diff --git a/crates/typst-html/src/encode.rs b/crates/typst-html/src/encode.rs
index adcb6e032..9c7938360 100644
--- a/crates/typst-html/src/encode.rs
+++ b/crates/typst-html/src/encode.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ fn write_element(w: &mut Writer, element: &HtmlElement) -> SourceResult<()> {
/// Encodes the children of an element.
fn write_children(w: &mut Writer, element: &HtmlElement) -> SourceResult<()> {
// See HTML spec ยง 13.1.2.5.
- if element.tag == tag::pre && starts_with_newline(element) {
+ if matches!(element.tag, tag::pre | tag::textarea) && starts_with_newline(element) {
w.buf.push('\n');
}
diff --git a/tests/ref/html/html-textarea-starting-with-newline.html b/tests/ref/html/html-textarea-starting-with-newline.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c234037d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/html/html-textarea-starting-with-newline.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/tests/suite/html/syntax.typ b/tests/suite/html/syntax.typ
index eb1c86994..4bda0c686 100644
--- a/tests/suite/html/syntax.typ
+++ b/tests/suite/html/syntax.typ
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
#html.pre("\nhello")
#html.pre("\n\nhello")
+--- html-textarea-starting-with-newline html ---
+#html.textarea("\nenter")
+
--- html-script html ---
// This should be pretty and indented.
#html.script(