diff --git a/src/server/injected/textSelectorEngine.ts b/src/server/injected/textSelectorEngine.ts
index 5f4c85c480..aa2a3243a1 100644
--- a/src/server/injected/textSelectorEngine.ts
+++ b/src/server/injected/textSelectorEngine.ts
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ function createMatcher(selector: string): Matcher {
     const re = new RegExp(selector.substring(1, lastSlash), selector.substring(lastSlash + 1));
     return text => re.test(text);
   }
-  selector = selector.trim().toLowerCase();
-  return text => text.toLowerCase().includes(selector);
+  selector = selector.trim().toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
+  return text => text.toLowerCase().replace(/\s+/g, ' ').includes(selector);
 }
 
 // Skips <head>, <script> and <style> elements and all their children.
diff --git a/test/selectors-text.spec.ts b/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
index 874b7ef2c3..e6f85841fa 100644
--- a/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
+++ b/test/selectors-text.spec.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ it('query', async ({page, isWebKit}) => {
   });
   expect(await page.$eval(`text=lowo`, e => e.outerHTML)).toBe('<div>helloworld</div>');
   expect(await page.$$eval(`text=lowo`, els => els.map(e => e.outerHTML).join(''))).toBe('<div>helloworld</div><span>helloworld</span>');
+
+  await page.setContent(`<span>Sign&nbsp;in</span><span>Hello\n \nworld</span>`);
+  expect(await page.$eval(`text=Sign in`, e => e.outerHTML)).toBe('<span>Sign&nbsp;in</span>');
+  expect((await page.$$(`text=Sign \tin`)).length).toBe(1);
+  expect(await page.$(`text="Sign in"`)).toBe(null);
+  expect((await page.$$(`text="Sign in"`)).length).toBe(0);
+  expect(await page.$eval(`text=lo wo`, e => e.outerHTML)).toBe('<span>Hello\n \nworld</span>');
+  expect(await page.$(`text="lo wo"`)).toBe(null);
+  expect((await page.$$(`text=lo \nwo`)).length).toBe(1);
+  expect((await page.$$(`text="lo wo"`)).length).toBe(0);
 });
 
 it('create', async ({page}) => {
