diff --git a/src/core/evaluator.js b/src/core/evaluator.js
index 8f7917f77..dc88db6ca 100644
--- a/src/core/evaluator.js
+++ b/src/core/evaluator.js
@@ -822,14 +822,30 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
       return fontCapability.promise;
     },
 
-    buildPath: function PartialEvaluator_buildPath(operatorList, fn, args) {
+    buildPath(operatorList, fn, args, parsingText = false) {
       var lastIndex = operatorList.length - 1;
       if (!args) {
         args = [];
       }
       if (lastIndex < 0 ||
           operatorList.fnArray[lastIndex] !== OPS.constructPath) {
+        // Handle corrupt PDF documents that contains path operators inside of
+        // text objects, which may shift subsequent text, by enclosing the path
+        // operator in save/restore operators (fixes issue10542_reduced.pdf).
+        //
+        // Note that this will effectively disable the optimization in the
+        // `else` branch below, but given that this type of corruption is
+        // *extremely* rare that shouldn't really matter much in practice.
+        if (parsingText) {
+          warn(`Encountered path operator "${fn}" inside of a text object.`);
+          operatorList.addOp(OPS.save, null);
+        }
+
         operatorList.addOp(OPS.constructPath, [[fn], args]);
+
+        if (parsingText) {
+          operatorList.addOp(OPS.restore, null);
+        }
       } else {
         var opArgs = operatorList.argsArray[lastIndex];
         opArgs[0].push(fn);
@@ -881,6 +897,7 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
 
       var self = this;
       var xref = this.xref;
+      let parsingText = false;
       var imageCache = Object.create(null);
 
       var xobjs = (resources.get('XObject') || Dict.empty);
@@ -999,6 +1016,12 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
                   operatorList.addOp(OPS.setFont, [loadedName, fontSize]);
                 }));
               return;
+            case OPS.beginText:
+              parsingText = true;
+              break;
+            case OPS.endText:
+              parsingText = false;
+              break;
             case OPS.endInlineImage:
               var cacheKey = args[0].cacheKey;
               if (cacheKey) {
@@ -1158,10 +1181,8 @@ var PartialEvaluator = (function PartialEvaluatorClosure() {
             case OPS.curveTo2:
             case OPS.curveTo3:
             case OPS.closePath:
-              self.buildPath(operatorList, fn, args);
-              continue;
             case OPS.rectangle:
-              self.buildPath(operatorList, fn, args);
+              self.buildPath(operatorList, fn, args, parsingText);
               continue;
             case OPS.markPoint:
             case OPS.markPointProps:
diff --git a/test/pdfs/.gitignore b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
index fd0935f1a..343eeef41 100644
--- a/test/pdfs/.gitignore
+++ b/test/pdfs/.gitignore
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
 !issue10388_reduced.pdf
 !issue10438_reduced.pdf
 !issue10529.pdf
+!issue10542_reduced.pdf
 !issue10665_reduced.pdf
 !bad-PageLabels.pdf
 !decodeACSuccessive.pdf
diff --git a/test/pdfs/issue10542_reduced.pdf b/test/pdfs/issue10542_reduced.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffc868895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pdfs/issue10542_reduced.pdf
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+%PDF-1.5
+%âãÏÓ
+1 0 obj
+<<
+/Type /Catalog
+/Pages 2 0 R
+>>
+endobj
+
+2 0 obj
+<<
+/Type /Pages
+/Count 1
+/Kids [3 0 R]
+>>
+endobj
+
+3 0 obj
+<<
+/Type /Page
+/Parent 2 0 R
+/Contents 6 0 R
+/MediaBox [0 0 350 100]
+/Resources 4 0 R
+>>
+endobj
+
+4 0 obj
+<<
+  /Font << /F1 5 0 R >>
+>>
+endobj
+
+5 0 obj
+<<
+/Type /Font
+/Subtype /Type1
+/BaseFont /Helvetica
+/Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding
+>>
+endobj
+
+6 0 obj
+<< /Length 165 >>
+stream
+BT
+  1 0 0 1 25 44 Tm
+  /F1 25 Tf
+  0 0 0 rg
+  (Abc ) Tj
+  0 0 1 RG
+  74 40 m
+  265 40 l
+  S
+  0 0 1 rg
+  (www.google.com ) Tj
+  0 0 0 rg
+  (test) Tj
+ET
+endstream
+endobj
+
+xref
+0 7
+0000000000 65535 f
+0000000017 00000 n
+0000000074 00000 n
+0000000140 00000 n
+0000000255 00000 n
+0000000307 00000 n
+0000000414 00000 n
+
+trailer
+<<
+/Size 7
+/Root 1 0 R
+/ID [<281dda44e224156a5143dc0ac9d261ed> <281dda44e224156a5143dc0ac9d261ed>]
+>>
+startxref
+638
+%%EOF
diff --git a/test/test_manifest.json b/test/test_manifest.json
index 201cafb42..20605a9b2 100644
--- a/test/test_manifest.json
+++ b/test/test_manifest.json
@@ -848,6 +848,13 @@
        "firstPage": 2,
        "type": "eq"
     },
+    {  "id": "issue10542",
+       "file": "pdfs/issue10542_reduced.pdf",
+       "md5": "92406cb903be6c7a63221ba61fcb8eaf",
+       "rounds": 1,
+       "link": false,
+       "type": "eq"
+    },
     {  "id": "issue6289",
        "file": "pdfs/issue6289.pdf",
        "md5": "0869f3d147c734ec484ffd492104095d",