diff --git a/tests/screen.py b/tests/screen.py
index e6ec3e9bb..f82c8869b 100644
--- a/tests/screen.py
+++ b/tests/screen.py
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ def click_at_position(self, element: WebElement, x: int, y: int) -> None:
         action = ActionChains(self.selenium)
         action.move_to_element_with_offset(element, x, y).click().perform()
 
+    def type(self, text: str) -> None:
+        self.selenium.execute_script("window.focus();")
+        self.wait(0.2)
+        self.selenium.switch_to.active_element.send_keys(text)
+
     def find(self, text: str) -> WebElement:
         try:
             query = f'//*[not(self::script) and not(self::style) and contains(text(), "{text}")]'
@@ -106,6 +111,9 @@ def find(self, text: str) -> WebElement:
                     raise AssertionError(f'Found "{text}" but it is hidden')
             return element
         except NoSuchElementException as e:
+            for input in self.selenium.find_elements(By.TAG_NAME, 'input'):
+                if input.get_attribute('value') == text:
+                    return input
             raise AssertionError(f'Could not find "{text}"') from e
 
     def render_js_logs(self) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/test_binding.py b/tests/test_binding.py
index 049a0d836..627e593d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_binding.py
+++ b/tests/test_binding.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
+
 from nicegui import ui
 
 from .screen import Screen
@@ -59,3 +61,25 @@ class Model:
     screen.should_contain('2,2')
     screen.should_not_contain('1,1')
     assert data.selection == [2, 2]
+
+
+def test_binding_to_input(screen: Screen):
+    class Model:
+        text = 'one'
+    data = Model()
+    input = ui.input().bind_value(data, 'text')
+
+    screen.open('/')
+    screen.should_contain('one')
+    screen.type(Keys.TAB)
+    screen.type('two')
+    screen.should_contain('two')
+    assert data.text == 'two'
+    data.text = 'three'
+    screen.should_contain('three')
+    input.set_value('four')
+    screen.should_contain('four')
+    assert data.text == 'four'
+    input.value = 'five'
+    screen.should_contain('five')
+    assert data.text == 'five'