diff --git a/addon-test-support/properties/contains.js b/addon-test-support/properties/contains.js
index 59452e9c..2d185414 100644
--- a/addon-test-support/properties/contains.js
+++ b/addon-test-support/properties/contains.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { assign } from '../-private/helpers';
+import { assign, every } from '../-private/helpers';
 import { findMany, findOne } from '../extend';
-import { A } from '@ember/array';
+import $ from 'jquery';
 
 /**
  * Returns a boolean representing whether an element or a set of elements contains the specified text.
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ import { A } from '@ember/array';
  *
  * const page = create({
  *   scope: '.scope',
-
  *   spanContains: contains('span')
  * });
  *
@@ -102,7 +101,9 @@ export function contains(selector, userOptions = {}) {
 
         let elements = options.multiple ? findMany(this, selector, options) : [findOne(this, selector, options)];
 
-        return A(elements).every((element) => element.innerText.indexOf(textToSearch) >= 0);
+        return every($(elements), function(element) {
+          return element.text().indexOf(textToSearch) >= 0;
+        });
       };
     }
   };
diff --git a/tests/unit/-private/properties/contains-test.ts b/tests/unit/-private/properties/contains-test.ts
index c048e849..f213f0a5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/-private/properties/contains-test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/-private/properties/contains-test.ts
@@ -127,4 +127,26 @@ moduleForProperty('contains', function(test) {
 
     assert.ok(page.foo('ipsum'));
   });
+
+  test('looks for elements that are visibility hidden', async function(assert) {
+    let page = create({
+      foo: contains('span')
+    });
+
+    await this.adapter.createTemplate(this, page, 'Lorem <span style="visibility: hidden;">ipsum</span>');
+
+    assert.ok(!page.foo('Not here'));
+    assert.ok(page.foo('ipsum'));
+  });
+
+  test('looks for elements that are display none', async function(assert) {
+    let page = create({
+      foo: contains('span')
+    });
+
+    await this.adapter.createTemplate(this, page, 'Lorem <span style="display: none;">ipsum</span>');
+
+    assert.ok(!page.foo('Not here'));
+    assert.ok(page.foo('ipsum'));
+  });
 });