diff --git a/src/browser/Frame.zig b/src/browser/Frame.zig
index 1c7f0bfd..24faeade 100644
--- a/src/browser/Frame.zig
+++ b/src/browser/Frame.zig
@@ -4023,6 +4023,9 @@ pub fn submitForm(self: *Frame, submitter_: ?*Element, form_: ?*Element.Html.For
                     @import("../id.zig").uuidv4(&boundary_buf);
                     break :blk .{ .formdata = &boundary_buf };
                 }
+                if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(attr, "text/plain")) {
+                    break :blk .plaintext;
+                }
                 if (!std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(attr, "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")) {
                     log.warn(.not_implemented, "FormData.encoding", .{ .encoding = attr });
                 }
@@ -4051,6 +4054,9 @@ pub fn submitForm(self: *Frame, submitter_: ?*Element, form_: ?*Element.Html.For
         opts.header = switch (encoding) {
             .urlencode => "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
             .formdata => |b| try std.fmt.allocPrintSentinel(arena, "Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary={s}", .{b}, 0),
+            // Per WHATWG HTML §4.10.21.6, text/plain submissions include the form's
+            // resolved encoding (accept-charset or document charset).
+            .plaintext => try std.fmt.allocPrintSentinel(arena, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset={s}", .{charset}, 0),
         };
     } else {
         action = try URL.concatQueryString(arena, action, buf.written());
diff --git a/src/browser/webapi/net/FormData.zig b/src/browser/webapi/net/FormData.zig
index fb4f49f3..026bfafb 100644
--- a/src/browser/webapi/net/FormData.zig
+++ b/src/browser/webapi/net/FormData.zig
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ pub const EncType = union(enum) {
     urlencode,
     // Boundary delimiter; caller owns the bytes (must outlive the write).
     formdata: []const u8,
+    plaintext,
 };
 
 pub const WriteOpts = struct {
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ pub fn write(self: *const FormData, opts: WriteOpts, writer: *std.Io.Writer) !vo
     switch (opts.encoding) {
         .urlencode => return self.urlEncode(opts, writer),
         .formdata => |boundary| return self.multipartEncode(boundary, writer),
+        .plaintext => return self.plaintextEncode(writer),
     }
 }
 
@@ -195,6 +197,20 @@ fn urlEncodeEntry(entry: *const Entry, opts: WriteOpts, writer: *std.Io.Writer)
     try KeyValueList.urlEncodeFormValue(entry.value.asString(), opts.allocator, opts.charset, writer);
 }
 
+/// https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-control-infrastructure.html#text/plain-encoding-algorithm
+///
+/// For each entry: name, "=", value, CRLF. No URL-encoding, no escaping. Per the
+/// spec this is a low-fidelity encoding intended for human-readable values; a
+/// value containing "=" or CRLF produces an ambiguous wire format, by design.
+fn plaintextEncode(self: *const FormData, writer: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
+    for (self._entries.items) |*entry| {
+        try writer.writeAll(entry.name.str());
+        try writer.writeByte('=');
+        try writer.writeAll(entry.value.asString());
+        try writer.writeAll("\r\n");
+    }
+}
+
 fn multipartEncode(self: *const FormData, boundary: []const u8, writer: *std.Io.Writer) !void {
     for (self._entries.items) |*entry| {
         try multipartEncodeEntry(entry, boundary, writer);
@@ -461,3 +477,42 @@ test "FormData: multipart empty body" {
 
     try testing.expectString("--B--\r\n", buf.written());
 }
+
+test "FormData: plaintext write" {
+    const allocator = testing.arena_allocator;
+
+    var fd = FormData{
+        ._arena = allocator,
+        ._entries = .empty,
+    };
+    try fd.append("name", "John");
+    try fd.append("note", "two\r\nlines");
+    try fd.append("equals", "a=b");
+
+    var buf = std.Io.Writer.Allocating.init(allocator);
+    try fd.write(.{ .encoding = .plaintext, .allocator = allocator }, &buf.writer);
+
+    // Per WHATWG HTML text/plain encoding algorithm: name=value CRLF per entry.
+    // Values containing "=" or CRLF are written verbatim — the spec accepts that
+    // text/plain is a low-fidelity, lossy encoding for human-readable content.
+    try testing.expectString(
+        "name=John\r\n" ++
+            "note=two\r\nlines\r\n" ++
+            "equals=a=b\r\n",
+        buf.written(),
+    );
+}
+
+test "FormData: plaintext empty body" {
+    const allocator = testing.arena_allocator;
+
+    var fd = FormData{
+        ._arena = allocator,
+        ._entries = .empty,
+    };
+
+    var buf = std.Io.Writer.Allocating.init(allocator);
+    try fd.write(.{ .encoding = .plaintext, .allocator = allocator }, &buf.writer);
+
+    try testing.expectString("", buf.written());
+}