diff --git a/src/shapes/text.class.js b/src/shapes/text.class.js
index ffda6cea787..33496e37039 100644
--- a/src/shapes/text.class.js
+++ b/src/shapes/text.class.js
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@
       this.callSuper('initialize', options);
       this.__skipDimension = false;
       this._initDimensions();
+      this.setCoords();
       this.setupState({ propertySet: '_dimensionAffectingProps' });
     },
 
diff --git a/test/unit/text.js b/test/unit/text.js
index e90c369704c..73399df09a8 100644
--- a/test/unit/text.js
+++ b/test/unit/text.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
   QUnit.module('fabric.Text');
 
-  function createTextObject() {
-    return new fabric.Text('x');
+  function createTextObject(text) {
+    return new fabric.Text(text || 'x');
   }
 
   var CHAR_WIDTH = 20;
@@ -141,6 +141,23 @@
     equal(text.get('fontFamily'), 'blah');
   });
 
+  test('get bounding rect after init', function() {
+    var string = 'Some long text, the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog etc... blah blah blah';
+    var text = new fabric.Text(string, {
+      left: 30,
+      top: 30,
+      fill: '#ffffff',
+      fontSize: 24,
+      fontWeight: 'normal',
+      fontFamily: 'Arial',
+      originY: 'bottom'
+    });
+    var br = text.getBoundingRect();
+    text.setCoords();
+    var br2 = text.getBoundingRect();
+    deepEqual(br, br2, 'text bounding box is the same before and after calling setCoords');
+  });
+
   test('setShadow', function(){
     var text = createTextObject();
     ok(typeof text.setShadow == 'function');