diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/assert.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/assert.js
index 902f95aaae21ac..908b89202de038 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/assert.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/assert.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const {
   ObjectValues,
 } = primordials;
 const { validateString } = require('internal/validators');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 
 const {
   ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INCOMPATIBLE,
@@ -31,6 +32,17 @@ const formatTypeMap = {
   'module': kImplicitTypeAttribute,
   'wasm': kImplicitTypeAttribute, // It's unclear whether the HTML spec will require an type attribute or not for Wasm; see https://github.com/WebAssembly/esm-integration/issues/42
 };
+// NOTE: Don't add bytes support yet as it requires Uint8Arrays backed by immutable ArrayBuffers,
+// which V8 does not support yet.
+// see: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/62300#issuecomment-4079163816
+
+function getFormatType(format) {
+  if (format === 'text' && getOptionValue('--experimental-import-text')) {
+    return 'text';
+  }
+
+  return formatTypeMap[format];
+}
 
 /**
  * The HTML spec disallows the default type to be explicitly specified
@@ -42,7 +54,6 @@ const supportedTypeAttributes = ArrayPrototypeFilter(
   ObjectValues(formatTypeMap),
   (type) => type !== kImplicitTypeAttribute);
 
-
 /**
  * Test a module's import attributes.
  * @param {string} url The URL of the imported module, for error reporting.
@@ -60,7 +71,7 @@ function validateAttributes(url, format,
       throw new ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_UNSUPPORTED(keys[i], importAttributes[keys[i]], url);
     }
   }
-  const validType = formatTypeMap[format];
+  const validType = getFormatType(format);
 
   switch (validType) {
     case undefined:
@@ -101,7 +112,8 @@ function handleInvalidType(url, type) {
   validateString(type, 'type');
 
   // `type` might not have been one of the types we understand.
-  if (!ArrayPrototypeIncludes(supportedTypeAttributes, type)) {
+  if (!ArrayPrototypeIncludes(supportedTypeAttributes, type) &&
+      !(type === 'text' && getOptionValue('--experimental-import-text'))) {
     throw new ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_UNSUPPORTED('type', type, url);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
index c284163fba86ec..52df6b831a4f78 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/load.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const {
 const {
   kEmptyObject,
 } = require('internal/util');
+const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
 
 const { defaultGetFormat } = require('internal/modules/esm/get_format');
 const { validateAttributes, emitImportAssertionWarning } = require('internal/modules/esm/assert');
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ function getSourceSync(url, context) {
   return { __proto__: null, responseURL, source };
 }
 
+function isExperimentalTextImport(importAttributes) {
+  return getOptionValue('--experimental-import-text') &&
+    importAttributes?.type === 'text';
+}
 
 /**
  * Node.js default load hook.
@@ -90,8 +95,12 @@ function defaultLoad(url, context = kEmptyObject) {
     }
 
     if (format == null) {
+      if (isExperimentalTextImport(importAttributes)) {
+        format = 'text';
+      }
+
       // Now that we have the source for the module, run `defaultGetFormat` to detect its format.
-      format = defaultGetFormat(urlInstance, context);
+      format ??= defaultGetFormat(urlInstance, context);
 
       if (format === 'commonjs') {
         // For backward compatibility reasons, we need to discard the source in
@@ -154,6 +163,10 @@ function defaultLoadSync(url, context = kEmptyObject) {
       context = { __proto__: context, source };
     }
 
+    if (format == null && isExperimentalTextImport(importAttributes)) {
+      format = 'text';
+    }
+
     // Now that we have the source for the module, run `defaultGetFormat` to detect its format.
     format ??= defaultGetFormat(urlInstance, context);
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
index cbdc120302443c..c1c59bede5c201 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/resolve.js
@@ -937,11 +937,13 @@ function throwIfInvalidParentURL(parentURL) {
  * @param {string} specifier - The specifier to resolve.
  * @param {object} [context] - The context object containing the parent URL and conditions.
  * @param {string} [context.parentURL] - The URL of the parent module.
+ * @param {object} [context.importAttributes] - The import attributes for resolving the specifier.
  * @param {string[]} [context.conditions] - The conditions for resolving the specifier.
  * @returns {{url: string, format?: string}}
  */
 function defaultResolve(specifier, context = {}) {
   let { parentURL, conditions } = context;
+  const { importAttributes } = context;
   throwIfInvalidParentURL(parentURL);
 
   let parsedParentURL;
@@ -1004,12 +1006,18 @@ function defaultResolve(specifier, context = {}) {
     throw error;
   }
 
+  let format = defaultGetFormatWithoutErrors(url, context);
+  if (getOptionValue('--experimental-import-text') &&
+      importAttributes?.type === 'text') {
+    format = 'text';
+  }
+
   return {
     __proto__: null,
     // Do NOT cast `url` to a string: that will work even when there are real
     // problems, silencing them
     url: url.href,
-    format: defaultGetFormatWithoutErrors(url, context),
+    format,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
index b7b1843ff35572..1a228ff1c5b9cd 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/esm/translators.js
@@ -642,3 +642,13 @@ translators.set('module-typescript', function(url, translateContext, parentURL)
   translateContext.source = stripTypeScriptModuleTypes(stringify(source), url);
   return FunctionPrototypeCall(translators.get('module'), this, url, translateContext, parentURL);
 });
+
+// Strategy for loading source as text.
+translators.set('text', function textStrategy(url, translateContext) {
+  let { source } = translateContext;
+  assertBufferSource(source, true, 'load');
+  source = stringify(source);
+  return new ModuleWrap(url, undefined, ['default'], function() {
+    this.setExport('default', source);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/node_options.cc b/src/node_options.cc
index d48641ae3ffe07..87ebbd07734006 100644
--- a/src/node_options.cc
+++ b/src/node_options.cc
@@ -632,6 +632,11 @@ EnvironmentOptionsParser::EnvironmentOptionsParser() {
   AddAlias("--loader", "--experimental-loader");
   AddOption("--experimental-modules", "", NoOp{}, kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--experimental-wasm-modules", "", NoOp{}, kAllowedInEnvvar);
+  AddOption("--experimental-import-text",
+            "experimental support for importing source as text with import "
+            "attributes",
+            &EnvironmentOptions::experimental_import_text,
+            kAllowedInEnvvar);
   AddOption("--experimental-import-meta-resolve",
             "experimental ES Module import.meta.resolve() parentURL support",
             &EnvironmentOptions::experimental_import_meta_resolve,
diff --git a/src/node_options.h b/src/node_options.h
index 2f0adb5ae491ec..b82073ce21a77c 100644
--- a/src/node_options.h
+++ b/src/node_options.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class EnvironmentOptions : public Options {
   std::string localstorage_file;
   bool experimental_global_navigator = true;
   bool experimental_global_web_crypto = true;
+  bool experimental_import_text = false;
   bool experimental_import_meta_resolve = false;
   std::string input_type;  // Value of --input-type
   bool entry_is_url = false;
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-errors.js b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-errors.js
index c8ffd9320ad566..5219e8d7b81ca1 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-errors.js
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-errors.js
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ async function test() {
     { code: 'ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INCOMPATIBLE' }
   );
 
+  await assert.rejects(
+    import(jsModuleDataUrl, { with: { type: 'text' } }),
+    { code: 'ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_UNSUPPORTED' }
+  );
+
   await assert.rejects(
     import(jsModuleDataUrl, { with: { type: 'json', other: 'unsupported' } }),
     { code: 'ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_UNSUPPORTED' }
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-errors.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-errors.mjs
index 1168c109fdc4d0..d265e3591be2ab 100644
--- a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-errors.mjs
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-errors.mjs
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ await assert.rejects(
   { code: 'ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INCOMPATIBLE' }
 );
 
+await assert.rejects(
+  import(jsModuleDataUrl, { with: { type: 'text' } }),
+  { code: 'ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_UNSUPPORTED' }
+);
+
 await assert.rejects(
   import(jsModuleDataUrl, { with: { type: 'json', other: 'unsupported' } }),
   { code: 'ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_UNSUPPORTED' }
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-validation-text.js b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-validation-text.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9b509a2d08e35b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-attributes-validation-text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Flags: --expose-internals --experimental-import-text
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const { validateAttributes } = require('internal/modules/esm/assert');
+
+const url = 'test://';
+
+assert.ok(validateAttributes(url, 'text', { type: 'text' }));
+
+assert.throws(() => validateAttributes(url, 'text', {}), {
+  code: 'ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_MISSING',
+});
+
+assert.throws(() => validateAttributes(url, 'module', { type: 'text' }), {
+  code: 'ERR_IMPORT_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INCOMPATIBLE',
+});
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-text-disabled.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-text-disabled.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..28084f0393b0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-text-disabled.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import '../common/index.mjs';
+import assert from 'assert';
+
+await assert.rejects(
+  import('../fixtures/file-to-read-without-bom.txt', { with: { type: 'text' } }),
+  { code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION' },
+);
+
+await assert.rejects(
+  import('data:text/plain,hello%20world', { with: { type: 'text' } }),
+  { code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_MODULE_FORMAT' },
+);
diff --git a/test/es-module/test-esm-import-text.mjs b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-text.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e8a71322b3b54d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/es-module/test-esm-import-text.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+// Flags: --experimental-import-text
+import '../common/index.mjs';
+import assert from 'assert';
+
+import staticText from '../fixtures/file-to-read-without-bom.txt' with { type: 'text' };
+import staticTextWithBOM from '../fixtures/file-to-read-with-bom.txt' with { type: 'text' };
+
+const expectedText = 'abc\ndef\nghi\n';
+
+assert.strictEqual(staticText, expectedText);
+assert.strictEqual(staticTextWithBOM, expectedText);
+
+const dynamicText = await import('../fixtures/file-to-read-without-bom.txt', {
+  with: { type: 'text' },
+});
+assert.strictEqual(dynamicText.default, expectedText);
+
+const dataText = await import('data:text/plain,hello%20world', {
+  with: { type: 'text' },
+});
+assert.strictEqual(dataText.default, 'hello world');
+
+const dataJsAsText = await import('data:text/javascript,export{}', {
+  with: { type: 'text' },
+});
+assert.strictEqual(dataJsAsText.default, 'export{}');
+
+const dataInvalidUtf8 = await import('data:text/plain,%66%6f%80%6f', {
+  with: { type: 'text' },
+});
+assert.strictEqual(dataInvalidUtf8.default, 'fo\ufffdo');
+
+const jsAsText = await import('../fixtures/syntax/bad_syntax.js', {
+  with: { type: 'text' },
+});
+assert.match(jsAsText.default, /^var foo bar;/);
+
+const jsonAsText = await import('../fixtures/invalid.json', {
+  with: { type: 'text' },
+});
+assert.match(jsonAsText.default, /"im broken"/);
+
+await assert.rejects(
+  import('data:text/plain,hello%20world'),
+  { code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_MODULE_FORMAT' },
+);
+
+await assert.rejects(
+  import('../fixtures/file-to-read-without-bom.txt'),
+  { code: 'ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION' },
+);