diff --git a/src/ParentNode.php b/src/ParentNode.php
index 8997ee86..ac48d5e0 100644
--- a/src/ParentNode.php
+++ b/src/ParentNode.php
@@ -60,13 +60,18 @@ protected function __prop_get_children():HTMLCollection {
 	 * 	returns the appended Node object.
 	 * + Element.append() can append several nodes and strings, whereas
 	 * 	Node.appendChild() can only append one node.
-	 * @param Node|Element|Text|Comment|string...$nodes
+	 * @param Node|Element|Text|Comment|DocumentFragment|string...$nodes
 	 */
 	public function append(...$nodes):void {
 // Without this clumsy iteration, PHP 8.1 throws "free(): double free detected in tcache 2"
 		foreach($nodes as $node) {
-			/** @phpstan-ignore-next-line libxml's DOMNode does not define append() */
-			parent::append($node);
+// And without this clumsy if/else, PHP 8.3 throws "double free or corruption (!prev)"
+			if(is_string($node)) {
+				parent::append($node);
+			}
+			else {
+				parent::appendChild($node);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/phpunit/DocumentFragmentTest.php b/test/phpunit/DocumentFragmentTest.php
index 8ef87f9b..2dd91ed0 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/DocumentFragmentTest.php
+++ b/test/phpunit/DocumentFragmentTest.php
@@ -21,4 +21,18 @@ public function testGetElementById():void {
 		$sut->appendChild($nodeWithId);
 		self::assertSame($nodeWithId, $sut->getElementById("test"));
 	}
+
+	public function testAppendMultipleNodesThenAddToParentElement():void {
+		$document = new HTMLDocument();
+		$sut = $document->createDocumentFragment();
+		$expectedString = "";
+		for($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
+			$textNode = $document->createTextNode("Node$i");
+			$sut->append($textNode);
+			$expectedString .= "Node$i";
+		}
+
+		$document->documentElement->append($sut);
+		self::assertSame($expectedString, $document->textContent);
+	}
 }