect(
+    render(
+      <Text>
+        <CustomText />
+      </Text>
+    ).queryByText('Hello World')
+  ).toBeTruthy();
+});
+
+test('queryByText nested <React.Fragment> in <View>', () => {
+  const CustomText = () => {
+    return <React.Fragment>Hello World</React.Fragment>;
+  };
+
+  expect(
+    render(
+      <View>
+        <CustomText />
+      </View>
+    ).queryByText('Hello World')
+  ).toBeFalsy();
+});
diff --git a/src/helpers/getByAPI.js b/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
index 41e74bdd5..69884187d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
+++ b/src/helpers/getByAPI.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export type GetByAPI = {|
   getAllByPlaceholder: () => void,
 |};
 
-const filterNodeByType = (node, type) => node.type === type;
+const filterNodeByType = (node, type) => node?.type === type;
 
 const getNodeByText = (node, text) => {
   try {
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ const getNodeByText = (node, text) => {
           : text.test(textToTest);
       }
     }
+
+    const isParentTextComponent = filterNodeByType(node.parent?.parent, Text);
+    if (isParentTextComponent && !isTextComponent) {
+      if (typeof node.children?.[0] === 'string') {
+        const textToTest = node.children.join('');
+        return typeof text === 'string'
+          ? text === textToTest
+          : text.test(textToTest);
+      }
+    }
+
     return false;
   } catch (error) {
     throw createLibraryNotSupportedError(error);