diff --git a/modules/es/bases/es.DocumentNode.js b/modules/es/bases/es.DocumentNode.js
index 78c647057c..b9876da90b 100644
--- a/modules/es/bases/es.DocumentNode.js
+++ b/modules/es/bases/es.DocumentNode.js
@@ -69,6 +69,40 @@ es.DocumentNode.traverseUpstream = function( node, callback ) {
 	}
 };
 
+/**
+ * Find the common ancestor of two equal-depth nodes, and return the
+ * path from each node to the common ancestor.
+ * @param {es.DocumentNode} node1
+ * @param {es.DocumentNode} node2
+ * @returns {Object|Boolean} Object with keys 'commonAncestor', 'node1Path' and 'node2Path',
+ *  or false if there is no common ancestor or if the nodes have unequal depth
+ */
+es.DocumentNode.getCommonAncestorPaths = function( node1, node2 ) {
+	var	path1 = [],
+		path2 = [],
+		n1 = node1,
+		n2 = node2;
+	
+	// Move up from n1 and n2 simultaneously until we find the
+	// common ancestor
+	while ( n1 !== n2 ) {
+		// Add these nodes to their respective paths
+		path1.push( n1 );
+		path2.push( n2 );
+		// Move up
+		n1 = n1.getParent();
+		n2 = n2.getParent();
+		if ( n1 === null || n2 === null ) {
+			// Reached a root, so no common ancestor or unequal depth
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	// If we got here, we've found the common ancestor, and because we did
+	// simultaneous traversal we also know node1 and node2 have the same depth.
+	return { 'commonAncestor': n1, 'node1Path': path1, 'node2Path': path2 };
+};
+
 /* Inheritance */
 
 es.extendClass( es.DocumentNode, es.EventEmitter );
diff --git a/tests/es/es.DocumentNode.test.js b/tests/es/es.DocumentNode.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a6f9baf78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/es/es.DocumentNode.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+module( 'es/bases' );
+
+test( 'es.DocumentNode.getCommonAncestorPaths', 14, function() {
+	var documentModel = es.DocumentModel.newFromPlainObject( esTest.obj ), result;
+	
+	var list = documentModel.children[1].children[0].children[0].children[1];
+	result = es.DocumentNode.getCommonAncestorPaths( list, list );
+	// Test 1
+	ok( result.commonAncestor == list, 'same nodes (commonAncestor)' );
+	// Test 2
+	ok( es.compareArrays( result.node1Path, [] ), 'adjacent list items (node1Path)' );
+	// Test 3
+	ok( es.compareArrays( result.node2Path, [] ), 'adjacent list items (node2Path)' );
+	
+	result = es.DocumentNode.getCommonAncestorPaths( list.children[0], list.children[1] );
+	// Test 4
+	ok( result.commonAncestor == list, 'adjacent list items (commonAncestor)' );
+	// Test 5
+	ok( es.compareArrays( result.node1Path, [ list.children[0] ] ), 'adjacent list items (node1Path)' );
+	// Test 6
+	ok( es.compareArrays( result.node2Path, [ list.children[1] ] ), 'adjacent list items (node2Path)' );
+	
+	result = es.DocumentNode.getCommonAncestorPaths( list.children[0], list.children[2] );
+	// Test 7
+	ok( result.commonAncestor == list, 'non-adjacent sibling list items (commonAncestor)' );
+	// Test 8
+	ok( es.compareArrays( result.node1Path, [ list.children[0] ] ), 'non-adjacent sibling list items (node1Path)' );
+	// Test 9
+	ok( es.compareArrays( result.node2Path, [ list.children[2] ] ), 'non-adjacent sibling list items (node2Path)' );
+	
+	result = es.DocumentNode.getCommonAncestorPaths( list.children[0].children[0], list.children[2].children[0] );
+	// Test 10
+	ok( result.commonAncestor == list, 'paragraphs inside list items (commonAncestor)' );
+	// Test 11
+	ok( es.compareArrays( result.node1Path, [ list.children[0].children[0], list.children[0] ] ), 'paragraphs inside list items (node1Path)' );
+	// Test 12
+	ok( es.compareArrays( result.node2Path, [ list.children[2].children[0], list.children[2] ] ), 'paragraphs inside list items (node2Path)' );
+	
+	result = es.DocumentNode.getCommonAncestorPaths( list.children[0].children[0], list.children[2] );
+	// Test 13
+	equal( result, false, 'nodes of unequal depth' );
+	
+	result = es.DocumentNode.getCommonAncestorPaths( list, es.DocumentModel.newFromPlainObject( esTest.obj ).children[1] );
+	// Test 14
+	equal( result, false, 'nodes in different trees' );
+} );
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diff --git a/tests/es/index.html b/tests/es/index.html
index f230e722b4..96f1c938d4 100644
--- a/tests/es/index.html
+++ b/tests/es/index.html
@@ -46,5 +46,6 @@
 		<script src="es.DocumentBranchNode.test.js"></script>
 		<script src="es.DocumentModelBranchNode.test.js"></script>
 		<script src="es.DocumentModel.test.js"></script>
+		<script src="es.DocumentNode.test.js"></script>
 	</body>
 </html>