diff --git a/acorn.js b/acorn.js
index d1fda1ad68..6b3d3e9779 100644
--- a/acorn.js
+++ b/acorn.js
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@
       size = input.charCodeAt(tokPos + 2) === 61 ? 3 : 2;
       return finishOp(_relational, size);
     }
-    if (next === 47) {
+    if (code === 60 && next === 47) {
       // '</', beginning of JSX closing element
       size = 2;
       return finishOp(_ltSlash, size);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3c795c66b2..b3b9f4789c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "acorn-jsx",
     "description": "Alternative React JSX parser",
     "main": "acorn.js",
-    "version": "0.9.1-7",
+    "version": "0.9.1-8",
     "maintainers": [
       {
         "name": "Marijn Haverbeke",
diff --git a/test/tests-jsx.js b/test/tests-jsx.js
index 1d76af0f14..cb61494198 100644
--- a/test/tests-jsx.js
+++ b/test/tests-jsx.js
@@ -3400,6 +3400,48 @@ var fbTestFixture = {
           }
         }]
       }
+    },
+
+    '<div>/text</div>': {
+      type: "ExpressionStatement",
+      start: 0,
+      end: 16,
+      expression: {
+        type: "XJSElement",
+        start: 0,
+        end: 16,
+        openingElement: {
+          type: "XJSOpeningElement",
+          start: 0,
+          end: 5,
+          attributes: [],
+          name: {
+            type: "XJSIdentifier",
+            start: 1,
+            end: 4,
+            name: "div"
+          },
+          selfClosing: false
+        },
+        closingElement: {
+          type: "XJSClosingElement",
+          start: 10,
+          end: 16,
+          name: {
+            type: "XJSIdentifier",
+            start: 12,
+            end: 15,
+            name: "div"
+          }
+        },
+        children: [{
+          type: "Literal",
+          start: 5,
+          end: 10,
+          value: "/text",
+          raw: "/text"
+        }]
+      }
     }
   }
 };