diff --git a/src/types/YXmlFragment.js b/src/types/YXmlFragment.js
index 41c581e1..21c6a3a0 100644
--- a/src/types/YXmlFragment.js
+++ b/src/types/YXmlFragment.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   typeListMap,
   typeListForEach,
   typeListInsertGenerics,
+  typeListInsertGenericsAfter,
   typeListDelete,
   typeListToArray,
   YXmlFragmentRefID,
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ import {
   AbstractUpdateDecoder, AbstractUpdateEncoder, Doc, ContentType, Transaction, Item, YXmlText, YXmlHook, Snapshot // eslint-disable-line
 } from '../internals.js'
 
+import * as error from 'lib0/error.js'
+
 /**
  * Define the elements to which a set of CSS queries apply.
  * {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Selectors|CSS_Selectors}
@@ -310,6 +313,32 @@ export class YXmlFragment extends AbstractType {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Inserts new content at an index.
+   *
+   * @example
+   *  // Insert character 'a' at position 0
+   *  xml.insert(0, [new Y.XmlText('text')])
+   *
+   * @param {null|Item|YXmlElement|YXmlText} ref The index to insert content at
+   * @param {Array<YXmlElement|YXmlText>} content The array of content
+   */
+  insertAfter (ref, content) {
+    if (this.doc !== null) {
+      transact(this.doc, transaction => {
+        const refItem = (ref && ref instanceof AbstractType) ? ref._item : ref
+        typeListInsertGenericsAfter(transaction, this, refItem, content)
+      })
+    } else {
+      const pc = /** @type {Array<any>} */ (this._prelimContent)
+      const index = ref === null ? 0 : pc.findIndex(el => el === ref) + 1
+      if (index === 0 && ref !== null) {
+        throw error.create('Reference item not found')
+      }
+      pc.splice(index, 0, ...content)
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Deletes elements starting from an index.
    *
diff --git a/tests/y-xml.tests.js b/tests/y-xml.tests.js
index 48132175..31513091 100644
--- a/tests/y-xml.tests.js
+++ b/tests/y-xml.tests.js
@@ -103,3 +103,33 @@ export const testSiblings = tc => {
   t.assert(yxml.parent === null)
   t.assert(yxml.firstChild === first)
 }
+
+/**
+ * @param {t.TestCase} tc
+ */
+export const testInsertafter = tc => {
+  const ydoc = new Y.Doc()
+  const yxml = ydoc.getXmlFragment()
+  const first = new Y.XmlText()
+  const second = new Y.XmlElement('p')
+  const third = new Y.XmlElement('p')
+
+  const deepsecond1 = new Y.XmlElement('span')
+  const deepsecond2 = new Y.XmlText()
+  second.insertAfter(null, [deepsecond1])
+  second.insertAfter(deepsecond1, [deepsecond2])
+
+  yxml.insertAfter(null, [first, second])
+  yxml.insertAfter(second, [third])
+
+  t.assert(yxml.length === 3)
+  t.assert(second.get(0) === deepsecond1)
+  t.assert(second.get(1) === deepsecond2)
+
+  t.compareArrays(yxml.toArray(), [first, second, third])
+
+  t.fails(() => {
+    const el = new Y.XmlElement('p')
+    el.insertAfter(deepsecond1, [new Y.XmlText()])
+  })
+}