diff --git a/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/.gitkeep b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/.gitkeep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/00-text-input/text-input.config.json b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/00-text-input/text-input.config.json
index e65872f3..472548da 100644
--- a/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/00-text-input/text-input.config.json
+++ b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/00-text-input/text-input.config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
+  "preview": "@form-input-preview",
   "context": {
     "type": "text"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/README.md b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbe5c71e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## Purpose
+
+A `textarea` is used to capture multiline text input from the user.
+
+If the input must be completed in order to process the form successfully then a `required` attribute can be added. This will prevent the form being submitted until the `textarea` has a value.
diff --git a/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/textarea.config.json b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/textarea.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28c93ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/textarea.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "preview": "@form-input-preview",
+  "context": {
+    "inputText": "Pedantic shitpost comment goes in here"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/textarea.njk b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/textarea.njk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00a8b8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/02-textarea/textarea.njk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<textarea>{{ inputText }}</textarea>
diff --git a/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/00-text-input/_preview.njk b/packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/_form-input-preview.njk
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/00-text-input/_preview.njk
rename to packages/gravity-ui-nunjucks/src/components/01-atoms/07-forms/_form-input-preview.njk
diff --git a/packages/gravity-ui-web/src/sass/03-elements/_input.scss b/packages/gravity-ui-web/src/sass/03-elements/_input.scss
index 8e1d96aa..b852568f 100644
--- a/packages/gravity-ui-web/src/sass/03-elements/_input.scss
+++ b/packages/gravity-ui-web/src/sass/03-elements/_input.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+label {
+  display: block;
+
+  > textarea {
+    width: 100%;
+    margin-top: $grav-sp-s;
+  }
+}
+
 input:not([type=radio]):not([type=checkbox]) {
   width: 100%;
   max-width: 40ch;
@@ -6,3 +15,11 @@ input:not([type=radio]):not([type=checkbox]) {
   border: grav-px2rem(1) solid var(--grav-co-grp-b-neutral);
   background-color: var(--grav-co-grp-a-neutral);
 }
+
+textarea {
+  display: block;
+  padding-right: $grav-sp-xs;
+  padding-left: $grav-sp-xs;
+  border: grav-px2rem(1) solid var(--grav-co-grp-b-neutral);
+  background-color: var(--grav-co-grp-a-neutral);
+}