diff --git a/lib/saxes.js b/lib/saxes.js
index 17e85b83..a1920d82 100644
--- a/lib/saxes.js
+++ b/lib/saxes.js
@@ -352,6 +352,15 @@ class SAXParser {
 
       case S_OPEN_WAKA_BANG:
         if ((this.openWakaBang + c) === CDATA) {
+          if (!this.sawRoot && !this.reportedTextBeforeRoot) {
+            this.fail("Text data outside of root node.");
+            this.reportedTextBeforeRoot = true;
+          }
+
+          if (this.closedRoot && !this.reportedTextAfterRoot) {
+            this.fail("Text data outside of root node.");
+            this.reportedTextAfterRoot = true;
+          }
           this.emitNode("onopencdata");
           this.state = S_CDATA;
           this.openWakaBang = "";