diff --git a/test/integration/text_layer_spec.mjs b/test/integration/text_layer_spec.mjs
index ca490a853..9a322c246 100644
--- a/test/integration/text_layer_spec.mjs
+++ b/test/integration/text_layer_spec.mjs
@@ -217,6 +217,104 @@ describe("Text layer", () => {
         });
       });
 
+      describe("doesn't jump when hovering on an empty area, with .markedContent", () => {
+        let pages;
+
+        beforeAll(async () => {
+          pages = await loadAndWait(
+            "chrome-text-selection-markedContent.pdf",
+            `.page[data-page-number = "1"] .endOfContent`
+          );
+        });
+        afterAll(async () => {
+          await closePages(pages);
+        });
+
+        it("in per-character selection mode", async () => {
+          await Promise.all(
+            pages.map(async ([browserName, page]) => {
+              const [positionStart, positionEnd] = await Promise.all([
+                getSpanRectFromText(
+                  page,
+                  1,
+                  "strengthen in the coming quarters as the railway projects under"
+                ).then(middlePosition),
+                getSpanRectFromText(
+                  page,
+                  1,
+                  "development enter the construction phase (estimated at around"
+                ).then(belowEndPosition),
+              ]);
+
+              await page.mouse.move(positionStart.x, positionStart.y);
+              await page.mouse.down();
+              await moveInSteps(page, positionStart, positionEnd, 20);
+              await page.mouse.up();
+
+              await expectAsync(page)
+                .withContext(`In ${browserName}`)
+                .toHaveRoughlySelected(
+                  "rs as the railway projects under\n" +
+                    "development enter the construction phase (estimated at "
+                );
+            })
+          );
+        });
+
+        it("in per-word selection mode", async () => {
+          await Promise.all(
+            pages.map(async ([browserName, page]) => {
+              const [positionStart, positionEnd] = await Promise.all([
+                getSpanRectFromText(
+                  page,
+                  1,
+                  "strengthen in the coming quarters as the railway projects under"
+                ).then(middlePosition),
+                getSpanRectFromText(
+                  page,
+                  1,
+                  "development enter the construction phase (estimated at around"
+                ).then(belowEndPosition),
+              ]);
+
+              if (browserName !== "firefox") {
+                await page.mouse.move(positionStart.x, positionStart.y);
+                await page.mouse.down({ clickCount: 1 });
+                await page.mouse.up({ clickCount: 1 });
+                await page.mouse.down({ clickCount: 2 });
+              } else {
+                // When running tests with Firefox we use WebDriver BiDi, for
+                // which puppeteer doesn't support emulating "double click and
+                // hold". We need to manually dispatch an action through the
+                // protocol.
+                // See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/13745.
+                await page.mainFrame().browsingContext.performActions([
+                  {
+                    type: "pointer",
+                    id: "__puppeteer_mouse",
+                    actions: [
+                      { type: "pointerMove", ...positionStart },
+                      { type: "pointerDown", button: 0 },
+                      { type: "pointerUp", button: 0 },
+                      { type: "pointerDown", button: 0 },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                ]);
+              }
+              await moveInSteps(page, positionStart, positionEnd, 20);
+              await page.mouse.up();
+
+              await expectAsync(page)
+                .withContext(`In ${browserName}`)
+                .toHaveRoughlySelected(
+                  "quarters as the railway projects under\n" +
+                    "development enter the construction phase (estimated at around"
+                );
+            })
+          );
+        });
+      });
+
       describe("when selecting over a link", () => {
         let pages;
 
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index d3e4faf6d..ebcab4e3c 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -718,3 +718,4 @@
 !issue19424.pdf
 !issue18529.pdf
 !issue16742.pdf
+!chrome-text-selection-markedContent.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/chrome-text-selection-markedContent.pdf b/test/pdfs/chrome-text-selection-markedContent.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6128cab2c
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/pdfs/chrome-text-selection-markedContent.pdf differ
diff --git a/web/text_layer_builder.js b/web/text_layer_builder.js
index 30816eef0..cee7e0bab 100644
--- a/web/text_layer_builder.js
+++ b/web/text_layer_builder.js
@@ -307,6 +307,14 @@ class TextLayerBuilder {
         if (anchor.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
           anchor = anchor.parentNode;
         }
+        if (!modifyStart && range.endOffset === 0) {
+          do {
+            while (!anchor.previousSibling) {
+              anchor = anchor.parentNode;
+            }
+            anchor = anchor.previousSibling;
+          } while (!anchor.childNodes.length);
+        }
 
         const parentTextLayer = anchor.parentElement?.closest(".textLayer");
         const endDiv = this.#textLayers.get(parentTextLayer);