diff --git a/test/unit/core.js b/test/unit/core.js
index d8aba16..d3b6943 100644
--- a/test/unit/core.js
+++ b/test/unit/core.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test("Basic requirements", function() {
 });
 
 test("jQuery()", function() {
-	expect(23);
+	expect(24);
 
 	// Basic constructor's behavior
 
@@ -59,6 +59,15 @@ test("jQuery()", function() {
 	equals( div.length, 4, "Correct number of elements generated for div hr code b" );
 	equals( div.parent().length, 0, "Make sure that the generated HTML has no parent." );
 
+	// ticket #6135
+	try {
+		var html = "
Test
\n\t
Test
";
+		jQuery(html).hide();
+		ok(true, 'Correctly handle text nodes');
+	} catch(e) {
+		ok(false, 'Was not able to handle text nodes');
+	}
+
 	equals( jQuery([1,2,3]).get(1), 2, "Test passing an array to the factory" );
 
 	equals( jQuery(document.body).get(0), jQuery('body').get(0), "Test passing an html node to the factory" );