diff --git a/__tests__/index.test.tsx b/__tests__/index.test.tsx
index 96bd1a9e..e76b19b0 100644
--- a/__tests__/index.test.tsx
+++ b/__tests__/index.test.tsx
@@ -144,6 +144,38 @@ describe('replace option', () => {
     expect(checks).toEqual([true, true, true]);
   });
 
+  it('provides text and comment nodes that are instances of the exported classes', () => {
+    const checks: boolean[] = [];
+
+    parse('Hello <strong>world</strong><!--note-->', {
+      replace(domNode) {
+        if (
+          domNode instanceof HTMLReactParser.Text &&
+          domNode.data === 'Hello '
+        ) {
+          checks.push(true);
+        }
+
+        if (
+          domNode instanceof HTMLReactParser.Element &&
+          domNode.name === 'strong'
+        ) {
+          const [text] = domNode.children;
+          checks.push(text instanceof HTMLReactParser.Text);
+        }
+
+        if (
+          domNode instanceof HTMLReactParser.Comment &&
+          domNode.data === 'note'
+        ) {
+          checks.push(true);
+        }
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(checks).toEqual([true, true, true]);
+  });
+
   it('replaces the element if a valid React element is returned', () => {
     expect(
       parse(html.complex, {
diff --git a/src/dom-to-react.ts b/src/dom-to-react.ts
index b8803813..4594e40c 100644
--- a/src/dom-to-react.ts
+++ b/src/dom-to-react.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-enum-comparison */
 
-import { Element as DomHandlerElement } from 'domhandler';
+import {
+  Comment as DomHandlerComment,
+  Element as DomHandlerElement,
+  Text as DomHandlerText,
+} from 'domhandler';
 import type { DOMNode, Element, Text } from 'html-dom-parser';
 import type { JSX } from 'react';
 import { cloneElement, createElement, isValidElement } from 'react';
@@ -155,13 +159,19 @@ export default function domToReact(
 
 function normalizeDOMNodes(nodes: DOMNode[]): void {
   for (const node of nodes) {
-    if (
-      node.type === 'tag' ||
-      node.type === 'script' ||
-      node.type === 'style'
-    ) {
-      Object.setPrototypeOf(node, DomHandlerElement.prototype);
-      normalizeDOMNodes(node.children as DOMNode[]);
+    switch (node.type) {
+      case 'tag':
+      case 'script':
+      case 'style':
+        Object.setPrototypeOf(node, DomHandlerElement.prototype);
+        normalizeDOMNodes(node.children as DOMNode[]);
+        break;
+      case 'text':
+        Object.setPrototypeOf(node, DomHandlerText.prototype);
+        break;
+      case 'comment':
+        Object.setPrototypeOf(node, DomHandlerComment.prototype);
+        break;
     }
   }
 }