diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e35a2e66e..f6644f016c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ You should also include the user name that made the change.
 ## 12.x.x (unreleased)
 
 ### Improvements
+- Support <plain> syntax for MFM
 
 ### Bugfixes
 - Server: Fix crash at startup if TensorFlow is not supported @mei23
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/mfm/to-html.ts b/packages/backend/src/mfm/to-html.ts
index 5b382063eb..bcb5c86a3d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/mfm/to-html.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/mfm/to-html.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ export function toHtml(nodes: mfm.MfmNode[] | null, mentionedRemoteUsers: IMenti
 			a.textContent = node.props.content;
 			return a;
 		},
+
+		plain(node) {
+			const el = doc.createElement('span');
+			appendChildren(node.children, el);
+			return el;
+		},
 	};
 
 	appendChildren(nodes, doc.body);
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/mfm.ts b/packages/client/src/components/mfm.ts
index 14ec5ffc84..16ae45bfe1 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/mfm.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/mfm.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
 					})];
 				}
 
+				case 'plain': {
+					return [h('span', genEl(token.children))];
+				}
+
 				default: {
 					console.error('unrecognized ast type:', token.type);