diff --git a/src/browser/URL.zig b/src/browser/URL.zig
index a94f9db4e..01c305bdb 100644
--- a/src/browser/URL.zig
+++ b/src/browser/URL.zig
@@ -224,6 +224,27 @@ pub fn isSecure(raw: [:0]const u8) bool {
     return std.mem.startsWith(u8, raw, "https:") or std.mem.startsWith(u8, raw, "wss:");
 }
 
+/// Cryptographic scheme or loopback host. Browsers let such origins use
+/// secure-only features (Secure cookies, prefixed cookie names) so that
+/// plain-http local development behaves like production.
+pub fn isPotentiallyTrustworthy(raw: [:0]const u8) bool {
+    return isSecure(raw) or isLoopbackHost(getHostname(raw));
+}
+
+/// Chromium's net::IsLocalhost. Takes a hostname as returned by
+/// `getHostname`: no port, IPv6 literals still bracketed.
+pub fn isLoopbackHost(hostname: []const u8) bool {
+    const host = std.mem.trimEnd(u8, hostname, ".");
+    if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(host, "localhost") or std.ascii.endsWithIgnoreCase(host, ".localhost")) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    const address = std.Io.net.IpAddress.parseLiteral(host) catch return false;
+    return switch (address) {
+        .ip4 => |ip4| ip4.bytes[0] == 127,
+        .ip6 => |ip6| std.mem.eql(u8, &ip6.bytes, &([_]u8{0} ** 15 ++ [_]u8{1})),
+    };
+}
+
 pub fn getHostname(raw: []const u8) []const u8 {
     const host = getHost(raw);
     const port_sep = findPortSeparator(host) orelse return host;
@@ -1457,6 +1478,34 @@ test "URL: getHostname" {
     try testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, "[2001:db8::1]", getHostname("https://[2001:db8::1]/"));
 }
 
+test "URL: isPotentiallyTrustworthy" {
+    for ([_][:0]const u8{
+        "https://example.com/",
+        "http://localhost/",
+        "http://LOCALHOST:3000/x",
+        "http://localhost./",
+        "http://app.localhost/",
+        "http://127.0.0.1:8080/",
+        "http://127.255.255.254/",
+        "http://[::1]:9/",
+    }) |url| {
+        try testing.expect(isPotentiallyTrustworthy(url));
+    }
+
+    for ([_][:0]const u8{
+        "http://example.com/",
+        "http://notlocalhost/",
+        "http://localhost.evil.com/",
+        "http://127.0.0.1.evil.com/",
+        "http://128.0.0.1/",
+        "http://[::2]/",
+        "http://[::ffff:127.0.0.1]/",
+        "about:blank",
+    }) |url| {
+        try testing.expect(!isPotentiallyTrustworthy(url));
+    }
+}
+
 test "URL: getPort" {
     // Regular hosts
     try testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, "8080", getPort("https://example.com:8080/path"));
diff --git a/src/browser/tests/cookie_store.html b/src/browser/tests/cookie_store.html
index c933f67f1..90159b5c5 100644
--- a/src/browser/tests/cookie_store.html
+++ b/src/browser/tests/cookie_store.html
@@ -74,6 +74,24 @@
   });
 </script>
 
+<script id=loopback-is-trustworthy type=module>
+  // Served over plain http on 127.0.0.1, which browsers treat as trustworthy.
+  const state = await testing.async();
+  await cookieStore.set({ name: '__Host-lp', value: '1', path: '/' });
+  const item = await cookieStore.get('__Host-lp');
+  await cookieStore.delete('__Host-lp');
+
+  document.cookie = 'lp_secure=1; Secure';
+  const doc = document.cookie;
+  document.cookie = 'lp_secure=; Max-Age=0; Secure';
+  state.resolve();
+  await state.done(() => {
+    testing.expectEqual('__Host-lp', item.name);
+    testing.expectEqual(true, item.secure);
+    testing.expectEqual(true, doc.includes('lp_secure=1'));
+  });
+</script>
+
 <script id=change-event-binds-listeners-at-mutation type=module>
   const state = await testing.async();
   // A change enqueued while nobody is subscribed must not be delivered to a
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/storage/Cookie.zig b/src/browser/webapi/storage/Cookie.zig
index 0075efcbb..5dcfa1c68 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/storage/Cookie.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/storage/Cookie.zig
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pub fn parse(allocator: Allocator, url: [:0]const u8, str: []const u8) !Cookie {
             return error.InvalidPrefixedCookie;
         }
 
-        if (!std.mem.startsWith(u8, url, "https://")) {
+        if (!URL.isPotentiallyTrustworthy(url)) {
             return error.InvalidPrefixedCookie;
         }
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pub fn parse(allocator: Allocator, url: [:0]const u8, str: []const u8) !Cookie {
         if (secure == null) {
             return error.InvalidPrefixedCookie;
         }
-        if (!std.mem.startsWith(u8, url, "https://")) {
+        if (!URL.isPotentiallyTrustworthy(url)) {
             return error.InvalidPrefixedCookie;
         }
     }
@@ -408,8 +408,7 @@ pub fn appliesTo(self: *const Cookie, url: *const PreparedUri, same_site: bool,
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (url.secure == false and self.secure) {
-        // secure cookie can only be sent over HTTPs
+    if (self.secure and !url.trustworthy) {
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -678,14 +677,15 @@ fn findSecondLevelDomain(host: []const u8) []const u8 {
 pub const PreparedUri = struct {
     host: []const u8, // Percent encoded, lower case
     path: []const u8, // Percent encoded
-    secure: bool, // True if scheme is https
+    trustworthy: bool, // May receive Secure cookies
 
     // init assumes url lifetime exceeds preparedUri one.
     pub fn init(url: [:0]const u8) PreparedUri {
+        const host = URL.getHostname(url);
         return .{
-            .host = URL.getHostname(url),
+            .host = host,
             .path = URL.getPathname(url),
-            .secure = URL.isSecure(url),
+            .trustworthy = URL.isSecure(url) or URL.isLoopbackHost(host),
         };
     }
 };
@@ -994,6 +994,25 @@ test "Jar: forRequest" {
     // the 'global2' cookie
 }
 
+test "Jar: forRequest Secure cookies on loopback origins" {
+    const expectCookies = struct {
+        fn expect(expected: []const u8, jar: *Jar, target_url: [:0]const u8, opts: Jar.LookupOpts) !void {
+            var aw: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(testing.allocator);
+            defer aw.deinit();
+            try jar.forRequest(target_url, &aw.writer, opts);
+            try testing.expectEqual(expected, aw.written());
+        }
+    }.expect;
+
+    var jar = Jar.init(testing.allocator, null);
+    defer jar.deinit();
+
+    const now = lp.datetime.timestamp(.real);
+    const url = "http://127.0.0.1:3000/";
+    try jar.add(try Cookie.parse(testing.allocator, url, "s=1; Secure"), now, true);
+    try expectCookies("s=1", &jar, url, .{ .origin_url = .{ .url = url }, .is_http = true });
+}
+
 test "Jar: forRequest SameSite=Strict on cross-site navigation" {
     const expectCookies = struct {
         fn expect(expected: []const u8, jar: *Jar, target_url: [:0]const u8, opts: Jar.LookupOpts) !void {
@@ -1095,7 +1114,7 @@ test "Cookie: parse key=value" {
 
     // __Host- cookie-name-prefix rules:
     //   - must be Secure
-    //   - must be set from an https origin
+    //   - must be set from a potentially trustworthy origin (https or loopback)
     //   - must not have a Domain attribute
     //   - must have Path=/
     try expectAttribute(.{ .name = "__Host-abc", .value = "1" }, "https://lightpanda.io/", "__Host-abc=1; Secure; Path=/");
@@ -1106,10 +1125,16 @@ test "Cookie: parse key=value" {
     try expectError(error.InvalidPrefixedCookie, "https://lightpanda.io/", "__Host-abc=1; Secure; Path=/foo");
     try expectError(error.InvalidPrefixedCookie, "https://lightpanda.io/", "__Host-abc=1; Secure; Path=/; Domain=lightpanda.io");
 
-    // __Secure- cookie-name-prefix rules: must be Secure and from https.
+    // __Secure- cookie-name-prefix rules: must be Secure and from a
+    // potentially trustworthy origin.
     try expectAttribute(.{ .name = "__Secure-abc", .value = "1" }, "https://lightpanda.io/", "__Secure-abc=1; Secure");
     try expectAttribute(.{ .name = "__SeCuRe-abc", .value = "1" }, "https://lightpanda.io/", "__SeCuRe-abc=1; Secure; Domain=lightpanda.io");
     try expectError(error.InvalidPrefixedCookie, "https://lightpanda.io/", "__Secure-abc=1");
+
+    // plain-http loopback
+    try expectAttribute(.{ .name = "__Host-abc" }, "http://127.0.0.1:3000/", "__Host-abc=1; Secure; Path=/");
+    try expectAttribute(.{ .name = "__Secure-abc" }, "http://localhost/", "__Secure-abc=1; Secure");
+    try expectError(error.InvalidPrefixedCookie, "http://localhost.evil.com/", "__Host-abc=1; Secure; Path=/");
     try expectError(error.InvalidPrefixedCookie, null, "__Secure-abc=1; Secure");
 
     // Empty Domain= is treated as no Domain and accepted on __Host-.
@@ -1380,7 +1405,7 @@ test "Cookie: appliesTo with empty domain" {
     const target = PreparedUri{
         .host = "example.com",
         .path = "/",
-        .secure = false,
+        .trustworthy = false,
     };
 
     try testing.expectEqual(false, cookie.appliesTo(&target, true, true, true));
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/storage/CookieStore.zig b/src/browser/webapi/storage/CookieStore.zig
index c3a33a91c..82b309096 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/storage/CookieStore.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/storage/CookieStore.zig
@@ -363,11 +363,7 @@ fn matchCookies(
     const session = exec.session;
     const url_resolved = try resolveQueryUrl(exec, url);
 
-    const target = Cookie.PreparedUri{
-        .host = URL.getHostname(url_resolved),
-        .path = URL.getPathname(url_resolved),
-        .secure = URL.isSecure(url_resolved),
-    };
+    const target: Cookie.PreparedUri = .init(url_resolved);
     if (target.host.len == 0) {
         return error.SecurityError;
     }
@@ -494,10 +490,10 @@ fn storeCookie(exec: *const Execution, init_: CookieInit, is_delete: bool) !void
         return error.SameSiteBlocked;
     }
 
-    const is_https = URL.isSecure(url);
+    const trustworthy = URL.isPotentiallyTrustworthy(url);
     // Per spec, SameSite=None requires Secure. CookieStore additionally
-    // marks any cookie written from an HTTPS document as Secure.
-    const secure = is_https or init.sameSite == .none;
+    // marks any cookie written from a trustworthy origin as Secure.
+    const secure = trustworthy or init.sameSite == .none;
 
     // The `__Http-` and `__Host-Http-` prefixes are reserved for HTTP-state
     // cookies; the (script) CookieStore API can never set them, on any origin.
@@ -509,7 +505,7 @@ fn storeCookie(exec: *const Execution, init_: CookieInit, is_delete: bool) !void
     // catch impersonation attempts (e.g. "__HoSt-").
     // https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis#name-cookie-name-prefixes
     if (std.ascii.startsWithIgnoreCase(init.name, "__Host-")) {
-        if (!is_https) {
+        if (!trustworthy) {
             return error.InvalidPrefixedCookie;
         }
         if (init.domain) |d| {
@@ -523,7 +519,7 @@ fn storeCookie(exec: *const Execution, init_: CookieInit, is_delete: bool) !void
             return error.InvalidPrefixedCookie;
         }
     } else if (std.ascii.startsWithIgnoreCase(init.name, "__Secure-")) {
-        if (!is_https) {
+        if (!trustworthy) {
             return error.InvalidPrefixedCookie;
         }
     }