diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/XpathExpectationsHelper.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/XpathExpectationsHelper.java
index 6c5a61cd3f2487f06a4f6d5f53197751bbb3535c..028d8b06c5cab16e185c1dc95063aee80982e365 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/XpathExpectationsHelper.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/util/XpathExpectationsHelper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ public class XpathExpectationsHelper {
 		MatcherAssert.assertThat("XPath " + this.expression, node, matcher);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Parse the content, evaluate the XPath expression as a {@link NodeList},
+	 * and assert it with the given {@code Matcher<NodeList>}.
+	 * @since 5.2.2
+	 */
+	public void assertNodeList(byte[] content, @Nullable String encoding, final Matcher<? super NodeList> matcher)
+			throws Exception {
+
+		Document document = parseXmlByteArray(content, encoding);
+		NodeList nodeList = evaluateXpath(document, XPathConstants.NODESET, NodeList.class);
+		MatcherAssert.assertThat("XPath " + this.getXpathExpression(), nodeList, matcher);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Apply the XPath expression and assert the resulting content exists.
 	 * @throws Exception if content parsing or expression evaluation fails
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchers.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchers.java
index 15eebbfcae97659b8d42bfe2cb99f80b2f8ee701..0010ec9dabea3054d4bd1ff9df7bb615cb8a1179 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchers.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchers.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
 
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
 
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
@@ -69,6 +70,18 @@ public class XpathResultMatchers {
 		};
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Evaluate the XPath and assert the {@link NodeList} content found with the
+	 * given Hamcrest {@link Matcher}.
+	 * @since 5.2.2
+	 */
+	public ResultMatcher nodeList(final Matcher<? super NodeList> matcher) {
+		return result -> {
+			MockHttpServletResponse response = result.getResponse();
+			this.xpathHelper.assertNodeList(response.getContentAsByteArray(), getDefinedEncoding(response), matcher);
+		};
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the response encoding if explicitly defined in the response, {code null} otherwise.
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchersTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchersTests.java
index f62ca5e4e2db0ed03ac4d94830cdf5570fd4fbc5..7a61272472ab51ac6b059195e0f7fd60d0a2a45a 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchersTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/web/servlet/result/XpathResultMatchersTests.java
@@ -43,18 +43,29 @@ public class XpathResultMatchersTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void nodeNoMatch() throws Exception {
+	public void nodeNoMatch() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() ->
 				new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar", null).node(Matchers.nullValue()).match(getStubMvcResult()));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void nodeList() throws Exception {
+		new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar", null).nodeList(Matchers.notNullValue()).match(getStubMvcResult());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void nodeListNoMatch() {
+		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() ->
+				new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar", null).nodeList(Matchers.nullValue()).match(getStubMvcResult()));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void exists() throws Exception {
 		new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar", null).exists().match(getStubMvcResult());
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void existsNoMatch() throws Exception {
+	public void existsNoMatch() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() ->
 				new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/Bar", null).exists().match(getStubMvcResult()));
 	}
@@ -65,7 +76,7 @@ public class XpathResultMatchersTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void doesNotExistNoMatch() throws Exception {
+	public void doesNotExistNoMatch() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() ->
 				new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar", null).doesNotExist().match(getStubMvcResult()));
 	}
@@ -76,7 +87,7 @@ public class XpathResultMatchersTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void nodeCountNoMatch() throws Exception {
+	public void nodeCountNoMatch() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() ->
 				new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar", null).nodeCount(1).match(getStubMvcResult()));
 	}
@@ -87,7 +98,7 @@ public class XpathResultMatchersTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void stringNoMatch() throws Exception {
+	public void stringNoMatch() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() ->
 				new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar[1]", null).string("112").match(getStubMvcResult()));
 	}
@@ -98,7 +109,7 @@ public class XpathResultMatchersTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void numberNoMatch() throws Exception {
+	public void numberNoMatch() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() ->
 				new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar[1]", null).number(111.1).match(getStubMvcResult()));
 	}
@@ -109,7 +120,7 @@ public class XpathResultMatchersTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void booleanValueNoMatch() throws Exception {
+	public void booleanValueNoMatch() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class).isThrownBy(() ->
 				new XpathResultMatchers("/foo/bar[2]", null).booleanValue(false).match(getStubMvcResult()));
 	}