diff --git a/dom.js b/dom.js
index 18a7719..eac4c32 100644
--- a/dom.js
+++ b/dom.js
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ function serializeToString(node,buf){
 	case ATTRIBUTE_NODE:
 		return buf.push(' ',node.name,'="',node.value.replace(/[<&"]/g,_xmlEncoder),'"')
 	case TEXT_NODE:
-		return buf.push(node.data.replace(/[<&]/g,_xmlEncoder));
+		return buf.push(node.data.replace(/[<&]/g,_xmlEncoder).replace(/\]\]>/g,']]&gt;'));
 	case CDATA_SECTION_NODE:
 		return buf.push( '<![CDATA[',node.data,']]>');
 	case COMMENT_NODE:
diff --git a/test/dom/index.js b/test/dom/index.js
index 3a96f37..201a0b0 100644
--- a/test/dom/index.js
+++ b/test/dom/index.js
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ require('./element');
 require('./level3');
 require('./clone');
 require('./attr');
+require('./serializer');
diff --git a/test/dom/serializer.js b/test/dom/serializer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a885286
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dom/serializer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+var wows = require('vows');
+var DOMParser = require('xmldom').DOMParser;
+
+wows.describe('XML Serializer').addBatch({
+  'text node containing "]]>"': function() {
+    var doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString('<test/>', 'text/xml');
+    doc.documentElement.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('hello ]]> there'));
+    console.assert(doc.documentElement.firstChild.toString() == 'hello ]]&gt; there');
+  }
+}).run();