diff --git a/lib/webcat/culerity_driver.rb b/lib/webcat/culerity_driver.rb
index 92aa3725..61b844c0 100644
--- a/lib/webcat/culerity_driver.rb
+++ b/lib/webcat/culerity_driver.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ class Webcat::Driver::Culerity
     def click
       node.click
     end
+    
+    def tag_name
+      # FIXME: this might be the dumbest way ever of getting the tag name
+      # there has to be something better...
+      node.to_xml[/^\s*<([a-z0-9\-\:]+)/, 1]
+    end
   end
   
   attr_reader :app, :rack_server
diff --git a/lib/webcat/rack_test_driver.rb b/lib/webcat/rack_test_driver.rb
index 85d68fcf..6932ab44 100644
--- a/lib/webcat/rack_test_driver.rb
+++ b/lib/webcat/rack_test_driver.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ class Webcat::Driver::RackTest
     def click
       session.visit(attribute(:href))
     end
+    
+    def tag_name
+      node.node_name
+    end
   end
   
   include ::Rack::Test::Methods
diff --git a/spec/drivers_spec.rb b/spec/drivers_spec.rb
index 8407ff1b..f35d5960 100644
--- a/spec/drivers_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/drivers_spec.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ shared_examples_for 'driver' do
         @driver.find('//a')[1].attribute(:id).should == 'foo'
         @driver.find('//a')[1].attribute(:rel).should be_nil
       end
+      
+      it "should extract node tag name" do
+        @driver.find('//a')[0].tag_name.should == 'a'
+        @driver.find('//a')[1].tag_name.should == 'a'
+        @driver.find('//p')[1].tag_name.should == 'p'
+      end
     end
   end