diff --git a/testscour.py b/testscour.py
index c31d86a..fa30bb6 100755
--- a/testscour.py
+++ b/testscour.py
@@ -1222,6 +1222,13 @@ class GroupNoCreation(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assertEqual(doc.getElementsByTagName('g').length, 0,
 			'Created a <g> for a run of elements having dissimilar attributes')
 
+class GroupNoCreationForTspan(unittest.TestCase):
+	def runTest(self):
+		doc = scour.scourXmlFile('unittests/group-no-creation-tspan.svg',
+			scour.parse_args(['--create-groups']))
+		self.assertEqual(doc.getElementsByTagName('g').length, 0,
+			'Created a <g> for a run of <tspan>s that are not allowed as children according to content model')
+
 class DoNotCommonizeAttributesOnReferencedElements(unittest.TestCase):
 	def runTest(self):
 		doc = scour.scourXmlFile('unittests/commonized-referenced-elements.svg')
diff --git a/unittests/group-no-creation-tspan.svg b/unittests/group-no-creation-tspan.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65f3803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/group-no-creation-tspan.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg height="100" width="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" >
+ <text>
+  <tspan x="10" y="30" style="font-family:sans-serif">text1</tspan>
+  <tspan x="10" y="50" style="font-family:sans-serif">text2</tspan>
+  <tspan x="10" y="70" style="font-family:sans-serif">text3</tspan>
+ </text>
+</svg>