diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
index 9d47380622..f201d20c6b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature/WFS.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.WFS.prototype =
         //this should be overridden by subclasses
         // must return an Object with 'id' and 'lonlat' values set
         var point = xmlNode.getElementsByTagName("Point");
-        var text  = point[0].textContent;
+        var text  = OpenLayers.Util.getXmlNodeValue(point[0]);
         var floats = text.split(",");
 
         return {lonlat: new OpenLayers.LonLat(parseFloat(floats[0]),
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index 38c821e8ef..bf202268f9 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -1035,6 +1035,24 @@ OpenLayers.Util.getTagText = function (parent, item, index) {
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * @param {XMLNode} node
+ * 
+ * @returns The text value of the given node, without breaking in firefox or IE
+ * @type String
+ */
+OpenLayers.Util.getXmlNodeValue = function(node) {
+    var val = null;
+    Try.these( 
+        function() {
+            val = node.text;
+        }, 
+        function() {
+            val = node.textContent;
+        }); 
+    return val;
+};
+
 /** 
 * @param {Event} evt
 * @param {HTMLDivElement} div