diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/xml/attr.rb b/lib/nokogiri/xml/attr.rb
index 97e22d1803..1756259c24 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/xml/attr.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/xml/attr.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ class Attr < Node
       alias_method :to_s, :content
       alias_method :content=, :value=
 
+      def deconstruct_keys(keys)
+        { name: name, value: value, namespace: namespace }
+      end
+
       private
 
       def inspect_attributes
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb b/lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb
index 82278dfba4..dde2afd269 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/xml/document.rb
@@ -415,6 +415,10 @@ def xpath_doctype
         Nokogiri::CSS::XPathVisitor::DoctypeConfig::XML
       end
 
+      def deconstruct_keys(keys)
+        { root: root }
+      end
+
       private
 
       IMPLIED_XPATH_CONTEXTS = ["//"].freeze # :nodoc:
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/xml/namespace.rb b/lib/nokogiri/xml/namespace.rb
index 7b5dc020a8..88cbf1cc56 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/xml/namespace.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/xml/namespace.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ class Namespace
       include Nokogiri::XML::PP::Node
       attr_reader :document
 
+      def deconstruct_keys(keys)
+        { prefix: prefix, href: href }
+      end
+
       private
 
       def inspect_attributes
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/xml/node.rb b/lib/nokogiri/xml/node.rb
index 28da40db48..8dc0fda9a5 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/xml/node.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/xml/node.rb
@@ -1310,6 +1310,14 @@ def canonicalize(mode = XML::XML_C14N_1_0, inclusive_namespaces = nil, with_comm
         end
       end
 
+      def deconstruct_keys(keys)
+        { name: name, attributes: attribute_nodes, children: children, namespace: namespace }.tap do |d|
+          if keys&.include?(:content)
+            d[:content] = content
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
       # :section:
 
       protected
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/xml/node_set.rb b/lib/nokogiri/xml/node_set.rb
index 2c902a5fd9..d3023c7a05 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/xml/node_set.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/xml/node_set.rb
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ def inspect
 
       alias_method :+, :|
 
+      def deconstruct
+        to_a
+      end
+
       IMPLIED_XPATH_CONTEXTS = [".//", "self::"].freeze # :nodoc:
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/xml/test_node_pattern_matching.rb b/test/xml/test_node_pattern_matching.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfae1b9b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/xml/test_node_pattern_matching.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "helper"
+
+class TestNokogiriPatternMatching < Nokogiri::TestCase
+  # rubocop:disable Lint/Syntax
+  describe "pattern matching" do
+    let(:ns_default) { "http://nokogiri.org/ns/default" }
+    let(:ns_noko) { "http://nokogiri.org/ns/noko" }
+    let(:xmldoc) do
+      Nokogiri::XML::Document.parse(<<~XML)
+          <root xmlns="#{ns_default}" xmlns:noko="#{ns_noko}">
+            <child1 foo="abc" noko:bar="def" />
+            <noko:child2 foo="qwe" noko:bar="rty" />
+            <child3>
+              <grandchild1 size="small">hello</grandchild1>
+              <grandchild2 size="large">goodbye</grandchild2>
+            </child3>
+          </root>
+        XML
+    end
+    let(:child1) { xmldoc.at_xpath("//a:child1", {"a" => ns_default}) }
+    let(:child2) { xmldoc.at_xpath("//b:child2", {"b" => ns_noko}) }
+    let(:child3) { xmldoc.at_xpath("//a:child3", {"a" => ns_default}) }
+    let(:child1_attr_foo) { xmldoc.at_xpath("//a:child1/@foo", {"a" => ns_default}) }
+    let(:child1_attr_bar) { xmldoc.at_xpath("//a:child1/@b:bar", {"a" => ns_default, "b" => ns_noko}) }
+
+    describe "XML::Namespace" do
+      it "matches :href" do
+        child1.namespace => { href: child1_ns_href }
+        assert_equal(ns_default, child1_ns_href)
+
+        child2.namespace => { href: child2_ns_href }
+        assert_equal(ns_noko, child2_ns_href)
+      end
+
+      it "matches :prefix" do
+        child1.namespace => { prefix: child1_ns_prefix }
+        assert_nil(child1_ns_prefix)
+        
+        child2.namespace => { prefix: child2_ns_prefix }
+        assert_equal("noko", child2_ns_prefix)
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "XML::Attr" do
+      it "matches :name" do
+        child1_attr_foo => { name: child1_foo_name }
+        assert_equal("foo", child1_foo_name)
+
+        child1_attr_bar => { name: child2_bar_name }
+        assert_equal("bar", child2_bar_name)
+      end
+
+      it "matches :value" do
+        child1_attr_foo => { value: child1_foo_value }
+        assert_equal("abc", child1_foo_value )
+
+        child1_attr_bar => { value: child1_bar_value }
+        assert_equal("def", child1_bar_value)
+      end
+
+      it "matches :namespace" do
+        child1_attr_foo => { namespace: child1_foo_ns}
+        assert_nil(child1_foo_ns)
+
+        child1_attr_bar => { namespace: child1_bar_ns}
+        assert_equal(ns_noko, child1_bar_ns.href)
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "XML::Node" do
+      it "matches :name" do
+        child1 => { name: child1_name }
+        assert_equal("child1", child1_name)
+
+        child2 => { name: child2_name }
+        assert_equal("child2", child2_name)
+      end
+
+      it "matches :attributes" do
+        ns = ns_noko # so we can pin it
+
+        child1 => { attributes: [*, { name: "foo", value: child1_foo_value }, *] }
+        assert_equal("abc", child1_foo_value)
+
+        child1 => { attributes: [*, { namespace: nil, name: "foo", value: child1_foo_value }, *] }
+        assert_equal("abc", child1_foo_value)
+
+        child1 => { attributes: [*, { namespace: { href: ^ns }, name: "bar", value: child1_bar_value }, *] }
+        assert_equal("def", child1_bar_value)
+
+        child1 => { attributes: [*, { namespace: { href: ^ns }, name: child1_bar_name }, *] }
+        assert_equal("bar", child1_bar_name)
+      end
+
+      it "matches :namespace" do
+        child1 => { namespace: child1_ns }
+        assert_equal(ns_default, child1_ns.href)
+
+        child2 => { namespace: child2_ns }
+        assert_equal(ns_noko, child2_ns.href)
+      end
+
+      it "matches :children" do
+        child3 => { children: child3_children }
+        assert_equal(5, child3_children.length) # whitespace, gc1, whitespace, gc2, whitespace
+
+        child3 => { children: [*, {name: "grandchild1", content: }, *] }
+        assert_equal("hello", content)
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "XML::Document" do
+      it "matches :root" do
+        xmldoc => { root: { name: } }
+        assert_equal("root", name)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end