diff --git a/lam/docs/devel/modules-specification.htm b/lam/docs/devel/modules-specification.htm
index 4369a4dc..68211345 100644
--- a/lam/docs/devel/modules-specification.htm
+++ b/lam/docs/devel/modules-specification.htm
@@ -948,6 +948,22 @@ element.</li>
     <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">text:</span> The text to
 display.</li>
   </ul>
+  <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">textarea:</span> Adds a
+multiline text field.</li>
+  <ul>
+    <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">name:</span> The name of the
+element, will be used later as variable name when user input is
+returned.</li>
+    <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">rows:</span> Number of rows
+(required)<br>
+    </li>
+    <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">cols:</span> Number of
+characters for each line (required)<br>
+    </li>
+    <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">readonly:</span> Boolean
+value, if true the text field will be read only.<br>
+    </li>
+  </ul>
   <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">image:</span> Displays an image.</li>
   <ul>
     <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">path:</span> Path to the image</li>
diff --git a/lam/lib/modules.inc b/lam/lib/modules.inc
index e4ba1d67..ad7da3a1 100644
--- a/lam/lib/modules.inc
+++ b/lam/lib/modules.inc
@@ -592,6 +592,18 @@ function parseHtml($module, $input, $values, $restricted, &$tabindex, &$tabindex
 						echo $output;
 						$ret[$input[$i][$j]['name']] = $type;	// save type
 						break;
+					// text area
+					case 'textarea':
+						echo "<textarea";
+						if (isset($input[$i][$j]['name'])) echo ' name="' . $input[$i][$j]['name'] . '"';
+						if (isset($input[$i][$j]['readonly']) && (isset($input[$i][$j]['readonly']) === true)) echo ' readonly';
+						echo ' cols="' . $input[$i][$j]['cols'] . '"';
+						echo ' rows="' . $input[$i][$j]['rows'] . '"';
+						echo ">";
+						if (isset($values[$input[$i][$j]['name']])) echo $values[$input[$i][$j]['name']];
+						else echo $input[$i][$j]['value'];
+						echo "</textarea>";
+						break;
 					// inner fieldset
 					case 'fieldset':
 						echo "<fieldset>\n";