diff --git a/src/main/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlDiff.java b/src/main/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlDiff.java
index 1ef59da..0a253cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlDiff.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlDiff.java
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ private boolean diffText(Element element1, Element element2) {
     final Node child1 = element1.getFirstChild();
     final Node child2 = element2.getFirstChild();
 
-    if (child1 != null && Node.TEXT_NODE == child1.getNodeType()) {
+    if (child1 != null && Node.TEXT_NODE == child1.getNodeType() && !child1.getNodeValue().trim().isEmpty()) {
       if (child2 == null || Node.TEXT_NODE != child2.getNodeType()) {
         listener.accept(Event.remove(XpathUtil.getFullXPath(child1)));
       } else {
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ private boolean diffText(Element element1, Element element2) {
       }
     } else if (child2 != null && Node.TEXT_NODE == child2.getNodeType()
         && child2.getNodeValue().trim().length() > 0) {
-      listener.accept(Event.add(XpathUtil.getFullXPath(child2), child2, append));
+      listener.accept(Event.add(XpathUtil.getFullXPath(child2.getParentNode()), child2, append));
     }
     return false;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlMerge.java b/src/main/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlMerge.java
index 7d95269..1901fb2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlMerge.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlMerge.java
@@ -198,37 +198,41 @@ private void add(Document doc, XPath xpathEvaluator, Element patchOpElement) {
           }
           ((Element) siteNode).setAttribute(attribute.substring(1), value);
         } else {
-          Element value = null;
-          final NodeList children = patchOpElement.getChildNodes();
-          for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
-            final Node child = children.item(i);
-            if (Node.ELEMENT_NODE == child.getNodeType()) {
-              value = (Element) child;
-              break;
-            }
-          }
-          final Node imported = doc.importNode(value, true);
+          final Node parent;
+          Node before = null;
           switch (pos) {
             case "prepend":
               // siteNode is parent - make first child
-              siteNode.insertBefore(imported, siteNode.getFirstChild());
+              parent = siteNode;
+              before = siteNode.getFirstChild();
               break;
             case "before":
               // insert as sibling before siteNode
-              siteNode.getParentNode().insertBefore(imported, siteNode);
+              parent = siteNode.getParentNode();
+              before = siteNode;
               break;
             case "after":
               // insert as sibling after siteNode
+              parent = siteNode.getParentNode();
               final Node nextSibling = siteNode.getNextSibling();
               if (nextSibling != null) {
-                siteNode.getParentNode().insertBefore(imported, nextSibling);
-              } else {
-                siteNode.getParentNode().appendChild(imported);
+                before = nextSibling;
               }
               break;
             default:
               // siteNode is parent - make last child
-              siteNode.appendChild(imported);
+              parent = siteNode;
+          }
+
+          final NodeList children = patchOpElement.getChildNodes();
+          for (int i = 0; i < children.getLength(); i++) {
+            final Node child = children.item(i);
+            final Node imported = doc.importNode(child, true);
+            if (before != null) {
+              parent.insertBefore(imported, before);
+            } else {
+              parent.appendChild(imported);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlDiffTest.java b/src/test/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlDiffTest.java
index 7f2d232..dc45cf3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlDiffTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/fixprotocol/xml/XmlDiffTest.java
@@ -184,4 +184,23 @@ public void removeAttribute() throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void addText() throws Exception {
+    final String mergedFilename = "target/test/add-text-merged.xml";
+    final String diffFilename = "src/test/resources/add-text-diff.xml";
+    final String baseFilename = "src/test/resources/add-text-base.xml";
+
+    try (
+            final FileInputStream isBase = new FileInputStream(baseFilename);
+            final FileInputStream isDiff = new FileInputStream(diffFilename);
+            final FileOutputStream osMerge = new FileOutputStream(mergedFilename)) {
+      xmlMerge.merge(isBase, isDiff, osMerge);
+
+      Document doc = docBuilder.parse(mergedFilename);
+      NodeList elements = doc.getElementsByTagName("label");
+      Element element = (Element) elements.item(0);
+      assertEquals("LABEL", element.getTextContent());
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/add-text-base.xml b/src/test/resources/add-text-base.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1893e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/add-text-base.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<root>
+    <label name="a" />
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/add-text-diff.xml b/src/test/resources/add-text-diff.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d30431
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/add-text-diff.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<diff>
+    <add sel="/root/label[@name=&#34;a&#34;]">LABEL</add>
+</diff>
\ No newline at end of file