diff --git a/crates/typst/src/text/deco.rs b/crates/typst/src/text/deco.rs
index 7f0b9e467..d105a3535 100644
--- a/crates/typst/src/text/deco.rs
+++ b/crates/typst/src/text/deco.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ use ttf_parser::{GlyphId, OutlineBuilder};
 use crate::diag::SourceResult;
 use crate::engine::Engine;
 use crate::foundations::{elem, Content, Packed, Show, Smart, StyleChain};
-use crate::layout::{Abs, Em, Frame, FrameItem, Length, Point, Size};
+use crate::layout::{
+    Abs, Corners, Em, Frame, FrameItem, Length, Point, Rel, Sides, Size,
+};
 use crate::syntax::Span;
 use crate::text::{
     BottomEdge, BottomEdgeMetric, TextElem, TextItem, TopEdge, TopEdgeMetric,
 };
-use crate::visualize::{Color, FixedStroke, Geometry, Paint, Stroke};
+use crate::visualize::{styled_rect, Color, FixedStroke, Geometry, Paint, Stroke};
 
 /// Underlines text.
 ///
@@ -283,6 +285,12 @@ pub struct HighlightElem {
     #[default(Color::from_u8(0xFF, 0xFD, 0x11, 0xA1).into())]
     pub fill: Paint,
 
+    /// The highlight's border color. See the
+    /// [rectangle's documentation]($rect.stroke) for more details.
+    #[resolve]
+    #[fold]
+    pub stroke: Sides<Option<Option<Stroke>>>,
+
     /// The top end of the background rectangle.
     ///
     /// ```example
@@ -316,6 +324,12 @@ pub struct HighlightElem {
     #[resolve]
     pub extent: Length,
 
+    /// How much to round the highlight's corners. See the
+    /// [rectangle's documentation]($rect.radius) for more details.
+    #[resolve]
+    #[fold]
+    pub radius: Corners<Option<Rel<Length>>>,
+
     /// The content that should be highlighted.
     #[required]
     pub body: Content,
@@ -327,8 +341,13 @@ impl Show for Packed<HighlightElem> {
         Ok(self.body().clone().styled(TextElem::set_deco(smallvec![Decoration {
             line: DecoLine::Highlight {
                 fill: self.fill(styles),
+                stroke: self
+                    .stroke(styles)
+                    .unwrap_or_default()
+                    .map(|stroke| stroke.map(Stroke::unwrap_or_default)),
                 top_edge: self.top_edge(styles),
                 bottom_edge: self.bottom_edge(styles),
+                radius: self.radius(styles).unwrap_or_default(),
             },
             extent: self.extent(styles),
         }])))
@@ -348,10 +367,30 @@ pub struct Decoration {
 /// A kind of decorative line.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 enum DecoLine {
-    Underline { stroke: Stroke<Abs>, offset: Smart<Abs>, evade: bool, background: bool },
-    Strikethrough { stroke: Stroke<Abs>, offset: Smart<Abs>, background: bool },
-    Overline { stroke: Stroke<Abs>, offset: Smart<Abs>, evade: bool, background: bool },
-    Highlight { fill: Paint, top_edge: TopEdge, bottom_edge: BottomEdge },
+    Underline {
+        stroke: Stroke<Abs>,
+        offset: Smart<Abs>,
+        evade: bool,
+        background: bool,
+    },
+    Strikethrough {
+        stroke: Stroke<Abs>,
+        offset: Smart<Abs>,
+        background: bool,
+    },
+    Overline {
+        stroke: Stroke<Abs>,
+        offset: Smart<Abs>,
+        evade: bool,
+        background: bool,
+    },
+    Highlight {
+        fill: Paint,
+        stroke: Sides<Option<FixedStroke>>,
+        top_edge: TopEdge,
+        bottom_edge: BottomEdge,
+        radius: Corners<Rel<Abs>>,
+    },
 }
 
 /// Add line decorations to a single run of shaped text.
@@ -365,12 +404,18 @@ pub(crate) fn decorate(
 ) {
     let font_metrics = text.font.metrics();
 
-    if let DecoLine::Highlight { fill, top_edge, bottom_edge } = &deco.line {
+    if let DecoLine::Highlight { fill, stroke, top_edge, bottom_edge, radius } =
+        &deco.line
+    {
         let (top, bottom) = determine_edges(text, *top_edge, *bottom_edge);
-        let rect = Geometry::Rect(Size::new(width + 2.0 * deco.extent, top - bottom))
-            .filled(fill.clone());
+        let size = Size::new(width + 2.0 * deco.extent, top - bottom);
+        let rects = styled_rect(size, *radius, Some(fill.clone()), stroke.clone());
         let origin = Point::new(pos.x - deco.extent, pos.y - top - shift);
-        frame.prepend(origin, FrameItem::Shape(rect, Span::detached()));
+        frame.prepend_multiple(
+            rects
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|shape| (origin, FrameItem::Shape(shape, Span::detached()))),
+        );
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/ref/text/deco.png b/tests/ref/text/deco.png
index 782e628c3..3a11e72f2 100644
Binary files a/tests/ref/text/deco.png and b/tests/ref/text/deco.png differ
diff --git a/tests/typ/text/deco.typ b/tests/typ/text/deco.typ
index dbf86a864..cc9b9b3ae 100644
--- a/tests/typ/text/deco.typ
+++ b/tests/typ/text/deco.typ
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ We can also specify a customized value
 #highlight[abc]
 #highlight[abc #sym.integral]
 
+---
+// Test highlight radius
+#highlight(radius: 3pt)[abc],
+#highlight(radius: 1em)[#lorem(5)]
+
+---
+// Test highlight stroke
+#highlight(stroke: 2pt + blue)[abc]
+#highlight(stroke: (top: blue, left: red, bottom: green, right: orange))[abc]
+#highlight(stroke: 1pt, radius: 3pt)[#lorem(5)]
+
 ---
 // Test underline background
 #set underline(background: true, stroke: (thickness: 0.5em, paint: red, cap: "round"))
@@ -68,7 +79,6 @@ We can also specify a customized value
 #set overline(background: true, stroke: (thickness: 0.5em, paint: red, cap: "round"))
 #overline[This is in the background]
 
-
 ---
 // Test strike background
 #set strike(background: true, stroke: 5pt + red)