diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 0168ba88..079d78c3 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ let config: InternalConfig = {
   eventWrapper: cb => cb(),
   // default value for the `hidden` option in `ByRole` queries
   defaultHidden: false,
+  // default value for the `hidden` option in `ByText` queries
+  defaultExcludeHiddenText: false,
   // default value for the `ignore` option in `ByText` queries
   defaultIgnore: 'script, style',
   // showOriginalStackTrace flag to show the full error stack traces for async errors
diff --git a/src/queries/role.js b/src/queries/role.js
index a46d8a2b..cde33d19 100644
--- a/src/queries/role.js
+++ b/src/queries/role.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   getImplicitAriaRoles,
   prettyRoles,
   isInaccessible,
-  isSubtreeInaccessible,
+  getCachedIsSubtreeInaccessible,
 } from '../role-helpers'
 import {wrapAllByQueryWithSuggestion} from '../query-helpers'
 import {checkContainerType} from '../helpers'
@@ -94,14 +94,7 @@ function queryAllByRole(
     }
   }
 
-  const subtreeIsInaccessibleCache = new WeakMap()
-  function cachedIsSubtreeInaccessible(element) {
-    if (!subtreeIsInaccessibleCache.has(element)) {
-      subtreeIsInaccessibleCache.set(element, isSubtreeInaccessible(element))
-    }
-
-    return subtreeIsInaccessibleCache.get(element)
-  }
+  const cachedIsSubtreeInaccessible = getCachedIsSubtreeInaccessible()
 
   return Array.from(
     container.querySelectorAll(
diff --git a/src/queries/text.ts b/src/queries/text.ts
index 41594ce7..a97457ce 100644
--- a/src/queries/text.ts
+++ b/src/queries/text.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   SelectorMatcherOptions,
   Matcher,
 } from '../../types'
+import {getCachedIsSubtreeInaccessible, isInaccessible} from '../role-helpers'
 import {
   fuzzyMatches,
   matches,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ const queryAllByText: AllByText = (
     trim,
     ignore = getConfig().defaultIgnore,
     normalizer,
+    excludeHidden = getConfig().defaultExcludeHiddenText,
   } = {},
 ) => {
   checkContainerType(container)
@@ -34,13 +36,27 @@ const queryAllByText: AllByText = (
   if (typeof container.matches === 'function' && container.matches(selector)) {
     baseArray = [container]
   }
+  const cachedIsSubtreeInaccessible = getCachedIsSubtreeInaccessible()
+
   return (
     [
       ...baseArray,
       ...Array.from(container.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>(selector)),
     ]
       // TODO: `matches` according lib.dom.d.ts can get only `string` but according our code it can handle also boolean :)
-      .filter(node => !ignore || !node.matches(ignore as string))
+      .filter(node => {
+        if (ignore && node.matches(ignore as string)) {
+          return false
+        }
+
+        if (!excludeHidden) {
+          return true
+        }
+
+        return !isInaccessible(node, {
+          isSubtreeInaccessible: cachedIsSubtreeInaccessible,
+        })
+      })
       .filter(node => matcher(getNodeText(node), node, text, matchNormalizer))
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/role-helpers.js b/src/role-helpers.js
index 500bcdd2..d9d769d6 100644
--- a/src/role-helpers.js
+++ b/src/role-helpers.js
@@ -29,6 +29,20 @@ function isSubtreeInaccessible(element) {
   return false
 }
 
+/**
+ * @returns {function (element: Element): boolean}
+ */
+function getCachedIsSubtreeInaccessible() {
+  const subtreeIsInaccessibleCache = new WeakMap()
+  return function cachedIsSubtreeInaccessible(element) {
+    if (!subtreeIsInaccessibleCache.has(element)) {
+      subtreeIsInaccessibleCache.set(element, isSubtreeInaccessible(element))
+    }
+
+    return subtreeIsInaccessibleCache.get(element)
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Partial implementation https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-1.2/#tree_exclusion
  * which should only be used for elements with a non-presentational role i.e.
@@ -330,6 +344,7 @@ export {
   logRoles,
   getImplicitAriaRoles,
   isSubtreeInaccessible,
+  getCachedIsSubtreeInaccessible,
   prettyRoles,
   isInaccessible,
   computeAriaSelected,
diff --git a/types/config.d.ts b/types/config.d.ts
index c3617ef0..b0f41c1b 100644
--- a/types/config.d.ts
+++ b/types/config.d.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export interface Config {
   asyncUtilTimeout: number
   computedStyleSupportsPseudoElements: boolean
   defaultHidden: boolean
+  defaultExcludeHiddenText: boolean
   /** default value for the `ignore` option in `ByText` queries */
   defaultIgnore: string
   showOriginalStackTrace: boolean
diff --git a/types/queries.d.ts b/types/queries.d.ts
index 1fb66b7d..94efd004 100644
--- a/types/queries.d.ts
+++ b/types/queries.d.ts
@@ -40,29 +40,37 @@ export type QueryByText<T extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> = (
   options?: SelectorMatcherOptions,
 ) => T | null
 
+export interface ByTextOptions extends SelectorMatcherOptions {
+  /**
+   * If true exclude elements in the query set that are usually excluded from
+   * the accessibility tree.
+   */
+  excludeHidden?: boolean
+}
+
 export type AllByText<T extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> = (
   container: HTMLElement,
   id: Matcher,
-  options?: SelectorMatcherOptions,
+  options?: ByTextOptions,
 ) => T[]
 
 export type FindAllByText<T extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> = (
   container: HTMLElement,
   id: Matcher,
-  options?: SelectorMatcherOptions,
+  options?: ByTextOptions,
   waitForElementOptions?: waitForOptions,
 ) => Promise<T[]>
 
 export type GetByText<T extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> = (
   container: HTMLElement,
   id: Matcher,
-  options?: SelectorMatcherOptions,
+  options?: ByTextOptions,
 ) => T
 
 export type FindByText<T extends HTMLElement = HTMLElement> = (
   container: HTMLElement,
   id: Matcher,
-  options?: SelectorMatcherOptions,
+  options?: ByTextOptions,
   waitForElementOptions?: waitForOptions,
 ) => Promise<T>