diff --git a/tests/functional/test_misc_ie90.py b/tests/functional/test_misc_ie90.py
index 22727f568d..469bfc53e9 100644
--- a/tests/functional/test_misc_ie90.py
+++ b/tests/functional/test_misc_ie90.py
@@ -1402,3 +1402,12 @@ def test_testIEVisibility(self, caplog):
                     "[Window] Alert Text: document.msVisibilityState: visible"]
 
         self.do_perform_test(caplog, sample, expected)
+
+    def test_testSplitText(self, caplog):
+        sample   = os.path.join(self.misc_path, "testSplitText.html")
+        expected = ["p.childNodes.length before splitText: 1",
+                    "foobar value after splitText: foo",
+                    "bar value: bar",
+                    "p.childNodes.length after splitText: 2"]
+
+        self.do_perform_test(caplog, sample, expected)
diff --git a/thug/DOM/W3C/Core/Text.py b/thug/DOM/W3C/Core/Text.py
index ba789bf9d2..06da1d1c86 100644
--- a/thug/DOM/W3C/Core/Text.py
+++ b/thug/DOM/W3C/Core/Text.py
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ def __init__(self, doc, tag):
         CharacterData.__init__(self, doc, tag)
 
     def splitText(self, offset):
-        raise DOMException(DOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR)
+        newNode = self.doc.createTextNode(self.data[offset:])
+        self.data = self.data[:offset]
+
+        if self.parentNode:
+            self.parentNode.insertBefore(newNode, self.nextSibling)
+
+        return newNode
 
     def getNodeValue(self):
         return str(self.data)