diff --git a/gtk/gtktext.c b/gtk/gtktext.c
index 56e76a57b5..d3e151c1e0 100644
--- a/gtk/gtktext.c
+++ b/gtk/gtktext.c
@@ -7472,6 +7472,19 @@ gtk_text_accessible_text_get_contents (GtkAccessibleText *self,
   return g_bytes_new_take (string, size);
 }
 
+static GBytes *
+gtk_text_accessible_text_get_contents_at (GtkAccessibleText            *self,
+                                          unsigned int                  offset,
+                                          GtkAccessibleTextGranularity  granularity,
+                                          unsigned int                 *start,
+                                          unsigned int                 *end)
+{
+  PangoLayout *layout = gtk_text_get_layout (GTK_TEXT (self));
+  char *string = gtk_pango_get_string_at (layout, offset, granularity, start, end);
+
+  return g_bytes_new_take (string, strlen (string));
+}
+
 static unsigned int
 gtk_text_accessible_text_get_caret_position (GtkAccessibleText *self)
 {
@@ -7531,6 +7544,7 @@ static void
 gtk_text_accessible_text_init (GtkAccessibleTextInterface *iface)
 {
   iface->get_contents = gtk_text_accessible_text_get_contents;
+  iface->get_contents_at = gtk_text_accessible_text_get_contents_at;
   iface->get_caret_position = gtk_text_accessible_text_get_caret_position;
   iface->get_selection = gtk_text_accessible_text_get_selection;
   iface->get_attributes = gtk_text_accessible_text_get_attributes;