diff --git a/crates/typst-pdf/src/tags/context.rs b/crates/typst-pdf/src/tags/context.rs
index 5b869bd53..6fe698da6 100644
--- a/crates/typst-pdf/src/tags/context.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-pdf/src/tags/context.rs
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ impl TextAttrs {
         let deco = TextDeco { kind, stroke };
 
         // TODO: can overlapping tags break this?
-        if self.decos.iter().any(|(_, d)| d.kind != deco.kind) {
+        if options.is_pdf_ua() && self.decos.iter().any(|(_, d)| d.kind != deco.kind) {
             let validator = options.standards.config.validator();
             let validator = validator.as_str();
             bail!(
diff --git a/tests/suite/pdftags/deco.typ b/tests/suite/pdftags/deco.typ
index 8f98f71c5..0430f4d11 100644
--- a/tests/suite/pdftags/deco.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/pdftags/deco.typ
@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@ blue underlined text
 #underline[underlined]\
 #overline[overlined]\
 #strike[striked]\
+
+--- deco-tags-multiple-styles pdftags ---
+#show: underline
+// Error: 2-16 PDF/UA1 error: cannot combine underline, overline, and or strike
+#show: overline
+text with a bunch of lines