diff --git a/docs/components/text-field.md b/docs/components/text-field.md
index 462ee8731f..a324e65aeb 100644
--- a/docs/components/text-field.md
+++ b/docs/components/text-field.md
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Multi-line text fields behave like
 elements.
 
 Textareas can specify the initial number of `rows`. Use CSS `width`, `height`,
-and `resize` to control the resize behavior of a textarea.
+`resize`, and `field-sizing` to control the resize behavior of a textarea.
 
 <!-- no-catalog-start -->
 
@@ -183,6 +183,25 @@ resize](images/textfield/usage-textarea.webp)
 </md-filled-text-field>
 ```
 
+Set `field-sizing: content` on a textarea to automatically grow with its content
+in supporting browsers. When `field-sizing: content` is used, `rows` and `cols`
+no longer set default dimensions, so use CSS `width`, `min-height`, and
+`max-height` to bound the size.
+
+```html
+<style>
+  md-filled-text-field {
+    field-sizing: content;
+    width: 300px;
+    max-height: 200px;
+  }
+</style>
+<md-filled-text-field
+    type="textarea"
+    label="Auto-growing">
+</md-filled-text-field>
+```
+
 ### Icons
 
 Text fields may display optional icons. Use icons to describe the input method
diff --git a/field/internal/_content.scss b/field/internal/_content.scss
index c3fe0ac3ce..f93646b03d 100644
--- a/field/internal/_content.scss
+++ b/field/internal/_content.scss
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ $_enter-delay: $_label-duration - $_visible-duration;
       // Use margin for textareas since they will scroll over the label if not.
       margin-top: var(--_top-space);
       margin-bottom: var(--_bottom-space);
+      // Allow unbroken strings to wrap within explicit widths when using
+      // `field-sizing: content` (since `.container` has
+      // `min-width: min-content`).
+      overflow-wrap: anywhere;
     }
 
     :hover .content {
diff --git a/field/internal/_shared.scss b/field/internal/_shared.scss
index ee1e555e79..c40ff494f6 100644
--- a/field/internal/_shared.scss
+++ b/field/internal/_shared.scss
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@
     resize: inherit;
   }
 
+  // Inherit field-sizing down through slotted content so that it can be
+  // customized on the host.
+  .field,
+  .container-overflow,
+  .container,
+  .middle,
+  .content,
+  .content slot,
+  .content ::slotted(*) {
+    field-sizing: inherit;
+  }
+
   .resizable:not(.disabled) .container {
     // `resize` is inherited from the host, but only applies to the container
     // when resizable.
diff --git a/textfield/filled-text-field_test.ts b/textfield/filled-text-field_test.ts
index 80dd7030b4..f040e5fecc 100644
--- a/textfield/filled-text-field_test.ts
+++ b/textfield/filled-text-field_test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 // import 'jasmine'; (google3-only)
 
+import {html} from 'lit';
+
+import {Environment} from '../testing/environment.js';
 import {createTokenTests} from '../testing/tokens.js';
 
 import {MdFilledTextField} from './filled-text-field.js';
@@ -15,3 +18,90 @@ describe('<md-filled-field>', () => {
     createTokenTests(MdFilledTextField.styles);
   });
 });
+
+describe('<md-filled-text-field>', () => {
+  const env = new Environment();
+
+  describe('field-sizing', () => {
+    it('grows height with multiline content', async () => {
+      if (!CSS.supports('field-sizing', 'content')) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const root = env.render(html`
+        <md-filled-text-field
+          type="textarea"
+          style="field-sizing: content"></md-filled-text-field>
+      `);
+      const field = root.querySelector('md-filled-text-field');
+      if (!field) {
+        throw new Error('Missing <md-filled-text-field>.');
+      }
+      await env.waitForStability();
+      const initialHeight = field.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+
+      field.value = 'Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3\nLine 4\nLine 5';
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(field.getBoundingClientRect().height)
+        .withContext('expanded textarea height')
+        .toBeGreaterThan(initialHeight);
+    });
+
+    it('wraps unbroken text within an explicit width', async () => {
+      if (!CSS.supports('field-sizing', 'content')) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const root = env.render(html`
+        <md-filled-text-field
+          type="textarea"
+          style="field-sizing: content; width: 200px"
+          value="short"></md-filled-text-field>
+      `);
+      const field = root.querySelector('md-filled-text-field');
+      if (!field) {
+        throw new Error('Missing <md-filled-text-field>.');
+      }
+      await env.waitForStability();
+      const initialHeight = field.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+
+      field.value = 'a'.repeat(200);
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      const rect = field.getBoundingClientRect();
+      expect(rect.width)
+        .withContext('bounded host width')
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(200);
+      expect(field.scrollWidth)
+        .withContext('no horizontal overflow')
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(200);
+      expect(rect.height)
+        .withContext('wrapped height')
+        .toBeGreaterThan(initialHeight);
+    });
+
+    it('caps height and scrollHeight at max-height', async () => {
+      if (!CSS.supports('field-sizing', 'content')) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const root = env.render(html`
+        <md-filled-text-field
+          type="textarea"
+          style="field-sizing: content; max-height: 120px"
+          value=${'line\n'.repeat(20)}></md-filled-text-field>
+      `);
+      const field = root.querySelector('md-filled-text-field');
+      if (!field) {
+        throw new Error('Missing <md-filled-text-field>.');
+      }
+
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(field.getBoundingClientRect().height)
+        .withContext('capped host height')
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(120);
+      expect(field.scrollHeight)
+        .withContext('no vertical overflow past max-height')
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(120);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/textfield/internal/_shared.scss b/textfield/internal/_shared.scss
index a9c036e3d2..db068e3044 100644
--- a/textfield/internal/_shared.scss
+++ b/textfield/internal/_shared.scss
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
   .text-field,
   .field {
+    field-sizing: inherit;
     width: 100%;
   }
 
diff --git a/textfield/outlined-text-field_test.ts b/textfield/outlined-text-field_test.ts
index 30c40d21f7..6c89c471ea 100644
--- a/textfield/outlined-text-field_test.ts
+++ b/textfield/outlined-text-field_test.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 // import 'jasmine'; (google3-only)
 
+import {html} from 'lit';
+
+import {Environment} from '../testing/environment.js';
 import {createTokenTests} from '../testing/tokens.js';
 
 import {MdOutlinedTextField} from './outlined-text-field.js';
@@ -15,3 +18,90 @@ describe('<md-outlined-field>', () => {
     createTokenTests(MdOutlinedTextField.styles);
   });
 });
+
+describe('<md-outlined-text-field>', () => {
+  const env = new Environment();
+
+  describe('field-sizing', () => {
+    it('grows height with multiline content', async () => {
+      if (!CSS.supports('field-sizing', 'content')) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const root = env.render(html`
+        <md-outlined-text-field
+          type="textarea"
+          style="field-sizing: content"></md-outlined-text-field>
+      `);
+      const field = root.querySelector('md-outlined-text-field');
+      if (!field) {
+        throw new Error('Missing <md-outlined-text-field>.');
+      }
+      await env.waitForStability();
+      const initialHeight = field.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+
+      field.value = 'Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3\nLine 4\nLine 5';
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(field.getBoundingClientRect().height)
+        .withContext('expanded textarea height')
+        .toBeGreaterThan(initialHeight);
+    });
+
+    it('wraps unbroken text within an explicit width', async () => {
+      if (!CSS.supports('field-sizing', 'content')) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const root = env.render(html`
+        <md-outlined-text-field
+          type="textarea"
+          style="field-sizing: content; width: 200px"
+          value="short"></md-outlined-text-field>
+      `);
+      const field = root.querySelector('md-outlined-text-field');
+      if (!field) {
+        throw new Error('Missing <md-outlined-text-field>.');
+      }
+      await env.waitForStability();
+      const initialHeight = field.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+
+      field.value = 'a'.repeat(200);
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      const rect = field.getBoundingClientRect();
+      expect(rect.width)
+        .withContext('bounded host width')
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(200);
+      expect(field.scrollWidth)
+        .withContext('no horizontal overflow')
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(200);
+      expect(rect.height)
+        .withContext('wrapped height')
+        .toBeGreaterThan(initialHeight);
+    });
+
+    it('caps height and scrollHeight at max-height', async () => {
+      if (!CSS.supports('field-sizing', 'content')) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const root = env.render(html`
+        <md-outlined-text-field
+          type="textarea"
+          style="field-sizing: content; max-height: 120px"
+          value=${'line\n'.repeat(20)}></md-outlined-text-field>
+      `);
+      const field = root.querySelector('md-outlined-text-field');
+      if (!field) {
+        throw new Error('Missing <md-outlined-text-field>.');
+      }
+
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(field.getBoundingClientRect().height)
+        .withContext('capped host height')
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(120);
+      expect(field.scrollHeight)
+        .withContext('no vertical overflow past max-height')
+        .toBeLessThanOrEqual(120);
+    });
+  });
+});