diff --git a/src/main/java/org/xembly/Directives.java b/src/main/java/org/xembly/Directives.java
index 7645a5b8..3dd1f645 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/xembly/Directives.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/xembly/Directives.java
@@ -230,6 +230,18 @@ public Directives append(final Iterable<Directive> dirs) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Appends the {@link Node node}.
+     * @param node The node to append
+     * @return This object
+     * @see #append(java.lang.Iterable)
+     * @see Directives#copyOf(org.w3c.dom.Node)
+     * @since 0.23
+     */
+    public Directives append(final Node node) {
+        return this.append(Directives.copyOf(node));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Add node to all current nodes.
      * @param name Name of the node to add
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/xembly/DirectivesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/xembly/DirectivesTest.java
index 5605401f..a1f5bfdc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/xembly/DirectivesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/xembly/DirectivesTest.java
@@ -218,6 +218,36 @@ public void copiesExistingNode() throws Exception {
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Appends an existing node.
+     * @throws Exception If some problem inside
+     * @since 1.0
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void appendsExistingNode() throws Exception {
+        final Document dom = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance()
+            .newDocumentBuilder().newDocument();
+        new Xembler(
+            new Directives().add("guys").append(
+                new XMLDocument(
+                    StringUtils.join(
+                        "<joe name='Joey'><first/><second/>",
+                        "<io a='x'><f><name>\u20ac</name></f></io>",
+                        "<x><![CDATA[hey you]]></x>  </joe>"
+                    )
+                ).node()
+            )
+        ).apply(dom);
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(
+            XhtmlMatchers.xhtml(dom),
+            XhtmlMatchers.hasXPaths(
+                "/guys/joe[@name = 'Joey']",
+                "/guys/joe[first and second]",
+                "/guys/joe/io[@a='x']/f[name='\u20ac']"
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Directives can understand case.
      * @throws Exception If some problem inside