diff --git a/XML/include/Poco/DOM/AbstractContainerNode.h b/XML/include/Poco/DOM/AbstractContainerNode.h
index e0f7893b33..96389ef01a 100644
--- a/XML/include/Poco/DOM/AbstractContainerNode.h
+++ b/XML/include/Poco/DOM/AbstractContainerNode.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class XML_API AbstractContainerNode: public AbstractNode
 	Node* firstChild() const;
 	Node* lastChild() const;
 	Node* insertBefore(Node* newChild, Node* refChild);
+	Node* insertAfterNP(Node* newChild, Node* refChild);
 	Node* replaceChild(Node* newChild, Node* oldChild);
 	Node* removeChild(Node* oldChild);
 	Node* appendChild(Node* newChild);
diff --git a/XML/include/Poco/DOM/AbstractNode.h b/XML/include/Poco/DOM/AbstractNode.h
index cedcc73920..99687e8bb7 100644
--- a/XML/include/Poco/DOM/AbstractNode.h
+++ b/XML/include/Poco/DOM/AbstractNode.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class XML_API AbstractNode: public Node
 	NamedNodeMap* attributes() const;
 	Document* ownerDocument() const;
 	Node* insertBefore(Node* newChild, Node* refChild);
+	Node* insertAfterNP(Node* newChild, Node* refChild);
 	Node* replaceChild(Node* newChild, Node* oldChild);
 	Node* removeChild(Node* oldChild);
 	Node* appendChild(Node* newChild);
diff --git a/XML/include/Poco/DOM/Node.h b/XML/include/Poco/DOM/Node.h
index 821c189d91..e65a9872f2 100644
--- a/XML/include/Poco/DOM/Node.h
+++ b/XML/include/Poco/DOM/Node.h
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ class XML_API Node: public EventTarget
 		/// If newChild is a DocumentFragment object, all of its children are
 		/// inserted in the same order, before refChild. If the newChild is already
 		/// in the tree, it is first removed.
+	
+	virtual Node* insertAfterNP(Node* newChild, Node* refChild) = 0;
+		/// Inserts the node newChild after the existing child node refChild.
+		///
+		/// If refChild is null, insert newChild at the beginning of the list of children.
+		/// If newChild is a DocumentFragment object, all of its children are
+		/// inserted in the same order, after refChild. If the newChild is already
+		/// in the tree, it is first removed.
 
 	virtual Node* replaceChild(Node* newChild, Node* oldChild) = 0;
 		/// Replaces the child node oldChild with newChild in the list of children,
diff --git a/XML/src/AbstractContainerNode.cpp b/XML/src/AbstractContainerNode.cpp
index f808331419..29b5b6a50c 100644
--- a/XML/src/AbstractContainerNode.cpp
+++ b/XML/src/AbstractContainerNode.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,80 @@ Node* AbstractContainerNode::insertBefore(Node* newChild, Node* refChild)
 }
 
 
+
+Node* AbstractContainerNode::insertAfterNP(Node* newChild, Node* refChild)
+{
+    poco_check_ptr (newChild);
+
+    if (static_cast<AbstractNode*>(newChild)->_pOwner != _pOwner && static_cast<AbstractNode*>(newChild)->_pOwner != this)
+        throw DOMException(DOMException::WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR);
+    if (refChild && static_cast<AbstractNode*>(refChild)->_pParent != this)
+        throw DOMException(DOMException::NOT_FOUND_ERR);
+    if (newChild == refChild)
+        return nullptr;
+    if (this == newChild)
+        throw DOMException(DOMException::HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR);
+
+    AbstractNode* pFirst = 0;
+    AbstractNode* pLast  = 0;
+    if (newChild->nodeType() == Node::DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE)
+    {
+        AbstractContainerNode* pFrag = static_cast<AbstractContainerNode*>(newChild);
+        pFirst = pFrag->_pFirstChild;
+        pLast  = pFirst;
+        if (pFirst)
+        {
+            while (pLast->_pNext)
+            {
+                pLast->_pParent = this;
+                pLast = pLast->_pNext;
+            }
+            pLast->_pParent = this;
+        }
+        pFrag->_pFirstChild = 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        newChild->duplicate();
+        AbstractContainerNode* pParent = static_cast<AbstractNode*>(newChild)->_pParent;
+        if (pParent) pParent->removeChild(newChild);
+        pFirst = static_cast<AbstractNode*>(newChild);
+        pLast  = pFirst;
+        pFirst->_pParent = this;
+    }
+    if (_pFirstChild && pFirst)
+    {
+        AbstractNode* pCur = _pFirstChild;
+        while (pCur && pCur != refChild)
+        {
+            pCur = pCur->_pNext;
+        }
+        if (pCur)
+        {
+            pLast->_pNext = pCur->_pNext;
+            pCur->_pNext = pFirst;
+        }
+        else throw DOMException(DOMException::NOT_FOUND_ERR);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        _pFirstChild = pFirst;
+    }
+
+    if (events())
+    {
+        while (pFirst && pFirst != pLast->_pNext)
+        {
+            pFirst->dispatchNodeInserted();
+            pFirst->dispatchNodeInsertedIntoDocument();
+            pFirst = pFirst->_pNext;
+        }
+        dispatchSubtreeModified();
+    }
+    return newChild;
+}
+
+
 Node* AbstractContainerNode::replaceChild(Node* newChild, Node* oldChild)
 {
 	poco_check_ptr (newChild);
diff --git a/XML/src/AbstractNode.cpp b/XML/src/AbstractNode.cpp
index 6d048a6086..7e2e2e6d64 100644
--- a/XML/src/AbstractNode.cpp
+++ b/XML/src/AbstractNode.cpp
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ Node* AbstractNode::insertBefore(Node* newChild, Node* refChild)
 }
 
 
+Node* AbstractNode::insertAfterNP(Node* newChild, Node* refChild)
+{
+	throw DOMException(DOMException::HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR);
+}
+
+
 Node* AbstractNode::replaceChild(Node* newChild, Node* oldChild)
 {
 	throw DOMException(DOMException::HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR);
diff --git a/XML/testsuite/src/ChildNodesTest.cpp b/XML/testsuite/src/ChildNodesTest.cpp
index c2e0f883a0..4ab946eef9 100644
--- a/XML/testsuite/src/ChildNodesTest.cpp
+++ b/XML/testsuite/src/ChildNodesTest.cpp
@@ -65,18 +65,33 @@ void ChildNodesTest::testChildNodes()
 	assertTrue (pNL->item(1) == pChild1);
 	assertTrue (pNL->item(2) == pChild2);
 
+	AutoPtr<Element> pChild3 = pDoc->createElement("child3");
+	pRoot->insertAfterNP(pChild3, pChild1);
+
+	assertTrue(pNL->length() == 4);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(0) == pChild0);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(1) == pChild1);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(2) == pChild3);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(3) == pChild2);
+
 	pRoot->removeChild(pChild1);
-	assertTrue (pNL->length() == 2);
-	assertTrue (pNL->item(0) == pChild0);
-	assertTrue (pNL->item(1) == pChild2);
+	assertTrue(pNL->length() == 3);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(0) == pChild0);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(1) == pChild3);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(2) == pChild2);
 
 	pRoot->removeChild(pChild0);
-	assertTrue (pNL->length() == 1);
-	assertTrue (pNL->item(0) == pChild2);
+	assertTrue(pNL->length() == 2);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(0) == pChild3);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(1) == pChild2);
 
 	pRoot->removeChild(pChild2);
-	assertTrue (pNL->length() == 0);
-	assertTrue (pNL->item(0) == 0);
+	assertTrue(pNL->length() == 1);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(0) == pChild3);
+
+	pRoot->removeChild(pChild3);
+	assertTrue(pNL->length() == 0);
+	assertTrue(pNL->item(0) == nullptr);
 
 	assertTrue (!pRoot->hasChildNodes());
 }