diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeBuffer.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeBuffer.scala
index ba26bced6..6362f57ec 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeBuffer.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeBuffer.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ package xml
  */
 class NodeBuffer extends scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer[Node] {
 
+  override def stringPrefix: String = "NodeBuffer"
+
   /**
    * Append given object to this buffer, returns reference on this
    * `NodeBuffer` for convenience. Some rules apply:
diff --git a/shared/src/test/scala/scala/xml/NodeBufferTest.scala b/shared/src/test/scala/scala/xml/NodeBufferTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93fcb7a5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/src/test/scala/scala/xml/NodeBufferTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package scala.xml
+
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+
+class NodeBufferTest {
+
+  @Test
+  def testToString: Unit = {
+    val nodeBuffer = new NodeBuffer
+    assertEquals("NodeBuffer()", nodeBuffer.toString)
+  }
+}