diff --git a/core/src/widget/text.rs b/core/src/widget/text.rs
index 8b02f8c2..813b4be8 100644
--- a/core/src/widget/text.rs
+++ b/core/src/widget/text.rs
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ pub fn draw<Renderer>(
 {
     let bounds = layout.bounds();
 
+    if !bounds.intersects(viewport) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     let x = match paragraph.horizontal_alignment() {
         alignment::Horizontal::Left => bounds.x,
         alignment::Horizontal::Center => bounds.center_x(),