diff --git a/src/spec/tag/whitespace.rs b/src/spec/tag/whitespace.rs
index 8543ebc..65fab05 100644
--- a/src/spec/tag/whitespace.rs
+++ b/src/spec/tag/whitespace.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ lazy_static! {
         m.insert(b"option", CONTENT);
         m.insert(b"p", CONTENT);
         m.insert(b"summary", CONTENT);
-        m.insert(b"textarea", CONTENT);
         m.insert(b"video", CONTENT);
 
         // Content-first tags.
@@ -158,6 +157,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         m.insert(b"ul", LAYOUT);
 
         // Whitespace-sensitive tags.
+        m.insert(b"textarea", WHITESPACE_SENSITIVE);
         m.insert(b"code", WHITESPACE_SENSITIVE);
         m.insert(b"pre", WHITESPACE_SENSITIVE);
 
diff --git a/src/tests/mod.rs b/src/tests/mod.rs
index d3efa90..e7f380d 100644
--- a/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ fn test_collapse_destroy_whole_and_trim_whitespace() {
 #[test]
 fn test_no_whitespace_minification() {
     eval(b"<pre>   \n&#32; \t   </pre>", b"<pre>   \n  \t   </pre>");
+    eval(b"<textarea>   \n&#32; \t   </textarea>", b"<textarea>   \n  \t   </textarea>");
     // Tag names should be case insensitive.
     eval(b"<pRe>   \n&#32; \t   </PRE>", b"<pre>   \n  \t   </pre>");
     eval(b"<pre>  <span>  1    2   </span>  </pre>", b"<pre>  <span>  1    2   </span>  </pre>");