diff --git a/glib/poppler-page.cc b/glib/poppler-page.cc
index 9850d44..63f9955 100644
--- a/glib/poppler-page.cc
+++ b/glib/poppler-page.cc
@@ -843,13 +843,21 @@ poppler_page_get_selected_text (PopplerPage          *page,
 char *
 poppler_page_get_text (PopplerPage *page)
 {
-  PopplerRectangle rectangle = {0, 0, 0, 0};
+  GooString *sel_text;
+  double width, height;
+  char *result;
+  TextPage *text;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (POPPLER_IS_PAGE (page), NULL);
 
-  poppler_page_get_size (page, &rectangle.x2, &rectangle.y2);
+  poppler_page_get_size (page, &width, &height);
+
+  text = poppler_page_get_text_page (page);
+  sel_text = text->getText (0, 0, width, height);
+  result = g_strdup (sel_text->getCString ());
+  delete sel_text;
 
-  return poppler_page_get_selected_text (page, POPPLER_SELECTION_GLYPH, &rectangle);
+  return result;
 }
 
 /**