diff --git a/test/functional/common/setup-base.js b/test/functional/common/setup-base.js
index edc5e22f3..245c54c15 100644
--- a/test/functional/common/setup-base.js
+++ b/test/functional/common/setup-base.js
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ chai.should();
 chaiAsPromised.transferPromiseness = wd.transferPromiseness;
 require("colors");
 
+wd.addPromiseChainMethod('elementByRealXPath', function (selector) {
+  return this.element('-real xpath', selector);
+});
+
+wd.addPromiseChainMethod('elementsByRealXPath', function (selector) {
+  return this.elements('-real xpath', selector);
+});
+
 module.exports = function (context, desired, opts) {
   context.timeout(env.MOCHA_INIT_TIMEOUT);
 
diff --git a/test/functional/ios/testapp/source-specs.js b/test/functional/ios/testapp/source-specs.js
index 5f3c88edf..c197b7c54 100644
--- a/test/functional/ios/testapp/source-specs.js
+++ b/test/functional/ios/testapp/source-specs.js
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 "use strict";
 
-var setup = require("../../common/setup-base"),
-    desired = require('./desired');
+var setup = require("../../common/setup-base")
+  , xpath = require("xpath")
+  , XMLDom = require("xmldom").DOMParser
+  , desired = require('./desired');
 
 describe('testapp - source -', function () {
   var driver;
   setup(this, desired).then(function (d) { driver = d; });
 
-  return it('should return the page source', function (done) {
+  it('should return the page source as json', function (done) {
     driver.source().then(function (source) {
       var obj = JSON.parse(source);
       obj.should.exist;
@@ -18,4 +20,13 @@ describe('testapp - source -', function () {
       obj.children[0].children[4].visible.should.be.ok;
     }).nodeify(done);
   });
+
+  it('should return page source as xml', function (done) {
+    driver.execute("mobile: source", [{type: "xml"}])
+      .then(function (source) {
+        var dom = new XMLDom().parseFromString(source);
+        var nodes = xpath.select('//UIAButton', dom);
+        nodes.length.should.equal(6);
+      }).nodeify(done);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/functional/ios/uicatalog/find-element-specs.js b/test/functional/ios/uicatalog/find-element-specs.js
index d289cb3ed..b1c9520f7 100644
--- a/test/functional/ios/uicatalog/find-element-specs.js
+++ b/test/functional/ios/uicatalog/find-element-specs.js
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe('uicatalog - find element -', function () {
   });
 
 
-  describe('findElement(s)ByXpath', function () {
+  describe('findElement(s)ByXPath', function () {
     var setupXpath = function (driver) {
       return driver.elementByTagName('tableCell').click();
     };
@@ -206,6 +206,93 @@ describe('uicatalog - find element -', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('findElement(s)ByRealXPath', function () {
+    var setupXpath = function (driver) {
+      return driver.elementByTagName('tableCell').click();
+    };
+
+    if (process.env.FAST_TESTS) {
+      afterEach(function (done) {
+        driver
+          .back()
+          .nodeify(done);
+      });
+    }
+
+    it('should return the last button', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .elementByRealXPath("//UIAButton[last()]").text()
+          .should.become("Add contact")
+        .nodeify(done);
+    });
+    it('should return a single element', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .elementByRealXPath("//UIAButton").text()
+          .should.become("Back")
+        .nodeify(done);
+    });
+    it('should return multiple elements', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .elementsByRealXPath("//UIAButton")
+          .should.eventually.have.length.above(5)
+        .nodeify(done);
+    });
+    it('should filter by name', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .elementByRealXPath("//UIAButton[@name='Rounded']").text()
+          .should.become("Rounded")
+        .nodeify(done);
+    });
+    it('should know how to restrict root-level elements', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .elementByRealXPath("/UIAButton")
+          .should.be.rejectedWith(/status: 7/)
+        .nodeify(done);
+    });
+    it('should search an extended path by child', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .then(function () {
+          return spinWait(function () {
+            return driver.elementByRealXPath("//UIANavigationBar/UIAStaticText")
+              .text().should.become('Buttons');
+          });
+        }).nodeify(done);
+    });
+    it('should search an extended path by descendant', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .elementsByRealXPath("//UIATableCell//UIAButton").then(function (els) {
+          return Q.all(_(els).map(function (el) { return el.text(); }));
+        }).then(function (texts) {
+          texts.should.not.include("Button");
+          texts.should.include("Gray");
+        }).nodeify(done);
+    });
+    it('should filter by indices', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .then(function () {
+          return spinWait(function () {
+            return driver.elementByRealXPath("//UIATableCell[2]//UIAStaticText[1]").getAttribute('name')
+                .should.become("ButtonsViewController.m:\r(UIButton *)grayButton");
+          });
+        }).nodeify(done);
+    });
+    it('should filter by partial text', function (done) {
+      driver
+        .resolve(setupXpath(driver))
+        .elementByRealXPath("//UIATableCell//UIAButton[contains(@name, 'Gr')]").text()
+          .should.become("Gray")
+        .nodeify(done);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('FindElement(s)ByUIAutomation', function () {
     var byUIA = '-ios uiautomation';