diff --git a/src/matchers/__tests__/to-be-empty-element.test.tsx b/src/matchers/__tests__/to-be-empty-element.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9e3867b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/matchers/__tests__/to-be-empty-element.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { View } from 'react-native';
+import { render, screen } from '../..';
+import '../extend-expect';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+function DoNotRenderChildren({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  // Intentionally do not render children.
+  return null;
+}
+
+test('toBeEmptyElement()', () => {
+  render(
+    <View testID="not-empty">
+      <View testID="empty" />
+    </View>
+  );
+
+  const empty = screen.getByTestId('empty');
+  expect(empty).toBeEmptyElement();
+  expect(() => expect(empty).not.toBeEmptyElement())
+    .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "expect(element).not.toBeEmptyElement()
+
+    Received:
+      (no elements)"
+  `);
+
+  const notEmpty = screen.getByTestId('not-empty');
+  expect(notEmpty).not.toBeEmptyElement();
+  expect(() => expect(notEmpty).toBeEmptyElement())
+    .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "expect(element).toBeEmptyElement()
+
+    Received:
+      <View
+        testID="empty"
+      />"
+  `);
+});
+
+test('toBeEmptyElement() ignores composite-only children', () => {
+  render(
+    <View testID="view">
+      <DoNotRenderChildren>
+        <View testID="not-rendered" />
+      </DoNotRenderChildren>
+    </View>
+  );
+
+  const view = screen.getByTestId('view');
+  expect(view).toBeEmptyElement();
+  expect(() => expect(view).not.toBeEmptyElement())
+    .toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "expect(element).not.toBeEmptyElement()
+
+    Received:
+      (no elements)"
+  `);
+});
+
+test('toBeEmptyElement() on null element', () => {
+  expect(() => {
+    expect(null).toBeEmptyElement();
+  }).toThrowErrorMatchingInlineSnapshot(`
+    "expect(received).toBeEmptyElement()
+
+    received value must be a host element.
+    Received has value: null"
+  `);
+});
diff --git a/src/matchers/__tests__/utils.test.tsx b/src/matchers/__tests__/utils.test.tsx
index 0e210459d..f73eb3ce1 100644
--- a/src/matchers/__tests__/utils.test.tsx
+++ b/src/matchers/__tests__/utils.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function fakeMatcher() {
 }
 
 test('formatElement', () => {
-  expect(formatElement(null)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"null"`);
+  expect(formatElement(null)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"  null"`);
 });
 
 test('checkHostElement allows host element', () => {
diff --git a/src/matchers/extend-expect.d.ts b/src/matchers/extend-expect.d.ts
index 0fcec96c9..435d4c509 100644
--- a/src/matchers/extend-expect.d.ts
+++ b/src/matchers/extend-expect.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import { TextMatch, TextMatchOptions } from '../matches';
-
 export interface JestNativeMatchers<R> {
   toBeOnTheScreen(): R;
-  toHaveTextContent(text: TextMatch, options?: TextMatchOptions): R;
+  toBeEmptyElement(): R;
 }
 
 // Implicit Jest global `expect`.
diff --git a/src/matchers/extend-expect.ts b/src/matchers/extend-expect.ts
index 1a998d336..dc7744189 100644
--- a/src/matchers/extend-expect.ts
+++ b/src/matchers/extend-expect.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /// <reference path="./extend-expect.d.ts" />
 
 import { toBeOnTheScreen } from './to-be-on-the-screen';
+import { toBeEmptyElement } from './to-be-empty-element';
 
 expect.extend({
   toBeOnTheScreen,
+  toBeEmptyElement,
 });
diff --git a/src/matchers/index.tsx b/src/matchers/index.tsx
index 8d1540b14..34adad661 100644
--- a/src/matchers/index.tsx
+++ b/src/matchers/index.tsx
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export { toBeOnTheScreen } from './to-be-on-the-screen';
+export { toBeEmptyElement } from './to-be-empty-element';
diff --git a/src/matchers/to-be-empty-element.tsx b/src/matchers/to-be-empty-element.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..867b71392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/matchers/to-be-empty-element.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { ReactTestInstance } from 'react-test-renderer';
+import { matcherHint, RECEIVED_COLOR } from 'jest-matcher-utils';
+import { getHostChildren } from '../helpers/component-tree';
+import { checkHostElement, formatElementArray } from './utils';
+
+export function toBeEmptyElement(
+  this: jest.MatcherContext,
+  element: ReactTestInstance
+) {
+  checkHostElement(element, toBeEmptyElement, this);
+
+  const hostChildren = getHostChildren(element);
+
+  return {
+    pass: hostChildren.length === 0,
+    message: () => {
+      return [
+        matcherHint(
+          `${this.isNot ? '.not' : ''}.toBeEmptyElement`,
+          'element',
+          ''
+        ),
+        '',
+        'Received:',
+        `${RECEIVED_COLOR(formatElementArray(hostChildren))}`,
+      ].join('\n');
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/src/matchers/utils.tsx b/src/matchers/utils.tsx
index ef5b10f91..f6808b09c 100644
--- a/src/matchers/utils.tsx
+++ b/src/matchers/utils.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export function checkHostElement(
  */
 export function formatElement(element: ReactTestInstance | null) {
   if (element == null) {
-    return 'null';
+    return '  null';
   }
 
   return redent(
@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ export function formatElement(element: ReactTestInstance | null) {
   );
 }
 
+export function formatElementArray(elements: ReactTestInstance[]) {
+  if (elements.length === 0) {
+    return '  (no elements)';
+  }
+
+  return redent(elements.map(formatElement).join('\n'), 2);
+}
+
 export function formatMessage(
   matcher: string,
   expectedLabel: string,